 Hello everybody, Andrea Mayesca here with dental health tutoring. So I wanted to hop on tonight to talk about so What happens if you if you found out that you did not pass the board exam, okay? Now I have talked about this before I've done a couple videos on YouTube at least about what happens now if you find out you didn't pass What happened what do you do now? How do you study? You know all of that? But let me first say, you know, please don't be too hard on yourself, okay? I Don't have experience because I did pass the board exam But when I went to hygiene school the first time I had to take the entire program again I was three weeks from graduating and my school decided to go bankrupt or I should say the owner of the school Claimed bankruptcy. So it's almost the same thing. So here I was this close or I felt this close to being a dental hygienist and then having my school shut down and It's like it's bit the rug is being ripped out from underneath you literally you're in shock, right? So if you're if you're feeling any of those things you might be feeling. Oh my gosh, what do I do now? I found out I didn't pass. Oh my god. I can't believe this happened. How did I not pass? You felt you were this close to doing what you want to do What you spent all your money and hard time doing and then realizing oh, I have to do this again So it's kind of the same thing. So you guys have to take the board exam again Whereas for me, I had to take the whole program again. So I do understand being Shocked feeling like you don't know what to do next feeling like oh my goodness I can't tell people that I didn't pass because what are they gonna say? I felt I can't tell people that my school shut down because they're just gonna say well You should have known better, you know things like that. So it's almost the same thing So I do understand but let me tell you this. It's not you. It's not because you did not study hard enough It's not because you are a horrible person. It's not because you will not be a dental hygienist It's just it was not your time to pass. It's a tough exam That's why you have so many opportunities to pass you do not only have one try But you have three tries for nurses you guys it's the same thing They have to take the exam until they pass but they have about three tries as well But let me ask you guys a couple things. I want you guys to think of why you might not have passed Okay, because the reasoning will make a difference. It will make it will make a difference of how you move I Guess forward from this. Okay, so if you felt you did not pass because you didn't have enough time to take the exam And you didn't answer all of the questions or you felt you had to hurry hurry hurry through the exam Then that should tell you something. So that tells you that you do need to study a little bit of everything again But this time take your time because last time you were probably so focused on Memorizing everything that you didn't really understand fully What it was asking so when you go to read a question that you're not used to seeing Your mind probably went blank and then you felt that you didn't know anything So if that sounds like something that happened to you, you know, there's still time Just make sure this time around to study at least three months in In advance, that's what I do say make sure to study at least three months in advance and take your time And as you guys know I tutor for the exam. So let me know if you need help I have a full course Called the board exam prep Academy that gives you everything you need to know It tells you what to study when to study and how to study and I am always here if you have any questions But let's say you felt that you were not successful because you just honestly didn't understand The questions you had felt a lot of the case studies were just way over your head You felt that the questions were just asking too many questions and you didn't really know how to focus on the answer So you see how that's different than you just not having enough time to answer the questions. So that's You just kind of the same thing though is you need to study everything again And give yourself ample time to study. So at least three months is preferred but that's just my opinion and you know focus on those topics that you don't quite understand first and Then really focus on the case studies because that's where students Get tripped up because in case studies, they're not just asking you one question They're they're asking you three questions or four questions or five questions So if you don't understand the first part of the question, maybe you understand the second part But if you don't understand the first part, you won't get the right answer You might get the right answer, but the chances of it being The right answer is not very good, you know what I mean So you have to focus more on the case studies and again Inside my course, I do help you guys with that because it is a skill it takes practice Remember the first time. I mean you probably don't remember but the first time you took a multiple choice test It's different than taking a short answer test and it takes practice to get used to knowing how to read the question Knowing how to pick apart the incorrect answers from the correct ones, you know that kind of thing, right? So I do help you guys with that But then let's say those two things don't really apply to you. You might be thinking. Okay. No, I had no problems with the questions I had no problems with the case studies. Yes, some of the case studies were hard, but I still felt I did a good job So if you felt honestly that you did amazing and you're confused why you did not pass and that's a little bit harder Because it just means you have to do everything the same again and that just simply wasn't your time to pass the exam, honestly, honestly, you guys But that that also means that you might think, you know certain things that you don't actually know so as silly as that probably sounds But you know, you might know that let's just give an example that a four millimeter pocket means perio but did you know that I'm just kind of thinking this off the top of my I'm just kind of thinking about this now to think of a question for you guys But did you know so so okay? Here's one. So let me rephrase that So you you may know that four millimeters Means perio, but do you know that if the patient has only one four millimeter pocket is that still considered perio? So you see how it's the same thing You know that a four millimeter pocket equals perio, right? But if there's only one Let's say the distal of the last tooth in the mouth. Does that mean the patient has perio? You know that for four millimeter means perio, but then you think well Wait a minute here if there's only one in the entire mouth does mean perio So if you had to think about that question and the and the answer is yes By the way, but if you had to think about that question and that's telling you that certain questions easily Make you second guess yourself So even if you felt you did a great job You might be confused with some of the questions and some of the answers So you have to re-study everything again, but you most certainly Need help from a teacher or a tutor like myself to let you know if you're on the right track, okay? It's all possible. I can help anybody honestly advise I can help anybody. I've been tutoring since I was 19 Um, I I've owned my own business again since I was 19. I have I still have a 99.4 percents 0.4 percent success rate help helping students pass so I can help you and I do understand that everybody Learns differently everybody needs to learn in a certain way Um, but the main thing is is that you need somebody to listen to you. You need full support You need somebody who can give you a pep talk every every once in a while and say it's okay If this is what you want to do if you want to be a dental hygienist work towards it. You can Do it, okay? What else was I gonna say and the nice thing is inside of the course that I have we go through of mock exams We go through case studies. There are tons. There are lecture videos from 2016 2017 and there still are some of course For 2018 so we talk about everything. We tutor once a week unless there's holidays We do not teach on holidays because you guys need a break, too, right? But you tutor with me once a week that is your chance to ask questions That is my chance to test you guys every single week to just ask you random questions So then you can say oh, you know what? I thought I knew that question, but the way that Andrea is asking it. I actually don't know so now I'm really confused, you know But this is to get you practicing and to know that you are studying the right way because there's a right way to study And there's a wrong way and I can help you Don't waste time studying six hours a day But just kind of looking through your textbook looking through the notes not knowing if you are studying the right things I can help you. I can teach you guys exactly what to study when to study So at least when you're studying, you know, you are studying what you have to know for the board exam Nothing more and nothing less. So let me help you guys because I know I know That needed to want to be a dental hygienist, okay, I've been there. I've done that trust me I know and once you pass it's the most amazing thing in the entire world Literally, but you have to get there Everything or what's that saying nothing worth doing? Oh darn now. I can't think of it Anything worth doing is worth doing well or everything. That's worth doing. Well, my gosh now I can't think of it. This is horrible Basically anything that you really really want is going to be hard work But anything you do should be done properly So if you're spending six hours a day studying do it properly, you know, stay off your cell phone Study hard so you can pass that board exam because you all want to pass to be dental hygienists So let me know if you need anything Feel free to look on the website under the board exam prep Academy read through it See if that's something you want send me an email if you have any questions You have full access to everything until you pass the exam or up to two whole years Okay, so if it takes you two years to pass you have full access. Okay, if for some reason You take the exam after tutoring with me and you do not pass You still have full access. No questions asked. Okay, so let me know if I can help you good luck Try not to be hard too hard on yourself because you're not but only one out there who did not pass It's a tough exam. So thank you guys for listening. It was a little bit longer than I had intended I apologize, but please let me know if you guys have any questions. Okay. Thank you guys. Bye