I'm in the minority, but I found the real exam to be much easier than the mocks.
I made six total "flat out I don't have a clue" guesses. It's impossible to know all of the material and I'm sure there wasn't a single person in the world taking L2 that didn't make at least a couple of guesses.
i thought i could atleast attempt AM...hence felt more comfortable with AM...but in PM i just have any clue how to solve some ques...hence lots of guesses and hence PM more difficult than AM...I would say I should be scoring 65%-70% in AM but PM due to guesses i just dont know...i do feel i am a border line case when it comes to passing...
Overall- Medium leaning on Tough ( only because the question were tricky and several imp sections were not tested )
My own thoughts Band 8-9. Ran out of time on the last section in the Am section and had 15 mins to spare on the PM section.. as I guessed several questions.
Moving forward do mostly EOC questions as Q bank and Prep course question only give you basic and CFA test the extreme.
I'd say a little difficult. Easier than I expected but by no means easy. I thought the FSA/Corporate Finance/Equity stuff was a breeze but the derivatives and fixed income stuff tripped me up a lot.
I thought it was a pretty fair test overall. Tested the concepts that were in the book, and I think if you really read the book closely, you would have done well.
I thought it was easier than mocks. But I may have just fallen for the traps. Who knows...