2016 READY TO GIVE CFAI A MIDDLE FINGER!!!!!

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2010: Passed Level 1 with all over 70 except AI
2011: Failed Level 2 Band 10
2012: Failed Level 2 Band 10
2013: Failed Level 2 Band 9
2014: Passed Level 2 with all over 70
2015: Failed Level 3 Band 10 with all PM over 70 except Ethics & GIPS; 6 =<50 in AM after attempting all AM qstns
Am I perrenial borderline failure? I have seen people who always pass borderline over the years. I have a good profile in my academics;
Elementary school: Topped class always - A student
Middle School: Topped class always - A student
High School: Topped class always - A student
Undergrad University - Topped my class; Dean’s list: Graduated with a First Class Honors in Finance and Economics
Masters: Distinction in MS Economics
GMAT: 720
CPA: Completed in 2006; Awarded the Elijah Watt Sells Award (for those who don’t know, it is the award given to students who average a score of 95% in the CPA papers)
FRM: Nailed the two levels on first attempts
CAIA: Nailed the two levels on first attempts
I must admit though that I did all these papers including the MS degree while pursuing the fu***g CFA exam.. and while starting a family and siring 2 kids… one of them born on the day of the exam last year.
Why does the CFAI toy with me???. hehehehehe… why borderline Tom-Mickey game???? F**K CFAI
I am gonna give the a d**n middle finger in August 2016… AND I WILL POST IT HERE FOR YAH ALL TO SEE….
ps: And to those who passed the d**n thingy, I am ain’t here to take your rebuke… Get us your a** off AF and go build your careers. Myself, I have one established one with a leading Invetsment bank in Manhattan and my boss does’nt care if I pass or fail the stupid exam.
And wait: THEY WILL NOW ALLOW ME TO PASS WITH ALL OVER 70 IN 2016… F**k CFAI
Essay
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
1 Portfolio Management - Institutional 14 - - *
2 Portfolio Management - Institutional 17 - * -
3 Fixed Income Investments 19 * - -
4 Alternative Investments 20 * - -
5 Portfolio Management - Performance Eval. 15 - - *
6 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 14 - * -
7 Portfolio Management - Individual 18 * - -
8 Portfolio Management - Individual 16 * - -
9 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 15 * - -
10 Economics 14 * - -
11 Portfolio Management - Indiv/Behavioral 18 - * -
Item Set
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Economics 18 - - *
- Equity Investments 18 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 * - -
- Fixed Income Investments 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management 18 - * -
- Portfolio Management - Individual 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Risk Management 36 - - *
 
cool story bro. don’t stop here, tell more strangers of all your achievements.
 
SHoot85 wrote:
cool story bro. don’t stop here, tell more strangers of all your achievements.
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Are you trying to be sarcastic??? are you jealous… you just came from L2 and are you among the passing lot???
 
God Awful AM performance. You should be ashamed. All those stellar A+ grades and grad school success and you can’t even write out a few simple bullet points? Again, proving that too much education is actually a bad thing at LIII, as the highly educated tend to want to write theses as answeres instead of snippets. You have been ‘schooled” in the ways of CFAI and, this lesson having been learned, you will now get with the program next year on the AM section and force yourself to write how CFAI wants you to write.
I would expect that among the 53% that passed, a very very large majority were re-takers who had to learn this lesson the hard way in their first attempt – just like you.
 
Auburn wrote:
God Awful AM performance. You should be ashamed. All those stellar A+ grades and grad school success and you can’t even write out a few simple bullet points? Again, proving that too much education is actually a bad thing at LIII, as the highly educated tend to want to write theses as answeres instead of snippets. You have been ‘schooled” in the ways of CFAI and, this lesson having been learned, you will now get with the program next year on the AM section and force yourself to write how CFAI wants you to write.
I would expect that among the 53% that passed, a very very large majority were re-takers who had to learn this lesson the hard way in their first attempt – just like you.
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Thank’s AH, I thought I had 6 sections only =<50 in the AM… there are a good number of peeps who passed the d**n exam with 8-9 sections in AM under =<50.. Are you among the passing lot this year???
 
Living in Manhattan damages brain cells (too much pollution, Chinese food, and the nasty chemicals coming from NJ). Some say that Elmo in Times Square was a very successful banker. Brian Williams started imagining things. Fox News is there (dumbest thing ever). FlashDancers was a public library,…
Try leaving the concrete jungle for a couple of weeks and you’ll regain your outstanding performance
 
RE: “there are a good number of peeps who passed the d**n exam with 8-9 sections in AM under =<50.”
Prove that.
I passed last year.
 
I think you’re pursuing CFA for all the wrong reasons.
Your comment about being in IB really rubs me the wrong way, I bet that’s your go to line at run of the mill swanky midtown bar? People who are “important” don’t make such ridiculous strides to tell everyone how awesome they are.
 
philadelphia_collin5 wrote:
I think you’re pursuing CFA for all the wrong reasons.
Your comment about being in IB really rubs me the wrong way, I bet that’s your go to line at run of the mill swanky midtown bar? People who are “important” don’t make such ridiculous strides to tell everyone how awesome they are.
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Nah, they do if they are hurt like I am at this moment. CFAI has taken me for a toy too much that I had to take time off today and tomorrow because I was unproductive. My colleague understands that someone with my academic achievements would feel this hurt… so, who the heck are you to give your imbecile generalized comments. Get a middle finger too… hehehehehehe!!!!
 
