So, by averaging the questions topic wise, I got these results.

These are from the mocks.

Ignore the decimals.. obviously.

But as u can see, for example , corporate issuers, I can see that there are mostly 1 vignette per mock or rarely 2.

If we assume in the exam, there's 1 vignette only for corporate issuers ( btw in the exam, there's definitely going to be one topic having 1 vignette)

Then there's a high change that those 4 questions will decide how much I get in this topic.

So even if I miss 1 or 2 questions of that vignette, I'm freaking screwed?!

There's a high chance that my score in that subject becomes 50 percentile. (I know about the method CFA uses. But just saying these by probabilities, that's all)

Doesn't that mean these low weightage topics shouldn't be considered as low weightage and instead given more importance 😭.

I am saying this because mostly the people who have passed, their results show that around 7 to 8 of the topics are above the 70 percentile.

Ur opinion?

It was eye opening simply posting about waiting on test results in a community forum and how the stress was killing me. I didn't mention level 3 because nobody would even know what it is on that forum.I wrote the 4th time.

But the point is that everybody thought I meant test results for health reasons and it was really eye opening how much support i got. I do want to pass but if I don't it's fine considering I'm healthy and so forth. The replies on the other thread helped me realize it's fine if I don't pass. People are going through crazy stuff.

But anyways, if anybody is stressing to the extreme, I hope this post maybe will help you as the other thread did for me.

I know this question has been asked about a billion times on this subreddit, and I apologize for asking it one more time.

It just seems that many of these posts are not serious (I.e someone posting they got 90%+ and acting stressed looking for compassion or someone saying they passed with a 40%)

I just feel as though they confuse people and set unrealistic expectations.

So, seriously, what’s a decent mock score that one could safely use as a benchmark to pass the exam?

Passed L3 last year in august. Since then i have not touched any CFA material and my job is also not quite related to what we studied here.

Today just to test myself i tried some fixed income concepts and i genuinely do not remember anything. Was struggling to remember duration and convexity. Then tried some numericals and i literally forgot how to use the calculator. Even with claudes help i was able to get the correct answers but I dont completely understand why they are correct.

Is anyone else experiencing this and do you guys have suggestions on how to boost retention/ revision?

Do I need to take the entire half an hour break or can I take the break for only a couple of minutes (say 10-15mins) annd then start PM session.

How many working sheets (rough sheets) are provided

Hi all. I’m currently preparing full time and attempting for my level 2 exam on the 19th of November and I’ve covered most of the portions already. I’m planning on spending the rest of the time drilling questions and mocks, revising and completing the remaining syllabus over this month.

I’m finding it hard to focus long hours. So if anyone’s in the same boat, I thought It would be really helpful if we could connect regularly to track progress and help each other out here. Also happy to take any tips on how to sit long hours and build my focus!

Working through L1 material and figured there were others in NYC in the same boat. Was thinking to get a group together for silent study sessions focusing on a given section for each meeting with a discussion at the end to talk though progress, challenging concepts, etc.

My style is typically more lone wolf, so I've found this balance useful but could adapt to other styles or structure that may be more interactive (partnered flash cards/mock questions). DMs are open, please drop a comment if interested as well.

came across this channel on YouTube called finquizpro, and it has the whole syllabus covered.

i watched the first module of pm from there and he explained it pretty good.

i have no clue about the person operating the channel

if anyone has used the channel, what are your views on the quality of lectures the channels provide and if i should watch them

I didn’t solve Ecosystem for ethics because it’s too long, does the premium enough? And please if there is a prep provider that provide great questions in ethics to practice, let me know

Looking for fellow CFA test takers in my city - anyone interested in motivating each other and practicing questions for the last stretch?

I'm working on IRR calculations using the CF and IRR functions, but I'm unsure if this question can be solved with a calculator due to the 2.5 year. Would this show up on the CFA Level 1 exam?

Assume that Gerhardt Corporation is considering a capital investment of €50 million today with the following estimated cash flow schedule over the next five years (all amounts in millions of euros).

What is the IRR of this investment, and should Gerhardt make the investment if its required rate of return is 10%?

super packed rn and i want to do the psm the right way, so ig it'll take a fairly large chunk of time. my exam is 11th nov, the exam period ends on 17th nov as far as i remember, so what im curious about is when do they release the results and until when i can finish my psm

sitting L1 in a month, I see loads of posts about do as many mocks as possible, like pushing 10. But where are all these mocks? I see 2 on CFAI and thats it... Ive got a Uworld subscription, but cant find any mocks on it so assume I dont get any. Do you actually have to pay $50 a pop for every extra mock?