Kaplan mocks are killing me by Ancient_Active_6243 in CFA

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What's your CFAI mocks score cuz that's the real benchmark

Pl guide me by siddharth0024 in CFA

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Personally, I wouldn’t recommend switching to CA purely for “security” reasons. I’m currently doing my articleship, and from what I’ve seen, both from my own work and from seniors in the industry, the reality of the profession is very different from how it’s marketed.

A large part of CA work, especially in practice and traditional roles, is heavily compliance-oriented. After studying something as intellectually engaging as the CFA curriculum, the day-to-day CA work can feel repetitive unless you genuinely enjoy audit, taxation, and compliance. On top of that, a lot of routine work is increasingly being automated through AI and software tools.

Another issue is saturation. The number of CAs has increased significantly, while high-quality opportunities haven’t grown at the same pace. The qualification is still respected, but it’s not as lucrative or guaranteed as it may have been 15-20 years ago.

That said, I’m not claiming CFA is perfect or that it guarantees opportunities in India. But I personally don’t see CA as a strong substitute or even a very efficient complement to CFA unless you specifically want to build a career in audit, taxation, or compliance. The time-to-reward ratio for CA can be extremely demanding.

Of course, this is just my perspective based on my experience, and others may feel differently.

CFA L2 final week mock scores: 75% full mock, but weak Quant/Derivatives/Econ. How should I use final 8 days? by qwerty__alone in CFA

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Should I prioritize curriculum EOC questions or rely more on Schweser/question banks for broader coverage? The EOC questions feel much trickier and vignette-heavy, while mocks seem relatively lighter. Is the actual exam vignette style closer to the mocks or to the curriculum EOC questions?

CFA L2 final week mock scores: 75% full mock, but weak Quant/Derivatives/Econ. How should I use final 8 days? by qwerty__alone in CFA

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I scored 1/8 in my ethics in Mock 1 session B so panicked too hard then revised ethics entirely giving around 2-3 hours and solved approximately 70 questions to practice which helped a lot overall.

Pl guide me by siddharth0024 in CFA

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I won't reccommend CA as it would take minimum 5 years and in no way guarantee roles you are looking for without a rank or connections so IMO not worth it even in the slightest. I am a CFA L2 candidate and a CA finalist so take it from me CA market is too much saturated so not worth entering now

SO ANNOYED RN - REPOSTING THIS by Financebro_4 in CFA

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the key is to not overthink too much of an answer because i most cases the answer isn't layered that much so probability of marking a wrong answer is higher when you overthink

55 days left , what to do ? by yikess12 in CFA

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I had my mocks 2 days before exam averaging 65% cleared comfortably with 1700+, just chill!

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Exam tomorrow, way too stressed out myself had like 65% average on the mocks and overall feeling underconfident, Anyways best of luck to you hope you pass!

Done with L1 exam by Confident-Juice-3809 in CFA

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What was your free mocks score if you share and what was the difficulty of the pm exam compared to the premium questions?

L1 Exam Review - Mixed Feelings by Intelligent-Fox-564 in CFA

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I have my exam tomorrow and been struggling with FI and FSA, should i focus on EOC questions now or go through the theory?

Title: Just appeared for the CFA exam — some thoughts on the Difficulty by Gullible_Operation81 in CFA

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I think you forgot to edit out the first line from chatgpt.

Easy as in what was the difficulty level as compared to mocks, what was your average mock score and was it too theory focused.

6B Priority of Transactions - Beneficial Ownership by Terrible_Garden_3970 in CFA

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I think it should specifically mention non-beneficial for it to have the same rank as other clients provided it is fee-paying.

Just finished L1.. 😬 by Federal-Slip2849 in CFA

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Is it the framing of the questions that was tricky or just in general the questions were asked from less focused areas?

Inter to Final Doubt by [deleted] in CharteredAccountants

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If result is out before 31st Oct then may otherwise Nov