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Most of the time I don’t know what I’m doing, or what to write…
I have been so used to multiple choices and it’s hard to put things together in my head and write it down.
I only went through the material once and a lot concepts just become blurry. With multple choices I can at least get hints but for these essay questions I’m competely on my own, you either know or you don’t know.
I planned on taking a mock for the morning paper but felt so frustrated with my performance that I gave up. Lack of exercise is the major problem, forgetting the material is the 2nd.
Very sad. Not sure what to do.
Anyone has a better idea how to tackle those essay questions?
 
Work the EOC questions that aren’t multiple choice, there’s probably 500 of these in the CFAI text.
Try and explain concepts outloud, if you can’t explain it well go back and re-read the section and attempt it again.
Stop doing multiple choice practice questions, Qbank, finquiz etc will not help you.
 
Try going through the blue box examples. According to Marc Lefabvre (the guy who runs the levelup bootcamps) something like 30% of the am essay questions come directly out of the blue boxes in the text.
I’m reviewing them a second time right now.
 
CFA 2015 wrote:
Most of the time I don’t know what I’m doing, or what to write…
I have been so used to multiple choices and it’s hard to put things together in my head and write it down.
I only went through the material once and a lot concepts just become blurry. With multple choices I can at least get hints but for these essay questions I’m competely on my own, you either know or you don’t know.
I planned on taking a mock for the morning paper but felt so frustrated with my performance that I gave up. Lack of exercise is the major problem, forgetting the material is the 2nd.
Very sad. Not sure what to do.
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Gave this one some deep thought, and narrowed it down to two reasonable choices:
1) Write a very well-thought letter of explanation to CFAI, explaining how you’ve become “unfairly accustomed” to the multiple choice layout from the preceding 2 levels, and would threaten to sue if the Institute failed to maintain a level of consistency for candidates seeking to earn the Charter. Then go on to point out how you’re not a “guesser”, but merely a rational human being who uses deductive reasoning to arrive at each chosen answer. Bear in mind, this could include a lot of back-and-forth between both sides, so be prepared to lay down some big $$$ (potential cost savings if you have a lawyer in the family). In the end, though, maybe they could make an exception in your case and give you all MC questions with 4 or 5 choices for each Q instead of the standard 3. I think that’s fair.
2) Or you could buck up and study harder.
 
spork wrote:Try going through the blue box examples. According to Marc Lefabvre (the guy who runs the levelup bootcamps) something like 30% of the am essay questions come directly out of the blue boxes in the text. I’m reviewing them a second time right now.
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How true is this?…
 
vicky_cool400 wrote:
Do all past exams starting 2008.
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Where can you get the exams before 2012? Not seeing them on the website. Can you please share the link?
I have asked many times, but no one actually answers
 
Haha, thanks Galli. I didn’t expect it would be this easy- thought CFAI has made these confidential. My behavioral has demonstrated:
-Conservatism bias. Unwilling to update the view when new information comes in.
 
tozerrt wrote:
CFA 2015 wrote:
Most of the time I don’t know what I’m doing, or what to write…
I have been so used to multiple choices and it’s hard to put things together in my head and write it down.
I only went through the material once and a lot concepts just become blurry. With multple choices I can at least get hints but for these essay questions I’m competely on my own, you either know or you don’t know.
I planned on taking a mock for the morning paper but felt so frustrated with my performance that I gave up. Lack of exercise is the major problem, forgetting the material is the 2nd.
Very sad. Not sure what to do.
Click to expand...
Gave this one some deep thought, and narrowed it down to two reasonable choices:
1) Write a very well-thought letter of explanation to CFAI, explaining how you’ve become “unfairly accustomed” to the multiple choice layout from the preceding 2 levels, and would threaten to sue if the Institute failed to maintain a level of consistency for candidates seeking to earn the Charter. Then go on to point out how you’re not a “guesser”, but merely a rational human being who uses deductive reasoning to arrive at each chosen answer. Bear in mind, this could include a lot of back-and-forth between both sides, so be prepared to lay down some big $$$ (potential cost savings if you have a lawyer in the family). In the end, though, maybe they could make an exception in your case and give you all MC questions with 4 or 5 choices for each Q instead of the standard 3. I think that’s fair.
2) Or you could buck up and study harder.
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There are actually a lot of things that I can complain to CFAI, like their not -user -friendly website, and that crappy bookshelf online access which log you out every 15 minutes and don’ t bring you back where you were.
 
to solve this -> There are actually a lot of things that I can complain to CFAI, like their not -user -friendly website, and that crappy bookshelf online access which log you out every 15 minutes and don’ t bring you back where you were. ->> Why didn’t you install the Vitalsource Bookshelf on your machine?
Wait - are you a Mac User????
 
cpk123 wrote:
to solve this -> There are actually a lot of things that I can complain to CFAI, like their not -user -friendly website, and that crappy bookshelf online access which log you out every 15 minutes and don’ t bring you back where you were. ->> Why didn’t you install the Vitalsource Bookshelf on your machine?
Wait - are you a Mac User????
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Yes, I am a Mac User. I did install the app on my machine. Guess what? It brougt some kind of virus, which never happened to me before, and I had to delete the app and clean up the mess.
 
CFA 2015 wrote:
Yes, I am a Mac User.
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Shame on you. You surrendered too easily to the delusional forces of the Millennials. Don’t tell me you are a graphics designer or a newspaper editor, this was an old lame excuse for some employees to get the fancy Mac.
Take a sledge hammer, go outside your home, come running to your living room, and smash the screen.
 
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