HOW I PASSED CFA LEVEL 2 (after failing) 

Good luck!

Did you pass?

Thanks, and good luck! It takes a lot of persistence to go through that many attempts

Pass? Any tips?

We've all been there haha

Anytime!

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful

Thank you, I'm glad you found the video helpful

Thank you for the comment Andreas, it does feel strange having so much free time after taking one of these exams

Sorry to hear you didn't pass Eric, but it's great you're motivated to give it another shot! Remember that most people fail at least one level, it's all part of the process. Focus on your weak areas for next time and you'll have a good chance. It's also important not to beat yourself up about it and take care of yourself. You can set a good example for your son about how to work through challenges and bounce back from a setback. Just being there for him is what truly matters. Best of luck in November, you got this!

​​@@JoeMaule Hi Joe I do owe you for your kind words. I took L2 again and passed....whats funny is that the fixed income, alt investment and FRA this time carried me trhough the finish line (was my weakest during my 1st attempt) derivative I got 50% lol....another funny thing is that L1 I only just touched the line...but this L2 I was at 80th percentile. Is not brilliant but a pass is a pass

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It's not easy, thanks for sharing!

You’re welcome!

Nice, good luck!

I had some mixed results as well going into it. Do your best to understand any questions you got wrong, and manage your time on exam day. Good luck!

For the sections you had the toughest time with last time, a full review of the material could help. For sections you know really well, I'd focus on problems to keep your knowledge fresh. If you run into problems you aren't as familiar with, review the material from that section. It's an iterative process based on where you're at personally with each topic. Good luck!

Congrats!

How do you know the MPS?

I don't remember exactly, but I'd do as many as you can!

Good luck! There's a lot of material to learn in Level 2. The readings in the actual CFA materials might be longer than necessary, but the practice problems in there are very helpful.

Sorry to hear that Riya. I think 6 months is plenty of time if you want to give it another try.

@@JoeMaule Since I am working full time, how many hours a week would you suggest? Are 2-3 hours a day fine?

Around 6, the more the better assuming you're comfortable with all the topics. Focusing on weak areas and understanding mistakes is more important than getting to a certain number of mocks in my opinion.

Hello, is there any way you can share your mock exams with me?

That's a lot to get through in only a month. I'd set a goal of getting through a certain number of EOC questions per day that's realistic for you and at least a few of the full mocks before the exam.

@@JoeMaule hi man, it's been a while haha. First thanks for the reply. Second I did the exam yesterday and man am I shocked. I am still god damn thinking about the exam. So let me tell u wat I did since ur reply. I ended doing 9 mocks in total with avg 64-65% score. I also managed doing almost 80% of the EoC questions. In the mocks, I once got 73% but imagine this.. 1 week before the exam I got the lowest 57%. That crushed me so hard I decided to sleep 1 full day 6 days before the exam!!!. So then came exam day. Overall, I have mixed feelings cz of 4 reasons: 1) my brain was extremely stupid on test day that I thought in the AM session that if u reach 100% completion bar means u finished the first session. So I remember having finished only 38% with 40 min left. I told myself how am I done with less than half of the exam with 40 min left. HOW??? I panicked so hard I had to do 3 full vigenttes in 20 min. I did awful in them cz I had zero concentration. When i finished them i saw that i finished the exam with 50% in the bar and I'm like: Omg i totally misunderstood that. 50% means ur done with AM. So i had 20 min left. So wat i did was go bk to these 3 vignettes and redo them. I read the cases this time (not skim) and changed many answers. But tbh the effort i kept was 90% not full 100% cz of the demovitation i felt after wasting 20min on a simple misunderstanding. 2) in general, half of the exam was brutal other half was beyond easy. 3) I know I got 2 extremely silly mistakes on the other easy half part. 4) I had to completely guess 6-7 questions. So overall, I feel bad not bcz of the brutal questions nor the questions i guessed and not even the ones i did silly mistakes on, but i feel bad mainly cz of the damn stupid percentage of completion misunderstanding thing i had. I never encountered this in all the mocks i did. But exam day, ofc, as usual, my brain shuts down, and a really stupid misunderstanding occurs. Man do I want to kill myself. That said, I think I failed with extremely little hopes of passing. I'm really hoping for a surprise pass. Share ur thoughts and experience if u dont mind. I'd like to hear

@@magnificencetv7424 hi, i take exam 31 august 2022 and i have the same. i made several very stupid mistakes too. I know with 100 % confidence i did about 10 bad choices because of stress. The rest i hope is OK but i have a margin for 10 additional mistakes about which I do not know. Im waiting for a result. Im very smart Person but maybe i have the problem with myself and I should fix it so as not to make stupid mistakes in the future.

​@@magnificencetv7424 so did you pass in the end 😮

​@@suli609 i did yes - ended up getting 90th percentile as well - dont even ask me how lol - i have my level 3 exam in sep 3 and i'm going crazy again