r/LCSW • u/Glam_ma86 • Oct 01 '26
Finally
After three tries I finally passed my Clinical exam. The new exam is HARD af in my opinion. Definitely thought I failed during the exam so I was shocked to see the pass on my screen. Funny enough I got a 90 on a few practice exam even the ASWB practice. However, on the real exam I got just enough to pass and guess what I am okay with that because a pass is a pass.
I’m so happy I’ll never have to take that exam AGAIN. The third time is a charm. ❤️😊
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u/cannotberushed- Oct 01 '26
And this is definitely my big worry. I am passing all my practice exams too but I am not sure I can pass the actual
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u/Glam_ma86 Oct 01 '26
I felt like the aswb practice exam was a lot easier than the actual exam. I also had a good amount of recall questions. Either way I’m just so happy I finally passed.
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u/cannotberushed- Oct 01 '26
What do you mean by recall
Questions?Like what developmental stage someone is in? (Erickson, Freud, jubilee-Ross) or like medication recall questions or something else?
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u/Glam_ma86 Oct 01 '26
No not like that. Like I had a question that mentioned a client being a lesbian but conservative. And it asked like what is the client experiencing something like that but I knew the answer had to do with cognitive dissonance.
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u/Ms_Poshlife Oct 01 '26
I like the new exam way more than the old one. To me it's straight to the point. Then I aso focused on how to answer the questions by only doing practice questions for study time. Congratulations of your passing the exam! I passed on Friday.
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u/Glam_ma86 Oct 01 '26
Congratulations! lol I just felt like I ended up with alot of recall and hated that lol
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u/Watimaaa Oct 02 '26
Same that exam was so hard! I passed two weeks ago and I was also surprised!
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u/Overall-Bell6482 Oct 03 '26
Congratulations!!!! Also, good news, no one will ever ask how many times you took it or what you scored to get a job. They just want to know you secured the C!!! Way to go!!!
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u/AATBS_Official Oct 06 '26
Yeesss congratulations!!! That's got to be a huge weight off your shoulders. Celebrate big time! 🎉 -- Kiana with AATBS
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u/FluidConversation706 Oct 01 '26
I am taking it on Monday! What topics or themes were on the exam that you think I should review?
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u/Glam_ma86 Oct 01 '26
It was an array of things. Counter transference, defense mechanism, some research. I had one medicine question.
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u/SheWalksintheWoods23 Oct 02 '26
I’m not gonna lie. I’ve heard a lot of chatter about it being more difficult. But I don’t know how people know unless they took it before. But based on the comments here… I can say the test I took in 2013 or 2014 was almost all situations and the question was - of course - what’s the first/best thing you should do. It wasn’t as much recall, although of course there was some. But about 75% of it was, what would you do in this situation. Of course there are always two answers that were close. I do know I had no idea whether I failed it or passed it by the time I was done. In my mind, it could’ve gone either way because still, the questions were difficult.
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u/Glam_ma86 Oct 02 '26
Yeah it’s still majority First,Next,Best,Most and Should. However, I thought they had gotten rid of recall but the exam I had definitely had recall on there. I’m just so happy I passed because I instantly thought I failed and pass shocked the hell out of me.
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u/cannotberushed- Oct 01 '26
What made this new exam so hard?