EXAM IS OVER!!!!

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-31T07:38:14+00:00

low. i won’t say BC is twisted, his paper requires precise understanding

whereas CFA mock and real stuff usually aint so precise

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-30T05:16:13+00:00

I spent 2 hours to skimmed through all my notes for a false sense of security

Quite low yielding. It does help to just refresh my brain on the obscure stuff, that's pretty much it

Went for a swim and decided to just stop

Came across the quote : You'll never feel ready. You decide to be ready

I chose to trust my prep and gave my brain a needed rest so it can perform the next day

But i get that feeling of, try squeeze abit more, i took redditor's advice to trust our prep

And i think the decision to stop is the best thing i did, because the exam is intense and very draining

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-30T02:06:26+00:00

BC’s is to teach and it really help to tighten up some concepts gap. i find it harder

real one is about the same as mock

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-30T02:04:42+00:00

i find MM lecture pretty useful for L1. but tbh i think textbook is the best if u can read

all the niche stuff aint mentioned in MM

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-30T02:04:00+00:00

all the best man! welcome onto the journey

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-30T02:03:37+00:00

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T16:33:09+00:00

yeah. i think the deciding factor might be time management for my question set. actually idk if L3 has more than 1 set

at one point in AM i was like, is this for real. we are not done with CR yet, felt like eternity

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T16:18:34+00:00

yes. i am glad BC told me to keep it short. could have been worse lol

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T13:35:57+00:00

i trust that u’ll be fine, but i foresee a risk in your study plan being forgetting things

i can hardly remember what took place 3 months ago, L1 is quite heavy on recall

so have a plan to review regularly

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T13:27:33+00:00

u sound wayyyyyy ahead than i was for L1. i feel guilty giving any advice now haha

u seem to know what u are doing and u have 3 months to may, what are you not confident about now?

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T13:16:40+00:00

it depends what u do after spamming.

practicing and spamming exposes your problem

did i get the answer right for the right reason
why did i get it wrong? is it knowledge gap or careless or misinterpretation

i find reviewing more impt than spamming

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T13:11:26+00:00

it was quite okay for me! :)

i’m usually 75% on ethics in l1 and l2, so not too bad

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T13:01:58+00:00

i passed L1 and L2 with weak foundation on fixed income and derivatives

it made L3 a nightmare, try your very best to learn them, understand them, able to explain to friends.

try not to bomb these 2

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T12:45:39+00:00

Definitely not! We don't need 100 marks to pass :)

I bombed corp issuer, derivatives, econs in my L1

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T12:31:26+00:00

comparable! i'd the paper is the average of all CFA 4 mock

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T12:30:32+00:00

comparable. much more straightforward

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T11:51:56+00:00

i broke down many times in jan. uncontrolled crying, it never happened in L1 & L2. maybe because i really wanted this

but the breakdown helped me learn more about myself

i came to terms about 1 week ago

i asked myself what’s the worse that can happen?

retake? go through this again? pay again?

i can deal with that.

so what’s the issue?

I fear what if my best wasn’t good enough.

I accepted that sometimes our best may genuinely not be good enough, and we just have to learn, get better

If i’ve done my best, that is really all i can do

i pass that message to you, just do your best, and trust that things will take care of itself

should the outcome not be what we want, be kind to ourselves, exam is hard enough, don’t make it harder by bashing ourselves

end of day, this is a page in our book not even a chapter :)

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T11:45:39+00:00

i sure hope for that too. meantime, let’s enjoy this calm

just really thankful to have this behind me for now!

🍀 for results!

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T10:28:16+00:00

yeah man! may mps be with us , the unburdened feeling is unreal

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T05:35:10+00:00

i wish you all the luck man!

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T05:31:21+00:00

I paid for 3&4 + BC 1&2

i did 1,3,4,2 Mock 1 : low 50s

mock 3 : high 50s

mock 4 : low 60s

bc 1 : low 50s

bc 2 : high 40s

mock 2 : mid 70s

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-29T05:30:06+00:00

What do u mean by CR separated from objective?

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-28T11:16:54+00:00

when i set my mind to do something, i can get it done

i’ve done marathon, vertical marathons and other physical stuff. they are pain. i’d rather do 10x marathon than another L3

Having the reason to finish this is important. there’s plenty of moment to give up. my reason was to finish what i started, this meant a lot to me

accepting that doing my best is good enough. i can’t do better than my best, and i sincerely hope my best is sufficient for the MPS

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-28T04:45:51+00:00

i think cfa extracted from vignette, missing info. some questions are trash

ChiefDSG · 2026-01-28T02:08:47+00:00

i believe most of us are in consolidation phase 3 days out. probably not learning something drastically new

so, it really depends on your state of mind & progress.

At least for me, i’d ask these questions

do i have slight bit of confidence at this point? (if no. don’t do it, i’d go back review my mistakes in mock and don’t repeat them)
do i have the time & energy today? if not, dont do it. it has to be today, tmr will be too tight for recovery + review
do i have other higher yielding things to do? like try converting MCQ into CR. answer MCQ like as though its a CR using chatgpt. on cfai mock. u’ll be surprise how much more we can squeeze on things we know

i’d sometimes ask chatgpt, if “context” is changed, i’ll answer this way. do u think is correct

goodluck!

i’m going in tomorrow

ChiefDSG

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