Schweser Practice Exams = alot harder? difficult, afternoon, actually, question

dreampak

I took a Schweser afternoon session SAMPLE exam the other day and actually did ok but not great on it. It at least gave me hope I may be able to pass this thing.
THEN today I just started taking one of the Schweser afternoon exams from the PRACTICE booklet. It was much, MUCH harder. Every question seemed to be difficult. I actually gave up in frustration and plan on going out (it’s my birthday!) to blow off some steam. Has anyone else experienced this?
I just hope that the actual exam isn’t quite this hard and the difficulty of the practice exam is intended to overprepare you.

stalkey

Try the CFAI mock exam … you’ll be in for a rude awakening!

smartpants

The CFAI online exams are the same difficulty, and more importantly, the same types of questions as the actual exam. A lot of the questions on the exam are conceptual based, and don’t include a lot of calculations, especially the FSA section. Good Luck.