so how'd it go?

[Mel_Clark]

@Mel_Clark

returning level II candidate… thought the afternoon was much harder than the morning…

could have gone 75-85 on the am and anywhere from 55-65 in the pm

I band 10 failed last year with a fail in ethics… feel like same result is coming

Also glad i didnt do any CFA mocks this year… from what I’ve heard the CFA mocks didnt add much value for most

[Majestic]

The CFA mocks were very hard in my opinion though the practice tests were decent enough

[MrSmart]

@kurtosis2014

Yeah… I am really worried for some of these people.

It’s a violation to post reference as a charterholder or a candidate under a pseudo-name, which renders this whole website a violation.

[onlysimon]

@MrSmart

It’s a violation to post reference as a charterholder or a candidate under a pseudo-name, which renders this whole website a violation.

doesn’t work as a defence unfortunately.

[defacto]

My 120 was brutally straightforward…like 123, but did require a calculation.

[iamMichael]

@Pho6

I believe #120 for derivatives also did not require any calculation. It was theoretical by nature. If you knew the theory behind it, the answer would jump out right infront of you with no calculation required.

This is a violation Standard 7 for sure.

[hookem89]

.

[defacto]

@iamMichael

@Pho6

I believe #120 for derivatives also did not require any calculation. It was theoretical by nature. If you knew the theory behind it, the answer would jump out right infront of you with no calculation required.

This is a violation Standard 7 for sure.

A is incorrect

you should inform senior management incessantly and conduct an investigation on the extent of wrongdoing, in addition to monitoring and limiting Pho6’s activities pending the outcome.

[caschas]

Hi there,

Yes, I am going with Shoot again; the exam is easy, it doesn’t build up on the knowledge. If you don’t know the element that is tested it’s a bad idea to logic things out as it is not a logic game.

And it’s true; there is this feeling of going through something childish, ashamed that you could have missed such an easy test.

I remember when I used to take 8 hours tests getting my prep for big concourses in France and, well, it’s another story. France was a romance and when you got out, exhausted, you could nearly have dreams of the reflection you had to deploy advancing though the problem and geniusly building up the pieces for the last answers.

CFA is more like a combat technique giving you the Know What To Do At The Right Moment. Interesting. But as for every belt on Martial Arts or others you’ll have to fight to get the black and CFA is just a Yellow, I don’t like the analogy but you get the idea.

And as frustrating it can be (I really felt frustrated at the end) real life is rarely a romance, is mostly simple and straight forward when you know or feel what to do. And missing on something you just needed a piece of information or more focus to easily get can really have you off.

This is how I felt at the end, enraging on the easiness of the task while blaming myself for not being able to clearly gasp the pressure or fill the hole.

I mean, if the exam had been a MOCK I think I would have largely got up 90. Except for 1 formula or another term I didn’t have the rest was replica with little or no layers of complexity.

There I’ll go with MrSmart; makes me wonder if I haven’t just fell in every easy going wrong answer I could.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst, I am not burning my notes to R’holle…

[Cory688]

I’m not saying I passed, but I felt the exam was much easier than I would have thought. 95% of questions I remembered reading about in the materials. There were a few formulas I couldn’t remember exactly and a few times I couldn’t remember if something moved up or down based on something else happening, but there were very few problems that I couldn’t remember reading about.

If I passed, I’ll be happy and feel very lucky. If I failed I have no doubt I’ll pass next year if the exam is roughly the same level of difficulty.

I can’t imagine a retaker failing again this year if they went through the material again.

[CFAbeatmeup]

@shootforthestars1

@CFAbeatmeup

@shootforthestars1

Level 2 exam could not have been any easier and I am so pissed at myself I didn’t do as well as I had done L1.

The margin for error is so small in this level that a few questions can make the difference b/w passing and failing. For me, AI and FI were the hardest - I totally blanked out on AI (maybe I got too tired or it was the air conditioning but I did). Ethics screwed me big time - I wasn’t sure about a lot of the questions.

Derivatives was easy - very! PM was fine too. FRA - well, that’s my weakest area, I’m not a guy who’ll ever get comfortable with accounting so it’s always going to be tough for me. Quants - OMFG, if I don’t get 100% in this one, then I really should jump out of my office building. It’ll be a disgrace to not get 100% in quants. I don’t know how they could’ve set an easier Quants vignette .

