so yeah. went in feeling pretty okay and came out with a 68 which means i failed by a pretty small margin but still. i studied for like 6 weeks using mostly youtube and the free FAA study guide and honestly thought i had it. the questions on the actual test felt weirdly worded compared to everything i had practiced on. like they were asking about the same topics but phrased in a way that made me second guess myself on stuff i knew cold.

anybody else have this happen? im trying to figure out if i should just do more practice tests or if i need to actually change how im studying because clearly something wasnt clicking. can retake in 14 days i think

yeah that wording thing is real and its kind of the dirty secret of the test prep industry ? most of the practice questions out there are written to be clearer and more direct than what the FAA actually puts on the exam. the official questions are written by people who, lets be honest, are not great at writing clear questions. what helped me was reading the actual FAA regulations directly instead of just summaries. like reading the actual 14 CFR Part 107 text because then when they word something weird you can still trace it back to the source. also the aeronautical information manual has a lot of the context that explains why the rules are what they are which helps with the trickier questions

68 is frustrating but honestly pretty close, 14 more days isnt that long. i'd spend that time just hammering the specific areas you know you missed rather than going over everything again from scratch. most testing centers will give you a score breakdown by topic so if you havent looked at that yet definitely do, mine showed i was weak on airport operations which i thought i understood fine but apparently not lol. good luck on the retake