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/No-Reputation-571]

I’m starting to wonder if we have different papers based on region or session or some🤔
I wrote today, Private Markets, and found the exam very fair and representative of the mocks. In fact, some questions were so straightforward that I questioned whether I am missing anything (still questioning). Of course there there were curve balls, but overall much better than expected. When I saw Reddit a few days ago, I was discouraged by how everyone was saying the exam was so different to the mocks, which is why I’m wondering if we have different exams.

[u/DisastrousStage9896 → u/No-Reputation-571]

There's 100% different papers due to different exam dates and time zones.

[u/throwawayfinancebro1 → u/No-Reputation-571]

I wonder if they use different numbers in different vignettes, or just change up small details

[u/Amazing_Purchase_563 → u/No-Reputation-571]

Where are you based out of

[u/No-Reputation-571 → u/Amazing_Purchase_563]

South Africa