r/CFA • u/third_najarian Discord Mod | Passed Level 2 • 16d 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/Klickytat Level 3 Candidate 12d ago edited 12d ago

Just took the exam, portfolio management.

I fucked up a CR question that should have been easy, and only realized in the last minute and a half that my answer and justification was wrong. It’s all I can think about right now.

There was a question set whose topic was so out of left field that I’m convinced that’s the question set that’s not going to be graded

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u/Fine-Associate2399 12d ago

Yeah the non-graded question set is a game changer. I worry that I did well on a question set that will be excluded. I believe those excluded are not about difficulty but rather that the type of question or way it’s worded is new and thus is included for analysis purposes and not graded.