Mock Exam vs. Real Test

tjack82b wrote:
75% for the morning and 72% for the afternoon for CFAI mock. I thought the morning ethics section was tricky and that showed in my 9 wrong answers in that section. The afternoon FRA destroyed me.
I had been consistently getting between 75 and 80% for schweser mocks so this is about what I expected. Time isn’t an issue for me as I finished both sections with 45 minutes to spare so hopefully on test day I can keep up the pace but make a few less stupid mistakes.
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Passed. I would start studying for level 2
 
tae808 wrote:
tjack82b wrote:
75% for the morning and 72% for the afternoon for CFAI mock. I thought the morning ethics section was tricky and that showed in my 9 wrong answers in that section. The afternoon FRA destroyed me.
I had been consistently getting between 75 and 80% for schweser mocks so this is about what I expected. Time isn’t an issue for me as I finished both sections with 45 minutes to spare so hopefully on test day I can keep up the pace but make a few less stupid mistakes.
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Passed. I would start studying for level 2
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You said it, with those scores i would have already registered for level II (if it were possible )
 
I was scoring in the high 60’s on the CFAI Mock before the real thing. Passed L1 fairly comfortably, but I also tend to score a little higher on real tests vs practice tests b/c everything is on the line. Good luck to all of you!
 
Anyone taking Analyst Notes mock exams? I have been taking 1 each weekend and my scores have been 54%, 72% and 68%. I will take the CFAI mock in a day or two and see how the difficulty compares.
 
scored 72 and was surprised by that AI had more weighting (12 questions) than it is written by CFAI (8 questions).
morning 70 and afternon is 74. did a lot of stupid mistakes (counted 5 or 6 questions) due to uncarefully reading the question or improper simple calculation.
so lil bit worried about going through real exam.
CFAI mock exam is much harder than Schweser mock exams - especially economics (this one is much harder), ethics. but Fixed income is much way easier in CFAI than in Schweser.
 
Just finished AM session of CFAI mock with a 70%. I’m planning to take the PM session later today. Would have liked to score a little higher but I am ok with a 70% after reading that actual exam is easier. Agreed that Ethics and Econ were harder on CFAI than a schweser and FI was easier. I also thought quant was much easier on CFAI mock as well. Hope to do a little better on PM session.
 
Got 79% on the AM section. I felt like I had to guess a lot, though. Anyone else?
The CFAI mock was overall a bit easier than the Analyst Notes mocks, but a few of the sections were definitely harder. Econ, Corporate Finance, and Equity were all harder than anything I’ve seen before. Quant, FI, AI and PM were super easy (I got 100% or close on all these sections.)
 
For what it’s worth, I found the CFIA mock exams much much more challenging for L1 compared to the real exam. I feel they do this because they know it’s just a mock and they want you to study as hard as you can for the real deal. Also, because it’s a mock they are more willing to ask somewhat poorly worded questions whereas on the real exam they are very good at being clear with what they want.
Trust me on this - the vast majority of you guys on this forum are so much more prepared than your competition, particulary at this level. Good luck to all of you and hope to see you in the L2 forum next year (with me in the L3 of course :)
 
Gordon Gecko wrote:
…on the real exam they are very good at being clear with what they want.
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I couldn’t agree with this more. The real exam is so clearly written. There are no tricks or ambiguity at all. It’s really quite refreshing. It helps a lot… or maybe just a little. But it’s nice, nonetheless.
CFAI writes these exams way waaaay better than any mocks are written.
 
Done the CFA mock L1 (2013) morning sample today
Scored 74% but i had some trouble getting on the time schedule.
Am I the only one who had trouble keeping of time for this mock?
(i only took morning session, will do the other one tomorrow)
On overall, i feel that 1/4 of the questions asked required very significant time to solve & needed extensive calculations, especially at the beginning (including Quant, FRA), whereas I finished the last 60 questions in around 40 min and scored 95%+ on these
I really hope that the questions wont take that long, because otherwise on exam day, i may have panickned a bit & perhaps wouldnt have scored all the last 60 easy points at the end … I took several Schweser exams and usually finished the exam within 2h30-2h40
 
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