I finished my last AREs this past week.
Good Grief! It's taken me almost 5 years to complete this. I failed about 5 exams along the way, too. It's hard to bare when people tell me how fast they got licensed. One guy told me he passed his exams while being out for lunch and he was able to go back to his office and finish his workday. Well Good For You... but... it sure was not easy for me. I'm so happy that the only exam I have to worry about passing is a pregnancy test.