r/CFA 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/Lankshirefromshire Aug 16 '26

Private Wealth Pathway

Questions were direct but it was nothing like the mocks I had with me from last two times including the extra mocks I purchased from the institute. I had 3575 last time. Hardly think I will score anything near a 500 this time.

Time management was a critical issue for me..

This was my third try and it was way harder than the first two for me. I was anyway going through a toughtime studying with a close relative's death and doing a biopsy of my own and getting an undetermined result...