Tips on managing potential bad news tomorrow? colleagues, potential, managing, anything, getting

dcfox83

Hopefully we won’t need those tips [fingers crossed], but I’m sure at least a few of us are getting anxious about handling potentially not-so-great news while surrounded by colleagues and other well-wishers.
So: any tips on how to handle anything less than a pass with grace — or at least with minimal obnoxiousness and limited whimpering?
Alcohol comes to mind, of course, but curious if you guys have other good strategies to cope.

PieMan

the pressure and having to deal with failure becomes a reality only if for a second you assume you *may* have passed.
assumption is the mother of all f*k ups. just know already that you failed, and if you passed you can enjoy, else nothing else has changed. that’s the tip. you still have some time to convince yourself you failed while you wait for results.

Unforseen

Great tips and great wit - thanks guys!
Not to sound overly cheesy, but AF has been great company throughout the past year. Despite the craziness, or probably because of it, it’s been a great place to be yourself, to vent, to connect.  Thanks to all who’ve managed to keep it both light and thoughtful, from start to finish!
Thank you — and best of luck today!!!

Chuckrox

last year i read the email away from my desk, walked around the block 3 times, came back to my desk and grinned and beared the seemingly endless flow of surprised people that came past my desk.
Then i told myself i would start in november, cover FRA 4 times, thoroughly study every corner of the syllabus and come back next june walking into the exam knowing that i was going to nail it.
this year i’m really not sure how i’d take a fail as now i know that i could never walk into the level 2 exam confident of passing

zbird2134

Lol bloodlie the king of analyst forum. Love that british humor. Its all good. Just think of tim duncan missing a layup in 2013 finals…now hes gotta wait all year hoping to get to the finals and 3 wins to try and decide the 4th game w a layup. Must be real tough……same w this my friends.

jacksparrow

There are no tips or advice I can offer. It’s an exam at the end of the day. I passed Level I on my second attempt and this was my second stab at Level II. I’m not sure what I would do if I failed given that this time I thought I was very well prepared, I thought that the exam was quite fair, and I thought I did well.

LPoulin133

Will be getting on to the whiskey anytime soon.  I need my emotions numbed for the one hour or two after the results release.  When i get the results, i should feel th need to neither laugh nor cry, only stare blankly and fall asleep…hopefully to wake up and find out i earned the Charter 3 months ago.

mkytz15

Most of us have this shame of telling others that I failed and confuse this with fear of failure.. Just dont have that shame at all as we are not here to take an exam which everyone clears anyway! Thats what I tell myself each time!!!

Zestt

That’s tough w all non CFAers being like “im sure u passed” ” i dont see u failing” ….. But ya good strategy

laurab

I would go with calculated pessimism. Really convince yourself that you failed. Get the idea in your head and deal with it. Then when the results come you are either pleasantly suprised or you just get a confirmation for what you already know.
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate