Result Apathy?

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ScottyAK

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So this is my second year in the CFA program. Passed the first level first try and awaiting level 2 results. As nervous as I was each time before the test, I find that as the results release comes closer I am very apathetic towards the score. Is this normal, or has everyone been on pins and needles for the last two months?
 
Got to admit by the time results come out, I’m still nervous about whether I passed or failed, but as more time passes I kind of stop caring whether I passed or failed and just want to know. Of course all that goes right out the window when I get the results and know. Either grinding dissappointment as I contemplate another year of Sams S**t Different Day or a sort of empty feeling as I think about the next level.
 
ScottyAK you are born with this virtue to live an ideal world :) So be very happy, very very happy if you have this virtue!
Well the feeling I have is self sympathy :) Yes but either way another tough year ahead. Only question is whether you prepare for level 2 or 3. After all a mere number :))
Good luck mates!
 
I think the degree of apathy/ fear one feels towards the outcome depends on what else you have going on in your life…Are you working in a high pressure environment where passing the exam is expected from you by the culture? Is a pass mark an absolute for career progression? Will you be fired because you failed a test? Are you working at all or are you hanging on to the exam outcome for a quantum of hope?…
 
Lucky you ScottyAK… Can’t say I’ve stressed for the past two months, and though my stress level is much lower than what it was just before the test, it still bother me not to know… I wonder how on earth this can take 8 weeks to check bloody ticked boxes tests!
Anyway… results are out in 12 days… and I shouldn’t complain, 9am NY time is 11pm Sydney time during winter… (sat level 1 in December, and daylight savings made me put on the alarm clock at 1am as I couldn’t handle the wait!)
 
If I miss now I will have lots of time on my hands this fall as it means I’m out of the CFA program for good. There are only so many attempts you can seriously afford at any one given level of the program. In a weird way I actually look forward to having missing the exam, oddly, since passing also means there is a lot of hard work ahead.
 
When I left the exam hall, I was pretty 100% sure I gonna nail it. As time passes, my confidence drops drastically and I am currently at <50%. Does anyone has the same feelings?
 
wawa wrote:
If I miss now I will have lots of time on my hands this fall as it means I’m out of the CFA program for good. There are only so many attempts you can seriously afford at any one given level of the program. In a weird way I actually look forward to having missing the exam, oddly, since passing also means there is a lot of hard work ahead.
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This is your 3rd and last attempt at L2 then?
 
I feel exactly the opposite… After 4 months of serious preperation and from all that adrenaline rush before the exam, I felt nothing walking out of the exam, guess I was too tired to feel anything…if anything I felt relieved that I could finally relax and have a life. Now, I am like super tensed about the result!
 
After leaving the exam I didn’t care and wanted to enjoy the summer. As the day approaches I grow more and more nervous/curious. I have already convinced myself I have failed so I am not completely pissed if it happens.
 
I’m having exactly the same feelings as you guys. Getting nervous day by day !!
 
This is one hell of a feeling all candidates share. Even though some try to be cool but deep inside they know whats the truth .. This wait is BRUTAL !!!!
 
The wait isn’t killing me, but i would love to know sooner rather than later. I walked out of the exam with the thought I did enough to pass, even though I wasn’t entirely confident.
I just tell myself: “Why fear something you can no longer control?”.
 
honestly at this point I don’t care that much, it is what it is. If I pass of course I will be happy and its a good accomplishment, but passing CFA L2 is not going to change my life.
 
I know I couldn’t have done more - so if my best isn’t good enough, then I’m out - not going to try Level 2 again.
 
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