You had to take time off because you’re so frustrated? You must have lied in your interview when they asked how you handle high pressure situations. Do you have a meltdown when the printer jams as you print 100 deal decks for you boss?
 
CFAI is a different animal than traditional education. In conventional education, including MBS, if you know the material you generally get good grades.
CFAI exams are not ONLY about knowing the material, it’s about being able to negotiate your way through very tricky exams with lots of twists and turns. It’s also a series of grueling exams. 8-5 is a long time to take a f’ing test. As I mentioned, I failed L3 likely because I got in a hurry and wanted to beat the 30 minute lockdown.
I can easily see how someone could be stellar in traditional academics and still struggle with CFAI. And that is because CFAI is about so much more than simply KNOWING the material. Just my opinion.
 
Chizi wrote:
My colleague understands that someone with my academic achievements would feel this hurt… so, who the heck are you to give your imbecile generalized comments. Get a middle finger too… hehehehehehe!!!!
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The fact that Vicky passed, while you couldn’t, speaks volumes.
#TheUltimateMiddleFinger
 
Topperharley wrote:
CFAI is a different animal than traditional education. In conventional education, including MBS, if you know the material you generally get good grades.
CFAI exams are not ONLY about knowing the material, it’s about being able to negotiate your way through very tricky exams with lots of twists and turns. It’s also a series of grueling exams. 8-5 is a long time to take a f’ing test. As I mentioned, I failed L3 likely because I got in a hurry and wanted to beat the 30 minute lockdown.
I can easily see how someone could be stellar in traditional academics and still struggle with CFAI. And that is because CFAI is about so much more than simply KNOWING the material. Just my opinion.
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Thanks TopperH…. btw, tell me how it goes with your retabulation score; I will appreciate. Thinking of asking for one too..
 
hashtag wrote:
The fact that Vicky passed, while you couldn’t, speaks volumes.
#TheUltimateMiddleFinger
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On behalf of all who passed and failed L3 since the inception of the CFA Program: OUCH
 
philadelphia_collin5 wrote:
You had to take time off because you’re so frustrated? You must have lied in your interview when they asked how you handle high pressure situations. Do you have a meltdown when the printer jams as you print 100 deal decks for you boss?
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WTF are you talking about kid???? I am a Portfolio Manager. I don’t print reports, I used to do that some time back when I was still at the beginning of my CFA journey; you see, you see those times I was an excited puppy like yourself.
Today, I request young excited CFA passers like you to print those reports… my boss considers me a partner even though I am 31 only. I am good at what I do, so he doesn’t give a f*** that I am out of office today and tomorrow. He knows we will be dancing with big bonuses come Feb next year. What’s the point of staying in office in days where I am thinking of CFAI instead on that particular portfolio.
Yes… I am out of office today to post on AF giving a middle finger to kids like you….
 
jordanesque23 wrote:
may be there’s something wrong with your preparation and not with CFAI? watchatink?
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Thanks jordansque23… honestly, I thought I would pass if I nailed the PM; PM was much harder for me. May be, I underestimated the AM; but on exam day, I did well in those topics which I scored <=50 esp. Econ - I thought I pocketed the 14points.
Results show that I was almost perfect in PM but screwed the AM..
Like I posted, I am gonna give them a dam* middle finger; I will pass in 2016; may be they will allow me to post a score of over 70 in everything… I am ready to drop everything else just to prove to the Inst. that I ought to be respected. No more cat-mouse borderline fails…
 
Audacious wrote:
hashtag wrote:
The fact that Vicky passed, while you couldn’t, speaks volumes.
#TheUltimateMiddleFinger
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On behalf of all who passed and failed L3 since the inception of the CFA Program: OUCH
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Are you inferring that Vicky was dumb that all other CFA level III takers????
 
Chizi wrote:
Topperharley wrote:
CFAI is a different animal than traditional education. In conventional education, including MBS, if you know the material you generally get good grades.
CFAI exams are not ONLY about knowing the material, it’s about being able to negotiate your way through very tricky exams with lots of twists and turns. It’s also a series of grueling exams. 8-5 is a long time to take a f’ing test. As I mentioned, I failed L3 likely because I got in a hurry and wanted to beat the 30 minute lockdown.
I can easily see how someone could be stellar in traditional academics and still struggle with CFAI. And that is because CFAI is about so much more than simply KNOWING the material. Just my opinion.
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Thanks TopperH…. btw, tell me how it goes with your retabulation score; I will appreciate. Thinking of asking for one too..
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I will definitely let you know as soon as I hear back from them. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a better chance of winning the lottery though than getting result reversed.
 
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