Remember on exam day in June seeing these two guys in the London exam hall sprinting in with about 5 minutes before doors closed. One guy dropped to the floor and started crying and told his mate that he had left the bag with both their passports on the tube.
The other guy just started crying too and looked on in disbelief repeating over and over ‘You’re joking!!’
I saw them run over to the proctor claiming they had a driving license on them and if they could do the exam.
Never found out whether they got let in or not… It shook me up tho. No one wants to see that shiz before sitting down for an exam.
There are morons in this world. Wonder if they were doing L2 or L3. That would be outrageous if they had to wait another year cos a guy lost passports on exam day
I’m always amazed that people can screw up like that. who gives their passport to a mate to carry in his bag?
I’m convinced the CFA turned me a bit OCD. I was there like 2 hours early for the most recent exam, was checking the ticket passport etc on a ridiculously regular basis, made sure i was only eating really bland food for the week leading up to the exam etc.
I did level 1 in the Excel. crazy place, i can only imagine what it’s like for the June sitting.
Fortunately I had a hotel room right beside it and I bought some stuff in for lunch the night before so avoided the food places in the centre, the queues were ridiculous and the food looked pretty ropey.
I went on that silly Emirates Cable car a few months ago and noticed the Excel on the way down and genuinely felt a bit uneasy seeing the place.
There was a guy standing at the entrance and asking everyone entering the test room if they had an extra calculator. Nobody gave him a hand. I wish I could have helped him, but I only had one calculator. Couple minutes after I sit down, I found the guy sit next to me had two. I was thinking, maybe I should ask him to lend that poor guy one. Then I thought he should have see that guy too, and he have decided not to help him. Suddenly I feel really bad. I have heard stories that students hide library books so other students can’t find it before the exam. Maybe it worked in a curve system. But I don’t think that’s the case in CFA exams. And I believe whether you pass or not has very little to do with how others did. It’s still based on your competence. And what about ethics? Oh right, this kind of ethics is not the kind of ethics we are going to be tested in the exam. Honestly, I really don’t believe one’s ethics can be tested in the paper.
Someone was asking for a calculator at my exam too. I had two as did many other takers but that is in case mine fails. I would feel pretty stoopid giving my back up calc to someone and then mine failed. But I have been bringing two calcs for the last three years as a precaution. You could probably charge $200 at the exam if you brought a few extras, the opportunity cost of not paying for one and failing is much higher.