this is the funniest thing i’ve ever read
Last yr I copied some analystforum entries into an email to send to friends (including the above… and for those who didn’t realise the 2nd email above is clearly a joke)
But for your enjoyment, here is the rest:
Re: Exam day horror stories Posted by: ih8studying (IP Logged) Date: May 28, 2011 09:47PM
LOL good post.
Few good stories to post:
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Took my level II in Vancouver and it was a sight to behold. It was the only time I have witnessed a MEN’S washroom’s with at least 20 bathroom stalls that were all occupied + a lineup of a gazillion guys. Only during the CFA exams…
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My buddy had to change batteries during the exam. He thought he was covered since he brought his screwdriver. He said during the exam he cut his hand pretty bad when his hand slipped. Had to write his first half of his Level I with blood all over his desk.
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Heard somebody that took two calculators to an exam. One’s batteries died, the other (which was new), didn’t work.
Re: Funny things you saw at the exam. Posted by: jfish22 (IP Logged) Date: June 5, 2011 10:51PM
the women’s bathroom overflowed at one of the NYC test centers, some dude got pissed and started yelling at the proctors. Pretty ridiculous.
Re: Funny things you saw at the exam. Posted by: cfagoal2 (IP Logged) Date: June 6, 2011 01:41PM
For level 3, the guy in front me must have had like 50+ pens and pencils on his desk. Afternoon session, he wasn’t there. Maybe all 50+ writing utensils broke
Anything Funny Happen at Your Test Center? Posted by: EastCoastJ (IP Logged) Date: June 7, 2010 01:59PM
A couple of things amused me at mine, and I apologize if either of these were you (I tested in Manhattan).
o There was a guy at the table in front of me with FOUR calculators and over TWENTY pencils, and he had written “BGN” and “END” in huge letters on two of the calculators, seemingly because he found using separate devices for annuity/annuity due problems to be an easier solution than hitting [2ND] [BGN] [ENTER].
o There was a kid bragging to someone in the lobby that he only studied for three weeks and didn’t have to put that much work into it because his experience as a bank teller gave him an edge.
Re: Anything Funny Happen at Your Test Center? Posted by: suyash1989 (IP Logged) Date: June 6, 2011 12:45AM
One of the test centres in India had a special cardiac arrest van stationed just in case something happens. 
Re: Anything Funny Happen at Your Test Center? Posted by: iamcroissant (IP Logged) Date: June 6, 2011 05:33PM
I sat in London…every year it’s done at the ExCel centre. Whilst I was seated waiting for the afternoon session to begin, I realised there was a bird flying around in the roof. It then decided to go to toilet on a desk and an an Asian kid who was walking to his desk. Wierdly, he didn’t seem to phased by the bird droppings on his hair and arm and clothes. He went to the toilet and came back smiling with a spring in his step. If that was me I would have been completely thrown off the paper.
Re: Any good exam day stories - candidates flipping out, overeager proctors etc?? Posted by: kh.asif (IP Logged) Date: June 6, 2011 06:14AM
This story was posted in another thread but I am repeating it as it is more relevant to this thread. I am from Bangladesh and on the day of the exam there was a planned strike by the main opposition party. We were expecting a major showdown and there was a chance that exam would be cancelled. The night before the exam around 20 buses were burnt by the opposition activists who called the strike. Fortunately it wasn’t but CFAI gave candidates deferment/or refund option which around 40-50% candidates took.
The rest of the candidates who appeared use one of the 3 strategies
- Some traveled in ambulances which are allowed to ply even during strikes. 2. Some came to the exam center at around 6 am. 3. The last group managed living accommodations near the exam center.
I came back home in an ambulance myself. We were around 9-10 people inside one small ambulance.
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Moved 3’500 km from home to start a new job after graduating from MBA.
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Started studying for CFA L3
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Traveled for 6 weeks for company training
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Moved 200 km to a new city for postion
4b) Fionce moves to new city with me
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2 months later landlords requested I vacate despite having signed 1-year fixed term contract
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Denied their request to have me vacate
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Legal action ensued. They lost. I was awarded signifcant compensation for agreeing to leave by the courts
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Moved to a new place.
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Drove 4 hours to write CFA exam
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Forgot exam ticket at hotel
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Fionce pulled over by cops for speeding while bringing me said ticket on exam day
11a) Had to plead with police to give me my exam ticket
- Passed CFA L3
All this happened in the span of 12 months!!
And I’ve never lived away from home before!!!
It’s a blessing in disguise though. I passed L3 and live on the top floor of the tallest building in the city and pay 400$ a month less and rent from a national corporation. Living quality and building condition is much better as well.
the kid who was pooed on by the bird was happy because thats actually good luck!
correction:
the CFA program graduate was pooed on by the bird was happy because thats actually good luck!
When I walked out of testing center after PM session, it turned out my car… disappeared! No, it wasn’t stolen - I simply had left it where road sign was forbidding it and the vehicle was pulled away by the police!! 
It cost me about 4 hours (formalities and travelling to the parking place where it was taken to) and c.a. $150 (a fine) to get my honda back.
Now that I have passed I think of that adventure with a smile, but then I remember I was so upset when after 6 hours of horror I faced such ‘relax’…
The guy at the door to the level II room asked me if I had a cell and I said “who tries to bring a cell into level II”
He was totally deadpan “the last 4 people”
My dates didn’t match on my passport. after 45 minutes of stress, they let me write and I passed. Quite the nightmare.
I put August 8 2015 instead of August 18 2015 when I entered the info. Absolutely my f-up. No excuse. Then when I printed the ticket and I saw AUG 8 2015 I assumed they were being redundant with the month number, since as a Canadian I expect the day number first when I see a date. So I made the assumption that this was the case since the Month was first. Like the f&^%ing day my passport expires means jack shit in the grand scheme of things.
In Level 2, some fellow came up to me and asked to borrow a calculator. How does a person get to Level 2 without knowing what calculator to use?
And I noticed that a lot of people in Level 1 were dressed to impress. Some girls were wearing pencil skirts, and some guys were wearing suits. It looked like they were going to a job interview. Nobody dressed that way at Level 2 or 3. We were in jeans, khaki shorts, and t-shirts.
^ so did you pass level 2 wearing your t-shirt and crocs?
I was wearing my Dallas Cowboys throwback jersey. And yes.
shorts and cowboy boots? chaps too?