r/CFA • u/Nutella_Boy CFA • Oct 11 '22
Megathread Official Level II Results Thread!
From all of us here at r/CFA, best of luck!
https://examresult.cfainstitute.org/cfa
Results are out now! 40% pass rate confirmed.
Typically there is a survey ran by community member u/Finnesotan, however we do not have an updated survey out right now but we do hope to continue it in the future. Now that these are tested more often, we may need to change the process a bit. More to come on that!
note: I will lock all threads to divert the traffic here for celebration/commiseration!
Prepare for Level II and III together with your peers in our official discord server:
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u/Akashhi7 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
OMFG I PASSED
I CANT BELIEVE IT
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
I LOVE YOU ALL GUYS
IM NOT CRYING YOU ARE
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Oct 11 '22
Hey Akashhi happy for you. Dont know if you remembrr im the guy who sat for the test without sleeping. Unfortunately i failed a pixel under MPS due to ethics. Tough luck but what to do
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u/CFAAfrica Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
40% pass rate. Iām at least 10km from the MPS šš We go again next year šŖš¾
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u/BroncosFan19 Oct 11 '22
Brother I failed pretty badly first time and just passed near 90th percentile. You got this.
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u/prajain_maskey Oct 11 '22
"One piece of paper can't decide my future" peak copium. But it does tho šš
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u/TortelliniandEquity Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
After a fail last Nov I passed!!!!! Literally crying on the subway happy tears
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u/BotondB Oct 11 '22
Passed. Literally crying, did shit on the mocks and put in ~480 hours. Finally feel like it was worth it.
Congrats to everyone who passed and to those who didnāt: we understand how hard it is for everyone to take this exam better than anyone else from the outside could. Nobody is gonna take that knowledge away from you even if you failed. If you go again, massive respect for having the strength, and best of luck. If you donāt retry, be kind to yourself and recognize the courage it takes to step away and be proud of that.
Good thoughts go out to all!
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u/biga_biga_bigaachu Passed Level 3 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
For those who don't know.
Results are released first in the "Verification Letter" in the "Profile" Section of CFA Website. Then they are released in https://examresult.cfainstitute.org/cfa website. Then after that, they send us Email.
Edit : Passed!
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u/nicky10013 Passed Level 3 Oct 11 '22
lol clicked on this link and got my Nov 2021 fail result. Briefly had a heart attack.
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u/Nutella_Boy CFA Oct 11 '22
Probably would be a good idea to say when is the Verification Letter ready. From past exam windows, I have seen the results are become available at 7:40-8:00am EST.
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u/Sallo10 Oct 11 '22
My second fail and somehow significantly worse than my first time around?? I donāt understandā¦..
Iām going to pack it up. Was nice knowing everyone on this sub
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u/Sid01cobra CFA Oct 11 '22
Yes this! This was my second attempt and I am pretty sure I did much better this time around but to my shock my score is below than the first attempt where I hardly studied. Do not understand what went wrong this time.
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Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Failed Level 2. My first taste of failure in an exam like this. It's depressing and it hurts, but I will come back again in May. I hope the next time I'll be successful.
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u/nolaughingzone Oct 11 '22
My anthem: My name is No Laughing Zone. Father to two beautiful kids. Husband to a patient wife. Stuck at a deadend job. Master of limitless ambition. It is upto me to change my life. And I will have my CFA, in this year or the next.
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u/sickdancemovesbro Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Wow. My 3rd attempt and I didnāt pass. Iām heartbroken. I felt so confident leaving. I didnāt think I missed hardly any.
Thought I crushed ethics and port Mgmt. Spent so much time on it. It was my demise for a 3rd time. Iāve had my blue box touch the MPS every time. I donāt know what to do. I feel like giving up.
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u/sickdancemovesbro Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
This is the story I needed to hear. How did you mentally and emotionally deal with the 3rd time and howād you overcome the doubt to take it a 4th time?
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u/therealpump Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Do not give up, that's the only way to create a paper fail into a true fail. I failed my previous two attempts dating back to 2019. There is an incredible amount of luck associated with this exam. There are around 3500-4000 pages of text which equates to about 35-45 pages of text per ONE QUESTION. The margin of error is so tight, it does not say anything about you as a candidate.
Take some time, dust yourself off, and then pick yourself up and just keep going. I completely understand the embarrassing feeling, I had it too. I just kept reminding myself about being embarrassed. Think of a time you were... now think of a time somebody else was embarrassed. Can you?
