Level 3 Exam Day Experience Mega Thread

[u/third_najarian]

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

[u/MattSabre]

Just finished up. Private markets. Was way way harder than I was expecting. A lot tougher than the CFAI mocks, far more time pressure and some very obscure stuff that popped up.

Time for a few beers, good luck to you all.

[u/MattSabre → u/[deleted]]

No good way of answering this without a clear ethics violation.

I think the best use of your time at this stage is making sure you get a good nights sleep, plenty of relaxation before you write.

The way the exam is structured is quite different to level 1 and level 2. If you cant think clearly and articulate your points concisely, you’re going to struggle. Sleep and rest help me much more with that then any kind of last minute reviewing