Is there any hope or only failure in my life

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stuartbale1

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I have posted one month ago with the topic name “I am in deep deep trouble” on analyst forum and I was struggling at that time. After that up to the exam (5th DEC 2015) I had studied consistently for 14-16 hrs a day.
I have completed the whole paper but there is a feeling that I’ll not pass due to some rookie mistakes.
I have seen only failure after failure and if I fail this time my whole family will curse me.
I have given approximately 2.5 months to CFA level 1 but I covered and revise the whole curriculum and 2000 + of questions but I am not sure what to expect of the results.
 
2.5 months for L1 is not enough, if you want to build a good base for the next levels, I advice you to study more time and relaxed. To study 14-16 hours a day is just a waste of time and effort, seriously, unless your only goal is to remember things and not to understand things.
You won’t be cursed, I assure you.
 
Mate, I can understand that you are feeling despair, however it’s somewhat misplaced for the time being given that you don’t even know if you have failed yet!
Most importantly, this is just an exam. Nothing more - not receiving a pass in January does not mean that you will have nothing but failure in your life, why would you think that? If you do fail, and you really want this designation, pick yourself back up and take it again. You will feel all the more accomplished for having truly worked for the achievement.
As Harrogath mentioned, 2.5 months is absolutely not enough time. Sure, some people would have achieved it, but there is no way that you would truly be learning the material in this time frame. People who pass within such a window of time must be coming from a strong accounting/finance background, with more than a dash of luck thrown on top. There is absolutely no way that you can properly read all of the material and then still have enough time to review and complete practice questions in such a short period. If you fail, learn from your mistake and correct it for June 2016.
Keep your fingers crossed, you’re not out of the race yet.
 
1000 questions is very little. I believe 2500 is the minimum one should go through if he/she wants to have a decent chance of passing.
Revising only once also looks suboptimal.
 
Sorry i completed 2000 + practice questions and my Schweser mock scores were in the range of 68-75.
 
You said failure after failure? So that means you have taken this before? If so, I don’t see why you shouldn’t pass even with 2.5months of learning curve as I am assuming you have already studied this material before. Your schweser mock scores are pretty good so I wouldn’t too much about it. You should be fine.
 
No point on stressing over it now. If you failed, you study for the full four months and write again in June. Putting that kind of pressure on yourself is just going to work out negatively for you. Try to be positive about the whole situation.
I wrote in December as well in a similar boat as you with only 6 weeks of study time. Some will say that’s not enough, some say it’s more than enough. The whole point of the CFA is to completely understand what you are studying. That’s what I aimed for and I think I’ll be ok. Obvisouly, there is always some doubt as to how you will do on an exam like this, but what’s the point of worrying about it over the course of the next 6 weeks?? What’s done is done and all that matters is how you are able to move forward past failure or success.
All the best
 
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