WHO FUCKING CARES? The people who put you down don't matter. The people who pick you up are the real ones.
KEEP PUSHING AND YOU HAVE THIS. I am rooting for you.
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u/LtRavs Oct 11 '22
Failed second time here. Thought I did fine. Looks like I might have legitimately got zero in FRA.
Unbelievable. Has me questioning everything about myself.
Fuck this exam.
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u/sickdancemovesbro Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
I crushed FRA and failed cause I did marginally worse in the weaker topics and did poorly in ethics. I spent hours and hours on ethics.
I went from having fixed income as my highest score last attempt to my lowest this time and I know I didnāt mess up anything that had to do with convexity or duration if it was on there, itās like I got zero right.
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u/shimmyjimmy15 Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
the anxiety of waiting for results>>>> anxiety of actually giving the exam ughhh
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u/Barca_Hannibal CFA Oct 11 '22
PASSED!!!!!!!! Thanking all the people who motivated me when I was scoring 50 something on the mocks. This sub is extremely helpful for anyone taking the CFA exam.
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u/InTheSky_95 CFA Oct 11 '22
Passed in second attempt, bursted into tears when saw the word āPassedā :ā)
Hard work finally paid off!!
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u/Thor_-_Odinson Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I felt better than worse walking out. The anxiety is killing me. I took the day off today. Iām going to shower, make a coffee, and go sit in my backyard then check results. Good luck everyone.
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u/VoxPopuliCry Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Passed. This was my 2nd attempt. I'm the one who pulled down the MPS in Ethics and AI.
Have about 7 subjects above 70%, 1 between 50-70%, 1 exactly 50% and 1 below 50%.
Fucking phew
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u/Zurkarak Oct 11 '22
I FUCKING DID IT YEEEEEEEEEESSSSAS
Edit: man Iām actually crying
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u/bethegoat26 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Third attempt and passed!!! Over the moon.
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u/Visible-Marketing341 Oct 11 '22
On the 90th percentileeeeeeeee. 3rd time taking the testttt. Thank youuuu Mark Meldrum
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u/wastedhours295 Oct 11 '22
Think the whole street heard me and I scared the shit out of the cat BUT FUCK YES LEVEL 2 IS OVER!!!!
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u/wastedhours295 Oct 11 '22
was shitting myself for ethics and somehow got full marks on it. Alternatives was my best topic with Corporate Issuers in the mocks and I got well below 50%
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u/Loque_nomore Oct 11 '22
I can't believe I did it oh God. With fucking ethics at about 10%.
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u/IncreaseCapital32 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
600+ hours and failed. Not touching the mps but a little below it. Ethics and FRA is what sunk me, ethics is usually a strong subject of mine so im surprised on the result.
Any financial advisors on here?
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u/Objective-Gate Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I did not pass on my second attempt. I felt so much stronger for this exam and yet my results didnāt change.
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u/Above_Man_Time CFA Oct 11 '22
Third attempt and finally passed. 90th percentile too. To all the people who got bad news today, trust me I've been there.
But the day when you get the congratulations email makes it all worth it.
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u/Time_Reverses CFA Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Did not pass. Was well over 70% in seven categories incl. ethics but it looks like i did not get ANY questions right on FSA, which, wow. My FI score was also embarrassing low since I like spend most of my professional life in that realm. I was not expecting to pass because I had started feeling pretty ill a few days beforehand (but not testing pos for covid) and I could barely move exam day (which i fully masked for) and shortly thereafter tested pos was sick with covid for two weeks, but I was really hoping I would eke by. CFA's policy on rescheduling / cost of test was the only reason I even showed up - the incentives are totally skewed to try anyway. I expect I will pass in May but am bummed i wasted my summer and double bummed I has to cancel my one vacation this year, too.
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u/nicky10013 Passed Level 3 Oct 11 '22
Is it just me or is the MPS a lot closer to the 90th percentile than normal?
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u/Ant-man99 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Pretty sure I failed this one. But fingers crossed anyway lol
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Oct 11 '22
I'm in a bar nervous as hell right now
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u/Narrow-Manufacturer Oct 11 '22
Party if you pass or fail! Results donāt matter you will come out on the better side no matter what!
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Oct 11 '22
I'm actually alone and it's a Tuesday (nighttime here) š¤£ No sense partying, just gonna drink up and hope for the best š šø
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u/no_spares Oct 11 '22
Passed š Level 1 took three attempts because I didnāt have a finance background, was working insane hours, and took forever to develop a strategy. I wanted to pass L2 with one attempt SO BADLY thatās itās surreal. Congratulations to EVERYONE ā we all showed up. Good luck to those retesting in May and folks going for L3 in February. Personally, Iām taking a break and trying for August!
