I can’t take Level 2 this year, but I thought I would offer my .02. This board gets very emotional around March. While some input is helpful, a lot of it overwhelms you and provides you with more stress. If the mood trends in that direction, beware. Study as much as you can away from AF. While AF contains a ton of sharp people, there also are those whom get too negative on this board (myself included). This negativity really inhibits studying and progress. Best of luck to you all. Feel free to shoot me an email if you wish.
Thanks QuantJock. Good luck with the MBA Program. I hope to not be here when you return to sit for L2.
Yes there seems to be a lot of negativity even wrt benefits from earning the charter. Who knows why.
I noticed as well.
What do you expect? Everyone is terrible. The test is terrible. Life is terrible. We’re all just better off quiting now. None of us have a chance. Crap!! Where did that come from? It must be contageous.
I understand the negativity, this is the only place to vent where people actually understand what you’re talking about. If I went home and told my wife that I was having a hard time wrapping my head around the BP or Durbin Watson test and when to use what, she would look at me as if I was talking in Mandarin. Same goes with my colleagues around me, none of them know the effort and discipline to even feel comfortable enough to sit for the exams, not to mention actually passing. I agree with QuantJock, don’t take the negativity to heart, just understand that you’re not the only person out there wondering why the hell they chose to go down this path and that it will all be okay. Repeat; IT WILL ALL BE OKAY! Good luck QuantJock, kick ass in your MBA program.
For the record, there are better places to go for advice than this forum. Better in that A.) The quality of advice will be better, and B.) A great deal less negativity
any names?
ShintreH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > any names? It will be all of you. You’ll be studying on a Friday night, your friends will text you from the bars/clubs wondering where the fck you are? You’ll lie and say you’re tired if you’re like most people, otherwise you’ll be honest and they’ll beraid you with insults for studying on a Friday night. Then you’ll fck up a defined benefit obligation calculation. And then you’ll log on this forum, post a question like, “Fck Schweser question #2, book 3!!” Others will follow commending you and you’ll feel righteous for complaining. While it feels good to rant, it will not be a strong success factor for this exam.
Quantjock I can’t believe you aren’t taking it this year. I took it with you last year and while we clearly both failed, I am retaking it while in bschool. You should too. You’ll have more time than in two years when you are back to work!
QuantJock_MBA Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ShintreH Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > any names? > > > It will be all of you. You’ll be studying on a > Friday night, your friends will text you from the > bars/clubs wondering where the fck you are? > You’ll lie and say you’re tired if you’re like > most people, otherwise you’ll be honest and > they’ll beraid you with insults for studying on a > Friday night. > > Then you’ll fck up a defined benefit obligation > calculation. > > And then you’ll log on this forum, post a question > like, “Fck Schweser question #2, book 3!!” Others > will follow commending you and you’ll feel > righteous for complaining. > > While it feels good to rant, it will not be a > strong success factor for this exam. By names I was referring to other places to go for advice than this forum.
I am new here, so I am not aware of any ways to convey such information discretely. I do value my anonymity, which could be compromised if I say it publicly. Also, I don’t want to cause a flood of people to the other forum. The people there probably wouldn’t appreciate it. If there is a away to tell people discretely, I am not opposed to telling a few people who are genuinely interested.
There is no way to tell it discretely other than posting your email on here and people will email you.