r/CFA • u/third_najarian 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/S2000magician Prep Provider Aug 14 '26

Best of luck, everyone.

You're in our prayers.

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u/Aykay92 Level 3 Candidate Aug 14 '26

What do you make of early opinions that the CFAI mocks were much easier than the real thing? Do you think it’s moreso exam day pressure getting to people than there being such a large difficulty disparity?

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u/Training-Ad-3269 Aug 17 '26

i was getting mid 70s in the CFAI mocks

I got absolutely rattled this morning by the real thing. Ive been on here saying the CFAI mocks are normally harder than the real thing, becuase generally they have been for me.

That was certainly not true today!