Fatality! Band 2.

[AllanC]

Worst fail. Ever. Godamn.
Granted I only started studying 1.5 months before exams but it’s all thanks to Schweser QBank. I was scoring 60-70 but was warned that they’re not good for prep. Only found out days before the exam. I also didn’t go through the core text…again relying just on Schweser text. Weird cos I found the exam tough but fair.
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
1
Portfolio Management - Individual
20
*
-
-
2
Portfolio Management - Individual
15
*
-
-
3
Portfolio Management - Individual
16
-
*
-
4
Equity Investments
17
*
-
-
5
Economics
20
-
*
-
6
Portfolio Management - Institutional
18
-
*
-
7
Portfolio Management - Institutional
14
*
-
-
8
Fixed Income Investments
17
*
-
-
9
Fixed Income Investments
9
*
-
-
10
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
18
*
-
-
11
Portfolio Management - Performance Eval.
16
*
-
-
Item Set
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
-
Alternative Investments
36
*
-
-
-
Economics
18
-
-
*
-
Equity Investments
18
*
-
-
-
Ethical & Professional Standards
36
*
-
-
-
Fixed Income Investments
18
*
-
-
-
Portfolio Management
18
*
-
-
-
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
18
*
-
-
Anyhoo just wanted to share in case any geniuses out there attempt to replicate my awesome fail-proof strategy.
I’ve already ordered my books …I’ll be all over this b*tch like a tropical rash next time.
Any other Band 1/2/3s?

 

[The Righteous H]

You probably just a needed a little more time practicing the actual test. I dont think reading the text matters that much at level 3. I really dont.
I think that anyone who fails probably just didn’t do enough practice exams going question by question. They ask the same thing every year. Look how many times in they’ve had us calculate the fricking taylor rule in the morning session since 2010. And of course, what happened this year?
If you’d already done this type of problem a dozen times, doing it on exam day was pretty easy.

 

[AllanC]

Thanks for that. I put a lot of hours into studying (was studying full time for 3 weeks) and I think it’s clear I didnt study ‘smart’. I only did 2 mocks.