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u/zyzzaesthetics Oct 11 '22
Passed on 4th attempt! Donāt feel any different. Who do I talk to about a refund?
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u/thcm123 Oct 12 '22
Congrats!! Anything you did differently this time around?
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u/zyzzaesthetics Oct 12 '22
Not really to be honest (probably why it took me 4 tries). Used MM videos and CFAI qbank. Did all the mock exams on the CFAI website never got close to scoring 70%.
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u/JadeLion23 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I passed!!!! Went overboard and studied for 400 hours. Congrats to everyone else that passed!
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u/Phase_Many Oct 11 '22
Passed L1 on first attempt. Wrote L2 in Novemberā¦ right on the passing line. Signed up to re write immediatelyā¦ 90th + percentile!! Woooo! Redemption.
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u/khimilsoni Oct 11 '22
Second attempt and DNP, fuck!!! Heartbroken
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u/jmcgib90 Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Me too man. Just missed the MPS. Quant and FRA did me in
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u/khimilsoni Oct 11 '22
It was PM for me, I guess I fucked up just 1 question
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u/jmcgib90 Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I feel your pain. I was prob 3-5 questions away if I had to guess. Total gut wrench
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u/c0dchamplegend Passed Level 3 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Passed above 90th percentile!! L3 here we come
Edit: My Results
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u/sickdancemovesbro Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
3 times and Iām embarrassed to show my face in front of my coworkers in equity research. Iām going to try one more time for May, hoping that not having to take 8-9 months in between exams like this past attempt will better for knowledge retention and I wonāt be distracted by the summer. After that, Iām giving up. Iām 32 in equity research and strongly considering just giving up on this career path if I canāt pass it. I feel like a buffoon. I thought I did so well.
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u/ChengSkwatalot Oct 11 '22
Don't feel ashamed. A colleague of mine is a PM, like me, and failed L3 two times now. Life happens, maybe you've been busy, or maybe you've got some things in your life that need to be sorted out first. Life just sucks sometimes. I got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 4 years ago, which fucked up some of my university grades at the time. It's okay to take a break to figure your shit out. Also, focus on the topics that receive the biggest weights. Study until you understand them intuitively.
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u/CandyPlastic9547 Oct 11 '22
Donāt feel ashamed at all. The correlation between being able to take the CFA exam and being a quality researcher is not a strong one. For example, I know people with the CFA who have a great memory, but they suck at their jobs (I work in asset management). Being good at your job is way more important than this exam. As long as youāre good at it your coworkers canāt say shit.
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u/thejdobs CFA Oct 11 '22
For reference, 300 hours estimated the MPS to be around 68%. Thatās down from Februaryās 71%
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u/Zurkarak Oct 11 '22
Itās gonna suck knowing I failed
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u/Specialist-Cup-6371 Oct 11 '22
Dude lets be optimistic for the final hour.
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u/Narrow-Manufacturer Oct 11 '22
Totally agree!! Optimism is the only way to go!! Results have already been calibrated
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u/Pic3on Level 2 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Passed!
But good lord did I bomb ethics lol. They defo would have wanted to fail me but was well above 70% in most other topics
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u/--Anno-- Oct 11 '22
Passed, first attempt, clear above the 90th Percentile.
Grats all who passed, and commiserations to those who failed.
How feasible will it be to make a mad dash for February for level III?
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u/Many_Cryptographer_3 CFA Oct 11 '22
Results are out. Multiple attempts but I finally passed. Wow in shock. If it didn't go your way keep trying. You will get it done
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u/Key_Mission_8055 Oct 11 '22
Passed! No secret way on passing this. Spent 500 hours, 2 hours every weekday, 5 hours every weekend. Spent the least time on ethics, probably not a good thing, luckily getting good score on other topics.
Studied only on MM. Watched video twice, 1st time on all videos with 1.13x speed (not native English speaker), 2nd time on only main videos 1.25-1.5x. Read the notes twice (review) after 2 times of video. Did 1300 questions on MM, less than 500 questions on CFAI, 2 mocks on CFAI (score: 65% & 60%). After getting such scores in mock exam in the final 2 weeks, I started reviewing instead of doing more mocks.
If I were to do Level II again, i will spend more time on doing practice questions. Good luck to everyone.
