Exam prep - what went well and what went not so well

[passcfa2016]

For me practising mocks on various sites like analystninja.com really really helped. I saw a couple familar questions from past papers which was a big confidence booster! My time management was a little off but im confident i passed.

 

[DDub]

Taking LevelUp Bootcamp really helped me with strategy, timing and bringing it all home. Fairly confident walking in and out of the exam center.

 

[ltj]

Ok this topic is blatant spam, right?
I found that sleeping with prior AMs under my pillow helped tremendously.

 

[kingmaker]

Practising “Timed” mocks is a must. If ever the is a reason i passed - its becoz of this.

 

[cfal3letsgo]

i slept with 4 unapproved calculators under my pillow each night for 4 months.

 

[sharky7]

Past mocks helped enourmously, as it’s been said in the forum for 1000 times
Finquiz did not help this level as it did in L1 and L2

 

[lilJamieDimon]

I also recommend you do Marc’s LevelUp bootcamp. BUT, I highly recommend that as soon as you get his initial packet in advance of the bootcamp that you start going through it IMMEDIATELY so that after the 4 day review you can dive into essays, etc.

 

[Mipato]

Doing every single past exam you can get your hands on, under a 3 hour timer (or adjusted downwards where a question has gone out of the curriculum and should be skipped) is the single most important thing, ever.

 

[da_mad_tiki]

Mipato wrote:
Doing every single past exam you can get your hands on, under a 3 hour timer (or adjusted downwards where a question has gone out of the curriculum and should be skipped) is the single most important thing, ever.

this x100. i did every am morning mock dating back to 2007 (except 2) and gave myself a 2.5 hour timer for the last few mocks. I wrote a summary of the guideline answer in red for each test and looked over each test all the time. it payed off tremendously as i had a half hour to revisit and revise answer on the real test, and also in noticeing the obvious overlap in questions the CFAI likes to ask

 

[Id buy Willa C]

TIMED MOCKS TIMED MOCKS TIMED MOCKS
oh, and blue boxes. all of them.

 

[cfa22]

did anyone found PM more challenging this time as compared to last year ?

 

[iamMichael]

I’d buy Willa Cather a beer wrote:
TIMED MOCKS TIMED MOCKS TIMED MOCKS
oh, and blue boxes. all of them.

I wish I did some blue box questions.

 

[crosstheevil]

I wish I had the PM mocks from 2000 to date … Wiley pratice questions helped me learn the concepts faster but they offered only 1 mock. Schwesers mocks were helpful too.