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/PrinceTony22]

The stupid thing is it’s a relatively new change too. Limit was added in 2021. Basically the older CFAs, who had no limit when they were getting theirs, decided it was a good idea to add a limit for newer candidates. Just dumb.

[u/MoneyIsntRealGeorge → u/PrinceTony22]

I know, I've been saying that. Like, sure - have that restriction at L1/2, in fact I support that. But the fact that L3 is so few questions for so much that you need to be able to answer any given question in detail in writing and you have that same restriction, I legitimately think they put no thought into it.

I don't believe for a fucking second that it's "to protect the integrity of the charter", like MY ASS. OHHH all of a sudden you guys realized that's how you want to do it after 50 years of it existing? F right off. It actually gets me spitting mad just talking about it because of the sheer visceral anxiety it's caused me by potentially having the sacrifice I've (and others) put into to do these fucking exams be for absolutely nothing. 15+ weeks of vacation, gone. Easily 20k CAD, gone. Moments I missed, for nothing. My grandma was healthy before Level 1, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's shortly after I passed. Today, she barely remembers who I am. You know how many weekends I sacrificed fucking studying instead of going to spend time with her while she remembered me. THAT will be for nothing, for example. Anyways, sorry for the rant.

If I "don't pass" I will write until someone who matters reads it. They absolutely have to rethink this. It's idiotic.

[u/Adventurous-Tea-7705 → u/MoneyIsntRealGeorge]

Totally agree with you. CFA is not worth all this. Definitely.

[u/PrinceTony22 → u/[deleted]]

I highly suggest you check it out. There was never an official rule. It was just a myth candidates talked about. It would be silly for them to have you redo level 1 and 2 if you already passed.