u/Financebro_4

I just finished my exam and wanted to take a moment to share my experience and some advice while I am getting my pizza packed :)

Overall, I felt that both the AM and PM sessions were at par with each other. I managed to complete each session in about an hour and a half, which gave me enough time to review my answers twice.

Leading up to the exam, I was quite stressed and pulling all nighters to cover the syllabus, but I realised that the last-minute cramming might not be the most effective approach. Instead of reading books and questions randomly at the end, I found it much more helpful to look at the chapter outlines in the Schwezer or CFA books. I spent about two hours the night before just sitting quietly with my eyes closed, visualizing each chapter and formula. If there was something I couldn't remember, I reviewed only those specific parts but did this very late last 2 days -_-

The exam itself felt very similar to the mocks in terms of difficulty. My biggest piece of advice would be to focus on Ethics every single day; I definitely wish I had dedicated more consistent time to that.

CFA OFFICIAL MOCKS -

1. 68%

2. 70%

Premium Mocks

1. 73%

2. 76.5

3. 73%

4. 75 ( I gave this on today scored 87 in first session and 63 in second)

I didnt give it like mock mock just I was bored and made silly mistakes in corp and ethics

now I think I can work on corporate but ethics idk sometimes it goes so good, sometimes it goes so bad. I have made mistake sheet for ethics but still im scared about it now.

Scored 68% in Mock 1. Yesterday gave mock 2 scored 68% and 72%, I was kinda working towards above 80%. To improve my accuracy should I now focus on ethics institute book or just focus on doing portal questions again? I don't plan on solving mock, I can just solve and review it fast but not like a proper mock environment cause 6 days left. rest I am making many silly mistakes - ans was my instinct but I started overthinking and answered wrong ( happened in 5,6 question)

MAN I WILL BE GIVING MY NEXT AND LAST CFA FREE MOCK TOMORROW- I have only 2 mocks so yeah, I really want 90% ABOVE. THO another question IS SLEEP IMP ? especially last weeks or before exam day ? I mean what if I survive on red bulls and coffee 😀

I’ve done the CFAI portal twice already, reviewed notes, and I’m still sitting around 68% in mocks with 19 days left for the exam. Idk I dont feel confident as well now and yes I do want to pass, but honestly I was aiming for a much stronger score and I just don’t know what the best move is from here. I was thinking to go to portal again because its they key, but time is less, AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO REVISE ATLEAST HALF A SLLAYBUS IN ONE DAY ? and how - I usually take a lot of time in revising as well so just wanted to how I can strategically improve my score and revise at the same time.

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