Before anything else: read the score report properly
If you fail, the report PSI emails you includes a diagnostic of strengths and weaknesses by examination type, not just a pass or fail. That report is the most valuable study document you will ever receive for this exam, and most candidates glance at it once and never open it again.
Read it for one thing: which examination type and content areas show the clearest weakness. Everything below depends on that answer. How to read the PSI score report walks through it line by line.
The Rule
Repeating the same study plan produces the same score. Diagnose first.
The three failure patterns, and the 14-day repair for each
Pattern 1: the Georgia subtotal is the weak spot
Your Georgia subtotal and diagnostic are materially weaker than the national work. That points to 52 questions of state law as the repair priority, without assuming that PSI uses separate passing thresholds.
Days 1–4: BRRETA only. The client versus customer distinction, brokerage engagements, dual and designated agency, disclosure timing. Do not move on until scenario questions stop feeling ambiguous. The BRRETA guide covers exactly this.
Days 5–8: Security deeds and title theory, attorney closings, non-judicial foreclosure, Georgia taxes. The difference ledger is the fastest way to find what your national prep never told you.
Days 9–11: GREC license law, trust accounts, and record-keeping rules.
Days 12–14: Mixed Georgia-only practice until your accuracy is stable across at least two reviewed sets.
Pattern 2: math failed you
You can usually spot this in the score report as a single collapsed content area while everything else looked solid.
Days 1–3: Setup recognition only. Do not compute. Read stems and name which formula applies. Transfer tax on price, intangible tax on loan, 40% assessment ratio, proration, LTV, cap rate. Getting the setup right is the whole skill.
Days 4–9: Mixed math drills without topic labels, because the exam never tells you which type is coming.
Days 10–14: Timed math under pressure, then full mixed practice. The math drill runs untitled by design.
Pattern 3: close overall, no single weak area
Your total was close and neither subtotal stands out. This is the least alarming pattern and the one most likely to be fixed by volume plus wording practice rather than new content.
Days 1–10: High-volume mixed practice across both portions, reviewing every wrong answer's explanation rather than just the correct letter.
Days 11–14: EXCEPT and NOT wording specifically, the trap library. Plus two full-length simulations.
The clock you should actually worry about
Not the retake. The license application window: once you pass, you have 12 months to apply before the result expires, and the fee doubles from $170 to $340 after three months. Candidates who take a long break after a failure sometimes pass the retake and then lose money to a deadline nobody warned them about.
One thing worth saying plainly
GREC publishes no official pass rate, and a failed attempt is not a verdict on whether you will be good at the work. It is evidence about a particular exam form on a particular day. Use the diagnostic to make the next attempt different.