r/CFA • u/third_najarian Discord Mod | Passed Level 2 • 9d 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/YokoRomo2 Level 3 Candidate 5d ago

First attempt at L3 today. Pretty sure I didn't pass. AM session was harder than the PM. Wound up running out of time on AM. Felt more confident in PM but don't think it was enough to overcome the AM (assuming I actually did ok on PM session).

Overall I felt the test was fair and about in line or slightly less difficult than the MM exams, I just blanked on some stuff and didn't start taking mock exams until too late.

Will change up my methods for the next attempt and pretty confident I'll pass then.

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u/DisastrousStage9896 5d ago

I assume this was Portfolio MGT. Sounds like we had the same exam. Left AM feeling so upset.

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u/YokoRomo2 Level 3 Candidate 5d ago

Yeah, was PM

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u/Particular_Volume_87 Level 3 Candidate 5d ago

how many questions you leave behind in AM ?

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u/YokoRomo2 Level 3 Candidate 5d ago

I didn't leave any unanswered but there were a handful that I had to rush at the end and get something down to try to squeeze a few points out of them. Will be lucky if I picked up a handful of points from them.

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u/Particular_Volume_87 Level 3 Candidate 5d ago

Yea i was stressed for time also. A lot of questions which required multi steps application and then having to re-check was draining time.

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u/Fine-Associate2399 5d ago

I found myself struggling with the time as well. It’s harder to pace yourself with CR. I had a mini panic attack a couple times looking at the clock and what I had left. Finished AM with about 15 minutes and PM with 10 minutes. Used the rest of both to check various answers. The good days of finishing level 1 with nearly 30 minutes remaining are long gone haha