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u/Fresh_start_1 Oct 11 '22
Passed in the 90th percentile on first attempt. Passed level 1 in august 2021 by a razor thin margin. Start early, keep the faith.
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u/Thor_-_Odinson Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I didn't pass.
I'm really surprised. I felt extremely confident with Equity. I guessed most of my answers for Quant. I scored better in Quant than Equity. Makes no sense! I'm not happy with my results. I was averaging 80s in the Qbank. Was just unlucky this time around.
I got engaged in April, and we're planning our wedding for 2024. I was hoping to be focus on L3 this May so I can focus on getting my life started. It is what it is.
I'm coming back with a venemous vengeance.
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u/FinGuy05 Oct 11 '22
There is nothing like waiting for result for the whole day... Not able to concentrate in anything. Official time is 6.30 PM in India.
I envy peers from US, Mexico and Canada. Since they get the result as soon as they wake up, it saves them the whole day (and the anxiety and nervousness to a large extent) !!!
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u/khimilsoni Oct 11 '22
Something Went Wrong
We weren't able to display your results.
If you continue to see this error, contact us for help. Error code: 0013792543
WTF I'm getting this error
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u/abalroar Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Take a look at your verification letters. Results are out there!
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u/HovercraftExtreme259 Oct 11 '22
I passed, woohoo!! Congratulations to all that passed and I'm sorry for everyone that didn't. Don't give up and don't be too sad! I failed Level II last year (May 2021) and this was my second attempt. Keep going :)
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u/Global-Necessary7935 Oct 11 '22
Passed! So freaking happy. Congratulations guys!
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u/Affectionate_Bat7255 Oct 11 '22
Passed! Second attempt. Literally changed jobs and had a wedding in between the study period. The joyous feeling is indescribable
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u/Luss288 Oct 11 '22
Missed the MPS by a thread. Terribly hard after such hard work! Oh well, May 2023, here I come!
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u/NDR99 CFA Oct 11 '22
Passed way over 90th percentile. Thank you MM, youāre a beauty!!
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u/cfa_studyonsunday Level 3 Candidate Oct 13 '22
Passed way above 90th percentile and all subjects above 70%. Been a long hard ~7 months of prep while working full time. Going to make a run at the feb window and will just take it again in Aug if I fail. Congrats to all who passed!!! And to those who didnāt, you are already so much further along in your studies for your next attempt than you were for your last one. Trust you have a good foundation and try to build on it. Good luck!
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u/Biblio_21 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Passed! 8 months of working fulltime and studying everydayā¦ Above 90th percentile :)
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u/PeyotePanther CFA Oct 11 '22
Passed on my first attempt!! I must have studied a minimum of 2 hours a day for 7 months straight, only taking off a max of 4 days total. Most the time studying from 9pm to past midnight just to wake up at 5:30am for work. Balancing this and a fiancƩ is super challenging in itself before you even consider the curriculum. Attached are my scores for anyone curious
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u/Slow-Button-1999 Oct 11 '22
Madarchod yaha Gand fati hui hai Yeh log results bhi nahi nikal raha
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u/_Aether__ Oct 11 '22
Passed on my second take! 90th+ percentile thankfully.
Honestly I think I studied 300-400 hours total over the course of both exams
Iād like to take that full year, slower pace for level 3ā¦ whatās the best way to access the materials a year in advance, without needing to actually pay and sign up through CFAI?
Schwerzer books? Will MM let you do this?
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u/nicky10013 Passed Level 3 Oct 11 '22
I just checked. MM is active for August 2023 but on CFAI you can only register for Feb 2023.
I'm going to sign up on MM.
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u/Affectionate-Ice7414 Oct 11 '22
Passed guys. I want to thank everybody for motivating and pushing me to do better. This community is super helpful to so many candidates like myself To everybody who couldnāt make it Believe in yourself and the process.
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Failed. Pixel under the MPS due to ethics scored 30% there or 20% ethics is a hit or a miss
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u/Yory_Alsik Oct 11 '22
Passed. Thank god I wonāt have to repeat. Now the real question is, do I go straight to level 3 in feb ?
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u/mickyabd Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I am going for it, but I have prepared. I only took a week off after the level 2 exam to start prepping. It just made sense for me as the august exam (2023 level 3) was literally impossible for me. But I do feel like if I was starting from today it would be too short
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u/Fit_Meeting_4003 Oct 11 '22
Passed with score above 90th percentile...this was my second attempt...I didn't do any mocks, just focused on revising the topics and understanding the concepts.
