cant believ me there was actually n exam which made me do all this and which had such rules i cudn sleep the nite of the exam…i was from india so i was travellin the previos de… n had slept quite a bit so i went off to sleep finally at 3.30am … got up @ 7 forgot my watch(thankfully they had these wall clocks wasnt allowed to take my water bottle inside wasnt even allowed to take my water cup to my seat… i was giving the exam in the big hall in the last seats had to travel 45 secs + i wud b disturbin ppl one of the proctors came to my seat n took away the water cup n more water story…i did waste time to go to the loo… atleast 3 mins and left atleast 6-8 qns…in the mornin session… just hopin i ll borderline… one more there was this arabian guy … those white dress one who had marked all B’s and C’s in his paper… wonder how the passin rate of CFA is aroun 35% i felt atleast 25% wer not givin the exam like for the 6 seats aroun me there wer just 2 ppl i immediately started feelin confident
luckyme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > cant believ me there was actually n exam which > made me do all this > and which had such rules > > i cudn sleep the nite of the exam…i was from > india so > i was travellin the previos de… n had slept quite > a bit so > i went off to sleep finally at 3.30am … got up @ > 7 > > forgot my watch(thankfully they had these wall > clocks > > wasnt allowed to take my water bottle inside > wasnt even allowed to take my water cup to my > seat… > > i was giving the exam in the big hall in the last > seats had to travel 45 secs > + i wud b disturbin ppl > > one of the proctors came to my seat n took away > the water cup > > n more water story…i did waste time to go to the > loo… atleast 3 mins > and left atleast 6-8 qns…in the mornin > session… > > just hopin i ll borderline… > > one more there was this arabian guy … those > white dress one who > had marked all B’s and C’s in his paper… > > wonder how the passin rate of CFA is aroun 35% > i felt atleast 25% wer not givin the exam like for > the 6 seats aroun me there wer just 2 ppl > i immediately started feelin confident Your writing skill itself is funny thing. 35% comes from the people who took both the exams. By the way, where did you go to take the exams. I heard that people cannot take test in India.
Is the no water at desk policy to avoid the potential mess & distraction from spillages?
haha, even better, they even took my eye drops away ( i was wearing contact lens!!! and I need that stuff!!!).
i forgot the most imp one which makes me look back and think hey what a freak i was… you know i was one of those who actually took a battery and a screwdriver with me… you know when i saw at admit card these things as allowed i felt i would be missing something if i din take these