Am I on the cusp of passing?

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So I wrote the level 2 exam and found myself comfortable in some topics and had a hard time with others. Here is my assessment of how I think I did:
Ethics: >70
FRA: >70
Equity: >70
Corporate Finance: >70
Fixed Income: >70
Quant: 51-70
PM: 51-70
Derivatives: <50
Econ: <50
AI: <50
I am hoping that because I think I did well on the major topics it should make up for my performance on the 3 topics I feel I screwed up on. What do you guys think? Any hope for me or should I open my level 2 books again?
 
I went back and reread some of the older threads from when people got their results last year and people passed with 50> in 4 sections as long as they made it up with +70 in others, usually the heavier weighted topics
 
Assumming >70% on ethics? I’m just making the assumption that I got a band 9-10. Enjoy the summer, either way you’ll be studying again soon.
 
What I remember from these exams is that there wasn’t such a strong correlation between the sections I felt good about and the sections I actually did well in.
My experience was the following:
1) Feel reasonably good but not fully confident as I walked out of the exam.
2) Day by day, thinking through the problems and realizing that a lot of things I thought I’d nailed were actually problems I got tricked on.
3) Gradually feeling extremely nervous that I did not pass because my margin of confidence got highly eroded.
4) Announcement day came, relieved that I actually did pass.
 
So did only two mocks. got a 55 and a 64. but they were on schweser volume 2 which is the “harder” schweser mock book.
esp the Afternoon section…it was so much more qualitative than quantitative and for someone like myself who didnt memorize all the formulas that plays into my hands.
I feel the real thing was easier than the schweser. not by much, but certainly was. GIven my mock scores what do you think my odds of passing are? lay it on me
 
bchad wrote:
What I remember from these exams is that there wasn’t such a strong correlation between the sections I felt good about and the sections I actually did well in.
My experience was the following:
1) Feel reasonably good but not fully confident as I walked out of the exam.
2) Day by day, thinking through the problems and realizing that a lot of things I thought I’d nailed were actually problems I got tricked on.
3) Gradually feeling extremely nervous that I did not pass because my margin of confidence got highly eroded.
4) Announcement day came, relieved that I actually did pass.
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I am on stage #2 right now ; will hopefully get to #4.
 
bchad wrote:
2) Day by day, thinking through the problems and realizing that a lot of things I thought I’d nailed were actually problems I got tricked on.
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That’s funny because I told myself that I either got all 60 questions right on the AM section or got none of them right……
I may have just gotten tricked the whole time and thought I did well.
 
Well, the good news is that it’s hard to remember all 120 questions, particularly if you are observing the rule not to discuss specifics. So what can happen is that you remember the ones you had to guess on plus the ones that you discover you got tricked on, but you forget how many of the ones you got right are actually right. So at least for me, I would overestimate how badly I did and then be relieved.
But it’s an emotional roller coaster, for sure. Sometimes I think the “don’t discuss questions” rule is better for our own sanity than for the CFA’s.
 
bchad wrote:
Well, the good news is that it’s hard to remember all 120 questions, particularly if you are observing the rule not to discuss specifics. So what can happen is that you remember the ones you had to guess on plus the ones that you discover you got tricked on, but you forget how many of the ones you got right are actually right. So at least for me, I would overestimate how badly I did and then be relieved.
But it’s an emotional roller coaster, for sure. Sometimes I think the “don’t discuss questions” rule is better for our own sanity than for the CFA’s.
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this could not be more true. after the level 1 exam i had nightmares after the exam haha
this time i just got plastered afterwards and now i’m not worried about a thing. i’ll deal with the outcome in 7 weeks
 
bfry wrote:
bchad wrote:
2) Day by day, thinking through the problems and realizing that a lot of things I thought I’d nailed were actually problems I got tricked on.
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That’s funny because I told myself that I either got all 60 questions right on the AM section or got none of them right……
I may have just gotten tricked the whole time and thought I did well.
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There is one question, I KNOW I got wrong on the AM paper (in Corporate Finance) because even though I knew exactly what was being asked and how to solve it, I brain farted one crucial detail in the process and it caused me to choose the exact opposite of the correct answer. It sprang into my head when I was sitting in my car eating lunch. I’ve been trying not to beat myself up over it but I can’t help feeling stupid for missing such a gimme.
Anyways, my point is, you probably got most of them right, but also probably missed a few for similar reasons. Not because of tricks or traps.
 
I feel I was
quant>70
equity>70
corp fin >70
fixed income>70
51-70
econ
fsa
derivatives
AI
port m < 70
ethics<70
will ethics bite me?
 
I have never heard of someone getting 77/120 or higher (not approximate, around there) and having ethics bring them DOWN.
ethics can only help if youre borderline. or at least thats what i have heard
 
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