Overall: Whilst the exam was easy, I doubt I’ll pass. If I do, it’ll probably be because of a few good things I’ve done in my life and karma finally pays off. I’m already preparing myself to repeat in 2016, I would obviously hate to - but its mostly because I’m so embarrassed that I couldn’t ace this easy exam. Yes there were some traps but it was easy - I let myself down and I don’t have anyone else to blame but me. So yeah.

I can’t let CFAI beat me, especially with an exam this straightforward.

Your overall stance is confusing. It was too easy, so you don’t think you passed? Not trying to be a Richard here and call you out, but you must see your post is semi(mostly)-illogical. Saying things like “it would be a disgrace not to get a 100% in quants” can also be off-putting to fellow AF guys that struggled there (and rob you of those Karma points you apparently need). In addition, it generally falls outside of the conservatism analysts typically pride themselves on. Personally, I think the fact they can test on so much makes the exam difficult – even if it’s straight forward.

I guess what I’m saying is respect the exam and your fellow AF-ers, especially if you don’t even think you passed. That’s like Seattle saying New England is easy to beat (if you’re not in the US, that’s a Super Bowl reference). Or that’s simply my two cents, feel free to throw them down the wishing well. Hopefully you accept this minor criticism in the spirit in which it is given. For the record, and I understand you should ask this of me, I too feel the test was straight forward (sans ethics) and I expect to pass but understand it was difficult for many – I applaud all who committed the 300-500 hours necessary.

Accept your criticism in the spirit it’s intended.

But, I think I made my point pretty clear - which is, the exam was easy but because I didn’t practice well enough to recollect some key concepts during the exam. I can see where you’re coming from but I’m sorry, I’m not the one who’se going to pretend (even if I made mistakes) that it was difficult when it wasn’t, just to falsely make myself believe it’s ok to fail the exam, when it’s not.

If the exam was hard, I wouldn’t feel embarrassed like I do right now for not completely owning it, but it wasn’t and it was totally gettable. I simply refuse to join the the group which goes on to blame the difficulty level for not passing. Call me too critical or harsh but you can’t call me immodest because I’m open to admit my embarrassing screw up and honest about the fact that failing would have nothing to do with exam’s difficulty level.

And by no means am I trying to make anyone feel bad - just trying to keep it honest, so I/we can learn and do better next time.

PS: Too bad I can’t quote specific questions to prove my point

Fair enough, good luck bro. : )

[shootforthestars1]

@CFAbeatmeup

@shootforthestars1

@CFAbeatmeup

@shootforthestars1

Level 2 exam could not have been any easier and I am so pissed at myself I didn’t do as well as I had done L1.

The margin for error is so small in this level that a few questions can make the difference b/w passing and failing. For me, AI and FI were the hardest - I totally blanked out on AI (maybe I got too tired or it was the air conditioning but I did). Ethics screwed me big time - I wasn’t sure about a lot of the questions.

Derivatives was easy - very! PM was fine too. FRA - well, that’s my weakest area, I’m not a guy who’ll ever get comfortable with accounting so it’s always going to be tough for me. Quants - OMFG, if I don’t get 100% in this one, then I really should jump out of my office building. It’ll be a disgrace to not get 100% in quants. I don’t know how they could’ve set an easier Quants vignette .

Overall: Whilst the exam was easy, I doubt I’ll pass. If I do, it’ll probably be because of a few good things I’ve done in my life and karma finally pays off. I’m already preparing myself to repeat in 2016, I would obviously hate to - but its mostly because I’m so embarrassed that I couldn’t ace this easy exam. Yes there were some traps but it was easy - I let myself down and I don’t have anyone else to blame but me. So yeah.

I can’t let CFAI beat me, especially with an exam this straightforward.

Your overall stance is confusing. It was too easy, so you don’t think you passed? Not trying to be a Richard here and call you out, but you must see your post is semi(mostly)-illogical. Saying things like “it would be a disgrace not to get a 100% in quants” can also be off-putting to fellow AF guys that struggled there (and rob you of those Karma points you apparently need). In addition, it generally falls outside of the conservatism analysts typically pride themselves on. Personally, I think the fact they can test on so much makes the exam difficult – even if it’s straight forward.

