Using pencil on essay portion

i used pencil last year and it was graded. so there is your proof as i didnt get 0-50 in every section
 
I called CFAI and they said it was fine to use pencil and it will be graded just the same. Not sure why I wasted everyone’s time. Apologies.
 
this is the reponse that I received:
Mr. XXXXX
Thank you for contacting us about Level III. We prefer that you write your answers to the constructed response questions in ink; however, the graders will certainly grade any answers you write in pencil. Writing in pencil will not affect your exam grade.
I hope this is helpful.
Regards,
| Client Services Representative | CFA Institute | 560 Ray C. Hunt Drive | PO Box 3668 | Charlottesville, VA | 22903-0668 USA
Follow CFA Institute online: CFAInstitute.org | twitter.com/CFAInstitute │ Facebook.com/CFAInstitute │LinkedIn: Member Group │LinkedIn: Candidate Group
 
I really would like to see more posts on this as it is a truly riveting conversation. How long can we keep this going?
 
Thnx mcap11 to get it clarified from CFAI
I think pencil should be used by us coz there are not enough space on TEMPLATE portion to answer. So you need to be sure what you are writing. Generally, after writing few lines we realize its wrong. Now if we were to cross off we may go out of space. Atleast with Pencil you can erase & rewrite it.
My experience with practising Morning session so far is like ‘Hit or Miss’ kinda thing on the ‘D day’
You need to rightly attempt question at the first go itself otherwise chances get bleak to complete the session in time. There are many questions in morning which keep us hanging in thoughts before we actually write. CFAI makes the first paper lengthy intentionally. It’s really tough to ATTEMPT all questions. You have to be really sure what to write. You need to attempt all of them coz you are not sure whether the answer you think you wrote well, will get you full marks. Specially IPS questions
Managing time in first half is really key which I am unable to find so far :(.
 
Rahuls - I suspect you are writing too much down if you do not have enough space in the templates AND you are running out of time.
The morning session always takes me longer to complete too, but I’ve been coming in under 3 hrs. I would say try writing bullet points like many suggest in order to save time. It may acually create more space for you in those templates too!
 
FinNinja wrote:
Rahuls - I suspect you are writing too much down if you do not have enough space in the templates AND you are running out of time.
The morning session always takes me longer to complete too, but I’ve been coming in under 3 hrs. I would say try writing bullet points like many suggest in order to save time. It may acually create more space for you in those templates too!
Click to expand...
Great advice! thanks!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top