passed, all over 70%. Result is available in website but there is still no mail. someone told me that it is because of a dot in the middle of my gmail.
I passed CFA Level I June 2017 exam, first time taking exam. Finance/private equity background.
I said if I passed the CFA exam. I would write a brief post of what I truly did to pass the exam because I think some are not honest about how much effort they put in or don’t track it and underestimate.
500+ hours of studying, 5,000+ questions (Kaplan and CFAI EOCs), completed 5 full mocks, and I did not score over 70% on 4 of 5 of the full mocks (my last mock I scored 72.5%). I started studying in Nov 2016.
I am married with 3 kids and I work in PE with a very demanding job. I studied 6 days a week from 430AM to 6:30AM (except travel days, Sundays, and holidays). During the last 6 weeks, I studied day and night and 4-5 hours on the weekend.
It can be done, just put in the time. I’d rather be over prepared than under-prepared going into any CFA exam.