I guess what I’m saying is respect the exam and your fellow AF-ers, especially if you don’t even think you passed. That’s like Seattle saying New England is easy to beat (if you’re not in the US, that’s a Super Bowl reference). Or that’s simply my two cents, feel free to throw them down the wishing well. Hopefully you accept this minor criticism in the spirit in which it is given. For the record, and I understand you should ask this of me, I too feel the test was straight forward (sans ethics) and I expect to pass but understand it was difficult for many – I applaud all who committed the 300-500 hours necessary.

Accept your criticism in the spirit it’s intended.

But, I think I made my point pretty clear - which is, the exam was easy but because I didn’t practice well enough to recollect some key concepts during the exam. I can see where you’re coming from but I’m sorry, I’m not the one who’se going to pretend (even if I made mistakes) that it was difficult when it wasn’t, just to falsely make myself believe it’s ok to fail the exam, when it’s not.

If the exam was hard, I wouldn’t feel embarrassed like I do right now for not completely owning it, but it wasn’t and it was totally gettable. I simply refuse to join the the group which goes on to blame the difficulty level for not passing. Call me too critical or harsh but you can’t call me immodest because I’m open to admit my embarrassing screw up and honest about the fact that failing would have nothing to do with exam’s difficulty level.

And by no means am I trying to make anyone feel bad - just trying to keep it honest, so I/we can learn and do better next time.

PS: Too bad I can’t quote specific questions to prove my point

Fair enough, good luck bro. : )

You too

[shootforthestars1]

@caschas

Hi there,

Yes, I am going with Shoot again; the exam is easy, it doesn’t build up on the knowledge. If you don’t know the element that is tested it’s a bad idea to logic things out as it is not a logic game.

And it’s true; there is this feeling of going through something childish, ashamed that you could have missed such an easy test.

I remember when I used to take 8 hours tests getting my prep for big concourses in France and, well, it’s another story. France was a romance and when you got out, exhausted, you could nearly have dreams of the reflection you had to deploy advancing though the problem and geniusly building up the pieces for the last answers.

CFA is more like a combat technique giving you the Know What To Do At The Right Moment. Interesting. But as for every belt on Martial Arts or others you’ll have to fight to get the black and CFA is just a Yellow, I don’t like the analogy but you get the idea.

And as frustrating it can be (I really felt frustrated at the end) real life is rarely a romance, is mostly simple and straight forward when you know or feel what to do. And missing on something you just needed a piece of information or more focus to easily get can really have you off.

This is how I felt at the end, enraging on the easiness of the task while blaming myself for not being able to clearly gasp the pressure or fill the hole.

I mean, if the exam had been a MOCK I think I would have largely got up 90. Except for 1 formula or another term I didn’t have the rest was replica with little or no layers of complexity.

There I’ll go with MrSmart; makes me wonder if I haven’t just fell in every easy going wrong answer I could.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst, I am not burning my notes to R’holle…

Likewise, keeping my notes - as I’m now sure I made some really stupid mistakes. Hope for the best prepare for the worst Hope we don’t have to use it though

[hashtag]

@JamesPage

#FEthics

#truedat

#myBROTHAfromAnothaMotha

[iamMichael]

Who is still dreaming about the exam?

[Imperfect_hedge]

I am still kicking myself about a few silly mistakes on questions – time to get over it and enjoy the summer! What’s done is done…

[CFALOBO]

@iamMichael

Who is still dreaming about the exam?

I sure am. Can’t stop beating myself up over very stupid mistakes I made.

You saying A is incorrect for 120? If so, there goes another mistake…

[love_lord_s]

I am unable to sleep. CFA ques come in my dreams.

[MrSmart]

@CFALOBO

@iamMichael

Who is still dreaming about the exam?

I sure am. Can’t stop beating myself up over very stupid mistakes I made.

You saying A is incorrect for 120? If so, there goes another mistake…

The derivatives question that needed a calculator?

I wrote it B, but I guessed.

[CFALOBO]

@MrSmart

@CFALOBO

@iamMichael

Who is still dreaming about the exam?

I sure am. Can’t stop beating myself up over very stupid mistakes I made.

You saying A is incorrect for 120? If so, there goes another mistake…

The derivatives question that needed a calculator?

I wrote it B, but I guessed.

My guess was somewhat calculated. Who knows… I just want my exam score already so I know where I’m at in the program. I’m never giving up until I receive the charter. Crazy part is I don’t need it for my current job.