Exam is coming, as someone who is extremely nervous on exam, I have tried to gather all the advises on how to maximize the performance on the CFA exam and here are the few notes that we can do before the big date:
- Keep all the stuff that we will bring to the exam hall on your study desk so that there is no last minute panick when suddenly the eraser or pencil sharpener is no where to be found on the morning of the exam.
- Stop reading the notes, it will only make you unecessarily panick when suddenly you realized that some part of the readings are totally new to you. Keep in mind that not all topics will be covered in the exam and those parts you missed out may not even be in the exam itself, so there is no need to panick at all
- Tear out the end of chapters summary of all the books and bring it with you to the exam hall. You will need to read those stuff in the lunch break and score some more point in the PM session since those not covered in the morning will likely be in the PM.
- Bring a lunch box to the exam hall, you will find every minute during the lunch break very usefull and queuing at food stall/restaurant will take away a lot of precious review time. And if the food is not good, you will have a disadvantage than someone with a nice meal from his lunch box
- Some people find it useful to lower the anxiety and stress level by masturbating the night before the exam, this will help release the tension for the exam and help you sleep better so you can be in a better shape for the exam day. Some people do it in the morning before going to exam hall too to make them feel less nervous.
- Listen to your favourite CD on the morning before going to exam hall.
- Have a big breakfast, you gonna spend a lot of energy in the morning!
- Have a relaxed mindset and push away all pressure to pass the exam, you are not a slave of CFAI, pass or fail it doesnt matter (I find this is hardest to follow
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