Attitude towards result

How many are facing the prospects of realistically failing and have become one with it, yet have the bravery and courage to fearlessly proclaim that they are unphased and cant wait to fiercely face it again next year?

I already (for my own reasons) am saying “bring it on!”

Sometimes, I panic and worry about what will happen if I fail.

Other times, I am zen like, at peace with myself.

No matter pass or fail, I am sure about not re-taking this exam. After studying L-3 curriculum in depth, I still feel I know nothing about practical investing. And that is more important for me to learn now, having studied the theory across the 3 levels.

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Glad you brought this up. For me the way I passed my level II, I felt like I got really lucky. I hate getting lucky. Am hoping LIII won’t be the same. Gonna work hard and gonna aim for flying colors this time.

Am still trying to come to terms with the way I passed but I guess it will persist in the near term and hopefully go away eventually.

Work harder for L3 and make up for it

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Glad you brought this up. For me the way I passed my level II, I felt like I got really lucky. I hate getting lucky. Am hoping LIII won’t be the same. Gonna work hard and gonna aim for flying colors this time.

Am still trying to come to terms with the way I passed but I guess it will persist in the near term and hopefully go away eventually.

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I think it’s very unlikely to get ‘‘lucky’’ in a CFA exam. The material is just too broad and difficult. Whether you answer 240 or 120 questions, the probability that you’re lucky and get the ‘‘right’’ questions is very small. Of course, a few out of the thousands of test takers will hit the jackpot and study only the topics which show up on the test but I’d say they are a negligible minority.

To Cod’s point - make sure you go through the whole curriculum and ask questions here if you have issues. Don’t assume something won’t be tested because it’s too detailed and don’t be afraid to ask because you’ll just ‘wing it’ on game day.

That’s what I mean. You need to go through the entire curriculum to get ‘‘lucky’’. You make your own luck.

Speaking of luck. You ever come across a topic test where you really suck at it but guess like 5 out of 6 of it and still end up with 4 out of 6 correct atleast? Thats random. That shit does happen.

My level 2… my AM was purely guessing for derivatives. My PM was half guess and half i knew cold.

I ended up with >70 in derivatives whereas i expect a <50 in it. I think that had something to do with luck.

Even for L3. Some of my topic tests (pre exam) were wild guesses and hilariously id randomly score a 5 out of 6 in my weakest topics. Shit like that can happen in the real exam too. Youd either really eff it up say score a 0/2 out of 6 or end up randonly scoring 4/5 out of six. THAT right there can be considered luck

Oh buddy I never did derivatives cause it was a pain up the ass. I randomly chose one particular option. Am probably gonna do everything in level 3 cause I intend on scoring well on this level. Don’t wanna get lucky again.

Its not like I don’t wanna ask questions but a couple of the subjects for which I thought I’d nail it, I just didn’t. Those were my strengths. But screw it gotta move on. Thanks for the talk.

Glad you brought this up. For me the way I passed my level II, I felt like I got really lucky. I hate getting lucky. Am hoping LIII won’t be the same. Gonna work hard and gonna aim for flying colors this time.

Am still trying to come to terms with the way I passed but I guess it will persist in the near term and hopefully go away eventually.

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I think it’s very unlikely to get ‘‘lucky’’ in a CFA exam. The material is just too broad and difficult. Whether you answer 240 or 120 questions, the probability that you’re lucky and get the ‘‘right’’ questions is very small. Of course, a few out of the thousands of test takers will hit the jackpot and study only the topics which show up on the test but I’d say they are a negligible minority.

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What I see from Codtrawler87 reply is not softness or “friendliness”…I see fieriness. Do I give a fuck about some deep sea fisher fucking up? NO I DONT! Do I care some punk ass white man worrying about his job! NO I DONT! You think about getting “unlucky” in CFA!!! (Regardless of the exam level) Unlucky…what is it for you??? Unlucky for me is struggling to feed my fam and to bring food to the table. Charterholders…go fuck yourselves…hard lives @ big 4???..try 24h at my life. My favorite are these “struggle city kids” @ “major banks” or “major jobs”?! We supposed to be happy when some of us get shot at the big league!!!

Dude, your meltdown is indicative of some issues you might be having. Consider visiting a mental health specialist and/or change of jobs, as you don’t seem to be happy with it. Moreover, you have no way of knowing whether people in big4 jobs have it better or worse than you. Not everything is about money in this life. For some people, participation in the CFA program might mean a lot, so it’s understandable that when they fail they feel down and are looking for some empathy. No one is asking you to care, but you shouldn’t presume that no one should care. This forum’s function is exactly about this, so not sure what you’re doing here if you don’t care like you say.

if i fail, im taking it again next year. the exam wasnt allllll that TBH.

if i failed, itll be band 9/10 and itll be because i left 20/180 of the points completely blank. I am quite confident that i will pass next year if i put forth the same level of effort. again, the exam wasnt all that.

that said, theres a chance i passed. heres to hope.

Same as Tommyjohn. Exactly. Except I most likely won’t try again…

Same as Alarmclock97. Exactly. Except I certainly won’t try again…

LoL.

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