Congratulations, saurabh!
Hats off to you, my friend! #NeverGiveUp #BallsOfSteal
Congratulations, gruja!
Congratulations, CEO!
AM I reading this right? The 10%ile ethics score was 50%?
Congratulations, rsparks!
Congratulations, TSI!
Congratulations, banker!
#MeanMachine!
Good job!
Congratulations, ALBAREGINA!
When you fail, no words can console you. You get that horrible sinking feeling that you just spent an entire year slogging away for nothing. You dread the prospect of another year of studying after a long day at work, missing family/friend gatherings, gaining weight because you’re skipping gym/running, staring at the same notes every day before going to bed, stressing out because you scored in the 60s in a mock, all while contemplating if its worth it when no one around you even knows the difference between a CFA or CA or CPA.
After failing last year, I had actually given up. Then in late January this year I decided to give it another shot. Why? Because I spent a lot of time rethinking my study strategy. Last year I spent too much time focusing on concepts, only to find that the exams don’t test you solely on difficult concepts, but rather on your grasp on the entire curriculum. This means knowing all the qualitative definitions, and model similarities/differences. They ain’t kidding when they say that level II is “A Mile wide and an inch deep”. I stopped stressing about mastering concepts and focusing more on covering every section and key learning objectives. Another thing I did differently this time was keeping very good notes, which helped big time in the final months as I reviewed them daily. Last year I was basically going through every book one by one, which wasn’t very efficient, and I often skipped sections.
I also did more mocks, and checked what other candidates were discussing in AF. This helped big time because you guys asked good questions, and people like 125mph and Magician were always very responsive and helpful.
Wouldn’t doubt it, I found the ethics part to be ridiculously hard. A complete open-ended nightmare.
Congratulations, ashley!
Congratulations, ε!
Congratulations, geodada!
Congratulations, 125mph!
Passed. I felt moderately comfortable coming out of the exam, thinking I had correctly identified a lot of what I perceived to be tricks on the exam and not falling for them, but then as time went on waiting for the results I started second guessing and re thinking and just overall not having any idea. Lowest score ended up being ethics and was just barely above 70% line, so turns out I had a lot of leeway but overall I thought this test was kind of tough and very comprehensive after finishing. I won’t say it was minute-detail oriented but some of things required to know did surprise me, particularly in alternative investments.
Maybe cause the pass rate was relatively high last year they tried to toughen it up?
Congratulations, Barbra!
Congratulations, hacker!
Congratulations, cc!