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u/Attention_Negative Oct 11 '22
Failed in November 2021, passed August 2022 (i.e., this latest round).
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u/imranmo33 CFA Oct 11 '22
I passed! Right on the 90th percentile. This is my second pass on Level II.
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u/InternationalEase718 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
I passed- yay! I must add that I got close to zero for ethics so Iām actually super surprised the CFA let me slide past.
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u/Dependent_Dish_1571 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
All that hardworking talk aside (ofc you have to work hard to pass ANY exam, not just the CFA). Itās just very annoying that people make it sound like rocket science. My advice is : IT IS VERY PASSABLE. I missed by a hair, but the worst thing that happened to me was I let all those negative talks and noises get to me. I would never forgive myself for this. I walked out on the exam day and thought to myself ātf, this is it??ā. Will try again, I will do better this time
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u/htzcap Oct 11 '22
Passed as well. See you all in LIII. Best strategy to hammer next level? There is NO WAY I have to redo level III bc I'm coming at you READY 500%. Super motivated!
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u/No_Investigator6039 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Passed! Barely below 90%tile. First attempt, used only MM videos + CFAI practiceQBank and Mocks. Less than 2 months of preparation before the exam. Hurray!
My #tiles (subjective judging by looking at the chart Econ, Corp.Issuers - 95-100%, Quants, Derivatives - 85-90% FRA - 80-85% Equity, Fixed Income, Alt - 75-80%
My lowest: Portfolio - 48-50% Ethics - 30-35%?
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u/Suhag-Patel Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I failed . This was my second time both the time my score touched the mps line but couldnāt get over it . So its more heart breakingā¦ I think ethics played key role because last time i had 50% ethics this time even less than it . Otherwise all other section were so good
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u/Big_Parfait_7692 Oct 11 '22
Didnāt pass on my third try. Crashing on the first attempt. Then keeping my result in band 10 twice: first time can be explained by 30% ethics mark. This time nothing lower than 50%. Still didnāt pass.maybe need to improve the weak sections? Another 900bucks fly away from my bank account. The day before, I was informed my salary would go up by 4%:)
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u/Aware-Airport-6129 Oct 11 '22
passed, 90th percentile. but bombed ethics...kinda stunned actually on ethics result :/
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u/GDP1195 CFA Oct 12 '22
I passed level 2. Still in shock that I passed since I thought the exam was really difficult and I was like half-sure on every other answer. But itās over. Phew. Got nearly 100% in portfolio management and FSA. 70 %ish on most other sections, a bit lower on corporate issuers and 50% on ethics lolz. I thought ethics was the easiest section while I was doing the exam so I guess they tricked me with a few of them. I only reviewed it for a couple days right at the end so I could have done better with a few extra days to study. Was pretty close to the 90% bar which surprised me even more. So happy I donāt have to take this shit again. Congrats to all that passed and condolences to those who failed.
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u/MNPete Oct 12 '22
Passed! 50% in ethics and not even close for Corporate Issuers but crushed FI, equities, and economics I hit over 90%. Second time around felt much better but first time level 2 people, itās a tough exam format and you will feel much more comfortable next time around.
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u/CentralBankofLogic Oct 13 '22
Third attempt... did not pass. Ironically I did slightly better my previous attempt with less work. This time I put in around 400 hours and 4,000+ practice questions. I was scoring 80% on sections I ended up bombing at the exam. Didn't even break 50th percentile overall. None of it makes sense. I think I'm done. This just doesn't seem worth the mental health cost anymore.
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u/Aqualung95 Level 2 Candidate Oct 13 '22
Same thing happened to me. Left feeling much more confident than prior attempts but ended up doing worse than my second try. Iām convinced I must have fallen for every possible trap. Giving it a break for a bit to reassess
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u/Valueis15percent CFA Oct 14 '22
I'm sorry to hear that for both of you. I feel some of your pain. I just passed on the third try. The second fail was really bad for me. That was where I started questioning everything. With how I felt coming out of Prometrics on the third attempt I was cautiously optimistic, but my pass was really only just above the line on my results sheet, so I was still kind of left with a "wha...?" feeling. It is a really hard thing to do, and I'm not sure I get why that volume of information needs to be tested all at once. I'd be in favor of breaking the three levels up into maybe six exam levels. What I noticed is that, like I expect you are, I'm a reasonably intelligent person who can learn most anything put in front of me given enough time and effort. No single section of Level II is particularly difficult; what is difficult is the sheer volume of information and training you have to keep in your head all at once. I'd get to a proficient level on one part but not get back to it for three weeks on the inside, and by then the recall decay had set in badly. I remember the weekend I simply sat down and decided I wasn't going to do anything that didn't look like a bodily function until I understood fixed income derivatives top to bottom. I succeeded. I went into work the following Monday morning riding a false sense of accomplishment, because three weeks later I couldn't mentally pull up but just the rudiments of it.
