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Steely Dan

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Anyone else go through this post exam? I keep focusing on the mistakes I know I made and just have this sick feeling in my stomach. I really do not want to be doing this all over again.
 
Me too. Have almost resigned to the fact. At least 3-4 questions in AM section I prob will get zeroes. A few partial credits. I think this exam has given me an ulcer. Unlike the first 2.
 
DUDE same here
Especially knowing that this is the final one… I can’t get my mind off of it. I think I visit this site more often than I did when I was studying.
 
agree. it shudders when people say they had put in 400/500/700 hrs. on the +ve side since the MPS as is the consensus is expected to be low ( 60 to 62%)…means there is a glimmer of hope for each one of us. just read the modified angoff method. it gives hope
 
You are going through the normal post-exam self-doubt phase. I was having that feeling after levels 1 and 2 and a little this time after level 3. Coming on this forum doesn’t help as it compounds the self-doubt when you hear others talk about certain things…
Of course we all made mistakes and errors - it’s not about getting 100% it’s about getting enough to pass. Don’t worry about it too much - out of your control.
 
Me too… I’m confident that I passed, but I think I failed… I feel like I’m just not supposed to pass it this time. I just don’t think about it though. Nothing good can come of it. Just take up drinking, making sure you make up for the lost drinking time in the past 3 months. That’s always a good idea. :)
 
klumzyfule66 wrote:
Me too… I’m confident that I passed, but I think I failed… I feel like I’m just not supposed to pass it this time. I just don’t think about it though. Nothing good can come of it. Just take up drinking, making sure you make up for the lost drinking time in the past 3 months. That’s always a good idea. :)
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I’m having this same odd feeling and yet it feels like it’s working to my detriment to admit it aloud.
I plan to play approximately 300 holes of golf between now and the release of results. That is by far the best way to get it off my mind.
 
When you see some of the ‘failed’ results, it is shocking in that some have that “whoa, that looks like it should be a pass”. That gets me worried.
 
Im with you steely, not sure if im being paranoid. Have this sneaking suspicion that i didnt label some of my questions towards the middle and end as i was blazing through due to obvious constraints. you dont get the feeling that discretion will be applied by looking at the content of the answers though. worse of all you will never know the reason. i was constantly beating myself over mistakes the first week, now slowly getting back life parity heading out of the country for a day ha
 
normal to second guess yourself. focus on something else
 
It is human nature to increase the nervousness and level of anxiety by thinking negatively about forthcoming results/ time-bound events (specially things which are beyond control at that stage) because if the outcome is positive the amount of relief and joy is heightened directly in proportion to the self-created stress level. Every mother/wife goes through this experience when her child/husband is late in coming home or has failed to keep in touch when expected or is unreachable on phone for long time! No plausible positive reasons come to her mind for this except the bad thoughts. So, stop worrying.
If you have done enough to pass – nothing will change even if you keep on thinking every minute, ”I failed” except for increasing your mental and thereafter, physical misery.
If you have really flopped this time, what difference does it make whether you think “I passed” or keep thinking “I failed”, the email will tell you exactly by how much you failed before that it is mere guess (and second guess… and may be even third guess!). People who are sure they have failed do pass and on the other hand who are 100% sure of passing (and found boasting on AF) do fail. So, why increase tension and suffer?
You have done your best – now it is best to leave the result to CFAI (or God Almighty, whichever gives you more peace!) till they inform you whether your best efforts was upto their expectetions or not. It is one thing about which you can do absolutely NOTHING at this point of time, at least till you get the email from CFAI. At least enjoy the days till the D-day and then do the thinking either way. For now, as itera says, ”focus on something else” as distant from the exam topics as possible, passing the CFA levels is not the sole aim or purpose of life.
 
Sensible advise. anybody catching the nba finals? Sure wish i was danny green and those 3 point bombs are the exam questions. Think his current rate surpasses the mps ha
 
…and it just got worse now that I officially know when D Day is
 
Wish the results were out sooner really, in this case ignorance is not bliss.
 
i pray to the CFA gods and i did a goat sacrifice yesterday… my confidence is coming back, but the test*cle i lost preparing for this is gone forever
 
I never had that problem, as soon as i walk out the test room i have forgotten 50% of the material, and by the next day, i can’t recall one single question on the exam.
I don’t actually hate the exam taking part, i quite enjoy the exam day, it’s kinda like a music festival except everyone’s quiet and there’s no music.
it’s the months of preparation that i loathe, so i’m just too relieved after the exam to even worry about the result.
 
I’m almost feeling the opposite. Unlike with the past exams, in my new job I don’t really need to pass level 3 anytime soon. I took a relaxed studying approach this year, and went in with zero pressure - if I fail, so what, I will just keep on trying. The charter wouldn’t make a difference in my current job, I wouldn’t even get a raise, at most just a pat on the back. It’s only for future job opportunities.
And strangely enough, even with that attitude, I felt surprisingly confident after the exam. I felt pretty good about both AM and PM sessions. I might actually have passed despite not having any high expectations. Perhaps I should have adopted this approach before failing level 2 twice…
 
I had a dream I failed last night. Ha. I just want to know at this point.
 
I think I passed. I never had that feeling before. Unless I have a completely false idea of how they grade the morning section then I think I did it.
 
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