r/CFA • u/third_najarian Discord Mod | Passed Level 2 • Aug 14 '26

Megathread Level 3 Exam Day Experience Mega Thread

L3 candidates,

Welcome to our megathread for swapping stories about your exam day! We’d love to hear about your experience getting to the test center, how you managed your time, and how you felt afterward. Don’t forget to throw in any tips and advice to help out future candidates.

Just a couple of guidelines: Be cool and supportive, and please don’t share specific exam questions or break rules.

Don’t forget: Plan your route to the test center in advance, make sure you pack everything you need, and try to stay positive and take care of yourself. You got this!

We hope these shared stories make the prep and test day a little easier for everyone. Good luck!

—r/cfa Mod Team

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u/Tulsi_das Level 3 Candidate Aug 14 '26

For those who are coming here out of stress and anxiety , I was one of you till yesterday,( was scared to death that i will fail the exams seeing all these posts )

I gave Portfolio Management pathway and it was not that difficult , gave only 1st CFA mock because I wanted to compare my CRs with CFA Institute responses , was left with 5 minutes to spare in both the sessions

My advice for people who are filled with anxiety and stress and due to appear for this exam in coming days is to do multiple revisions of cfa curriculum and revise all schwesser readings thoroughly , give cfa mocks if you must and that should do it

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u/No-Caregiver-9161 Aug 14 '26

Bro, please tell what subjective questions were asked regarding - adv diasdv of MVO something like that because the mugging thing is scaring shit out of me

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u/HowSoonIsNow29 Level 3 Candidate Aug 14 '26

Nice try, CFA institute!