what’s up guys. so i’ve done nothing but golf, read and spend time with my family for the last month. but it’s back… the butterflies. flashbacks of the afternoon session. balance of payments. thinking about logging on on Aug. 19th and seeing pass. then thinking what if i failed. how are you guys holding up? i’ve seen some of the old gang around here and was wondering how things were going for you, how everyone’s doing and what you’re doing to pass the time. plyon got a job and sold a house during the time. me, i’m just working and waiting… one more month. i just want a freaking answer at this point. even if i failed, i can deal with it a lot better now than i could have on june 9th. good luck kids, hopefully we’ll be doing what we did last year at level 3 in a few months. it was actually kind of fun.
The market has been taking care of most of my butterflies!. Hahaha, Personally I can’t wait for the results, pass or fail, as they will give the game plan for the next period of study.
Market has been keeping me busy too. I hadn’t thought about it too much until I talked with slouiscar today. I don’t have the butterflies yet, but I am sure they will be coming soon.
Don’t remind me…man…I got enough problems already… I’m just happy I lost all the 9 pounds that I gained during may… if I pass you all get a gift card…
I went through about a 2 week period there where I didn’t give the test a single thought, but for some reason this week it all came rushing back. Sucks, but at least we only have 1 more month.
Butterflies and dreams started coming back again a week or two ago. Not dreams that I passed either. I think I have some sort of seperation anxiety from not studying which is really dumb. Been able to take a couple of vacations, cfasf1 wish we could have met up a few weeks ago but never got down into the city, and had to spend the time with family. Just got back from San Diego yesterday. Was able to get out surfing, kayaking, hiking, swimming, fishing and more, dragging out 5 month old to meet all of our friends out there. That was a good time. This freaking market is driving me nuts right now so busy calming clients doom and gloom theories. Good luck to all. I really want to order those L3 books come Aug 19th vs. having the shame of having to re-order schweser L2, still have a feeling that the latter will be the case. Take care all.
GMofDen…good to see that you are still around.
Good to be back and see all the good contributers are still hanging around. Didn’t want to participate much in all the speculation of which answer is correct right after the test, too depressing. I’ll send you an email to catch up.
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I’ve been trying to get back in shape and I think I’m about 50% there but I think this focus made me have a horrible CFA dream the other night. In the dream in order to make the CFA test more difficult next year, they combined the exam with a marathon. Every 3-4 miles you had to take another section of the test, and after that was done, run on and test again, and all timed and strictly enforced. Made it to the last section and I think time ran out. Sure hope that’s not in the cfa institutes plan for next year.
What was the time limit?
Funny, I’ve just started thinking about it again too, after a few weeks of leaving work at 5:30 and rushing home for tea parties with my 3 year old. We’re still more than a month away, so I’m going back to sleep. See ya.
I can’t possibly tell you how little thought (anxiety anyway) I’ve had about the CFA over the past month and a half!
good to see some of the old crew back. i’ve actually been surprised/proud of myself for being able to almost completely forget about the test until this week. just wanted to check in to see if i was the only one starting to feel it again… funny how most of us are just starting to think about it again at the same time… but smarshy’s right. let’s enjoy the last month.
I didn’t get a chance to think about CFA much. Busy with studying for the GMAT and working on MBA applications.
Have you taken the GMAT yet maratikus?
Not yet, I’m taking it on Aug 2nd. Any words of advise?
I wish I had some, but I bet you don’t really need any. I haven’t taken it. Because of my age and my family situation the CFA - MBA decision was mutually exclusive. Obviously I chose the CFA route. I am sure you will crush it. Good luck.
I don’t know what you’re using to study, but I strongly suggest a lot of practice. I’d grab Kaplan’s GMAT book (or something similar) from the local public library, and go through it, find my weak spots, and improve on those. When I wrote GMAT, I did not pay any attention to the essay part - all my attention was focused on quant/logic and verbal - since that’s what B-schools primarily look at. As for the applications - obviously, they vary from school to school. Basically, it’s about what you can bring to the table, and help your peers to learn from you - work/life experiences, exposure to foreign cultures, leadership skills, etc. But, again, the content depends on the school. If they look for references, it’s about who knows you - the higher on the totem pole you can get, the better it is. Good luck
Thanks, adrenalin! I really like your suggestions.