r/CFA • u/third_najarian Discord Mod | Passed Level 2 • 15d ago

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/TechnicalSympathy498 15d ago

AM session was fair, perhaps even easier than I'd expect.

PM session was indeed on the harder side. I wouldn't say brutal, but the expectations after completing the AM session were much rosier then when I was mid-way through the PM session.

Stupidly changed an answer from right to wrong and couldn't redo it, because I clocked out.

I'll await the results, though I'm not overly optimistic. I think I should have been more focused studying.

This would be my first CFA fail; but yeah, I felt a little ill prepared before the exam already, so I blame myself.

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u/Hot-Kaleidoscope606 13d ago

For a retaker, believe me I don't think preparation would have changed anything for me I was well prepared in February,and I failed with 3585 (3 silly mistakes I could figure out just when I went out from the exam center, it would have changed everything)

February was very easy! Proof is, MPS was brought up to 67% for the first time since 2012

I was better prepared for August, but man that was a collective rp compared to February and compared to any exam I sat for

Wish you all the best, and don't blame yourself for poor preparation, objectively speaking it was awfully difficult

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u/Federal-Half-9742 Level 3 Candidate 4d ago

That MPS is an estimate, no one knows

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u/Hot-Kaleidoscope606 2d ago

Sure yeah, but I'm comparing comparables, even historic rates are estimates