Which was Harder for Level 2

CFA Level II
#1

Schweser Level 2 Mock Exams vs. CFA Level 2 Exam?

#2

Please wait a couple of weeks before asking these questions.

#3

The real exam was harder than the Schweser mocks. I never got below 70 on any of the Schweser exams (1/2 of them over 80). The real exam throws curveballs at you that you can’t prepare for.

#4

topher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The real exam was harder than the Schweser mocks. > I never got below 70 on any of the Schweser exams > (1/2 of them over 80). The real exam throws > curveballs at you that you can’t prepare for. I agree…the real exam, IMHO, was more difficult than the most difficult schweser mock (book 7 included) and WAY more difficult than the CFAI mock. Best, TheChad

#5

Thx for the feedback.

#6

I completed the Mock and the first 4 Schweser exam and got mid 70s on all the exames. I usually finish the exam an hour early and complete w/o a review. The real exam was much harder then the Mock and Schweser exames. On AM I spent 30mins on the quant alone and had to guess on almost an entire section. PM was easier but still harder then the Mock.

#7

dude that sucks. It was the total opposite for level one (Schweser Mocks harder than CFA Exam)

#8

I just took level II and can’t say whether I passed or not but the best thing you can do in my opinion is go back and read over the threads from the first few days after the level ii test. It is tricky and the tricks are very subtle. I finished the morning section way early and said to myself “i must have been tricked cause this seems to easy” sure enough I was but think I caught most tricks the 2nd and third go around. In level II you have to know the material well enough to catch the tricks. I think that is what makes it much more difficult that Level I plus having to know how to calculate most everything as well as the qualitative stuff

#9

Not comparable. The Mock Exams were more straight forward than the actual.

#10

the real test was 100x harder than all the mocks, samples, and schwesers

#11

The level of knowledge about the curriculum required to complete practice vs. real was about the same. HOWEVER, There were so many tricks, and traps in the real thing.

#12

The real exam looks nothing like the cfa mocks and schwerser mocks and much much HARDER. Some many tricky questions everywhere.

#13

so tricky, I felt it easy… I didn’t get above 70% in schwesers’ mock, nor cfa . I’m crossing my fingers until the next 3 weeks.