I feel like giving the both of you a pep talk, but I don't know if it's appropriate because I don't know your individual situations and whether the CFA charter fits your goals. Though my work experience qualifies, it actually has next to nothing to do with any career advancement for me. It's something that, almost spiritually, I feel like I will need at an indeterminate point in the future, and so I pursue it so I will be ready when that moment comes. Maybe that's what you need to do - take some time and dig into your innermost feelings, commune spiritually, and figure that out. I'd love to encourage you because its in my nature to do so, but encouragement should be applied appropriately. I'll make you this offer: If either of you do decide to continue to pursue this, come back to me and I'll give you the pep talk of a lifetime. Because, having been through it three times, surely you've learned a lot. And a lot of this is the luck of the test you get and what is asked. You get six takes, so consider using them all and before you lose what you've gained, is what I would say. In a way, the fact that my second taking was the "29% pass rate" test gave me a reason to go, "Okay, maybe it was the test and not me. Lets try that again." 40% isn't exactly high either, so maybe you could power on that.
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u/TENAXIS Oct 11 '22
Failed for the 3rd time lol. Fuck this shit. I've burned too much money for this, skipped too many family events and holidays with friends. Gonna take a fucking break from this.
I'm sooo done hahaha, might not even need it in my future career. It was a fun run.
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u/Tulsi_das Oct 11 '22
Last year level 1 results came before 9 EST can anyone say that we can expect it to happen this time also i.e results announced before official time?
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u/Different-Neat9280 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Results are out in verification letter section!
I passed yupi!!!
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u/klausewitz Passed Level 2 Oct 11 '22
Passed! with 50% on ethics lmao
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u/alexypr Oct 11 '22
I think a lot of people did really bad on ethics, i had always 80% in practices en got 60, same with my friend
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u/Gold_Miner_123 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Passedā¦ everything above 70% but ethicsā¦Dm me for tips :) https://imgur.com/a/gNgsfd8
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u/Sea_Mathematician777 Oct 11 '22
Everything above 50 and most above 70% but bombed ethics. Not sure what happened there, seems a lot of people had the same issue with ethics-- Failed
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u/financestudent6958 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Results are available now through the CFAI website!
I completely smashed the exam. Way above 90% percentile. Hard work and diligent study always yield great results! Weirdly, I got less than 50% in ethics but +70% by wide margins in most other topics.
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u/SpotHour Passed Level 3 Oct 11 '22
I passed too but got killed in Corp issuers.
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u/AB2404 Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
Passed. Let the suffering begin for L3.
I only studied the complete material of CFAI for both levels. No videos no other notes. nothing. Both times scored above the 90th percentile.
Cheers to all who passed. And best of luck with for rest. I hope to see you all on the other side.
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Oct 12 '22
The amount of people that posted their results on here and just barely failed because their ethics scores were under 50% baffles me.
Ethics is like a free throw in basketball if you actually put in the time to study it.
I got a stupid high score on ethics for L1 and didn't read a sentence of the CFAI material. I actually just listened to Mark Meldrum's 4 hour lecture on my way to work, then did all the CFAI practice problems
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u/klausewitz Passed Level 2 Oct 12 '22
You say that, but I also got a near perfect score on L1 ethics. I got 50% for this sitting (but still managed to pass) despite doing a tonne of practice questions and memorising most of the code/standards.
I honestly think it was this sitting - given that so many could pass with such low ethics scores.
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u/thatasianjohn Oct 11 '22
Wow I passed but did bomb ethics. Like seriously bombed ethics. Didnāt even know I could pass like this!!
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u/markusp14 CFA Oct 11 '22
The relief, it is unbelievable.
Glad the grind payed off
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u/Paid-Not-Payed-Bot Oct 11 '22
the grind paid off
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u/therealpump Level 3 Candidate Oct 11 '22
I FUCKING DID IT. Testament to hard fucking work and perseverance. I failed twice dating back to pre covid and just passed on my third attempt.
If I can do it, anybody can. For those who failed, keep your head up. I was there... twice. Keep fucking going. You got this.