I know that this issue comes up every year, but did I make a mistake by not using bullet points and using essay style answers instead? I read that the CFA “manual” suggest to use bullet points but I was afraid that I might not be able to get through my points in that way properly, so even though I used some bullet points for some of my answers, in general I was writing sentences and telling a story. It caused me time management problems obviously, but other than that was it a mistake?
At first I thought that the graders only give you max score if they see that you understand the topic etc., but now I start to think that they are indeed just looking for key phrases (I guess it is way more efficient that way to grade the exams) and I am afraid that they will not read my responses just because they are not in bullets. Should I be afraid of this?
I don’t think it should be a problem as long as answers are relevant. Even i took the same approach (although i have used bullets also where so ever appropriate), as one line answers are some time open to interpretation, adding more relevant content to justify/explain should be a plus.
I know that this issue comes up every year, but did I make a mistake by not using bullet points and using essay style answers instead?
I read that the CFA “manual” suggest to use bullet points but I was afraid that I might not be able to get through my points in that way properly, so even though I used some bullet points for some of my answers, in general I was writing sentences and telling a story.
It caused me time management problems obviously, but other than that was it a mistake?
At first I thought that the graders only give you max score if they see that you understand the topic etc.,
but now I start to think that they are indeed just looking for key phrases (I guess it is way more efficient that way to grade the exams) and I am afraid that they will not read my responses just because they are not in bullets.
Should I be afraid of this?
Makes no difference… but looks better with formatting