kd26gioi

Thanks help and advice jcaseyjones, I will definitely ll make sure and get done with plenty of time to do plenty of practice questions and exams.

Matori

The progress tests on Passmaster are NOT representative of the real test in my opinion. By all means you should do the progress tests where you select the sections you'd like to be quizzed on as you study, but in my opinion they didn't feel like the real exam in the end. Stalla's book exams and the CFAI mock were much more indicative of the real exam as far as difficulty and subject matter.

Your scores are fine, but really don't worry if you're not getting high marks in the interim on the first go around. Retake the questions until you understand why you missed it. Remember that it's still very early. If you hit it hard for the next 4 months then spend the last month reviewing CFAI texts and questions (critical towards you passing) and banging out full 120 question exams, you'll be fine.

sdada

wow, i had to leave town for a few days after i made this post but thanks for all the great and helpful comments! Did any of you do the practice exams that are in stalla passmaster where you just select how far you are in your study schedule and then if gives you the amount of questions you will be tested on each subject and the correct amount of time you will have for those on the real exam? If so, how did those compare? Are they just as good as mocks or are they kind of just there to get you used to answering questions?

For example I just took one that covered Ethics, Quantitative methods, and econ. I scored an A on ethics, A on quant 1, B on quant 2, and a B on all of econ. I just wanted to know if that is sufficiently showing me how i am learning the material or if i should be scoring 100s on these things. Thanks again guys!

manasib

I got 62% in the Mock AM, and 70% in the PM.

Passed with 70+ in all sections except Corp Finanace and PM

The mocks were extremely useful as I used their results (weaknesses in FRA and Deriv/AI) to hone up on them

suyash1989

I used Stalla. On the CFAI sample exams, I think I scored 61, 72, and 70. The sample exams were by far the hardest questions for me because they really did try to fool in you in my opinion. That was not the case on the real exam (except for a few ethics questions). On the CFAI mock (the first exam I took in full format), I scored 78. On Stalla Mock 1, I scored 85, and on Stalla Mock 2, I scored 83. On real CFA, I passed with >70 in all sections. For me, the Stalla mocks were the most like the real exam. I highly encourage you to work all Passmaster questions at least once if not multiple times. A lot of the Passmaster questions are more advanced than what you'll see on the exam, so if you can do well on those, you'll do fine on the exam.

eagles_dare13

My scores ranged between 60 - 80 on the Schweser Mocks and I passed. I felt the written Schweser mocks were the most representative of the actual exam if not a touch more difficult. The Qbank was significantly easier than the real exam, I think it's useful for brushing up on topics but your time is better spent banging out the mocks.

leadcfa

got about 50 for CFAI mock on day before exam.. didn't manage to try any of Schweser's although I bought the books already.. managed to pass the exam with only 6 parts >70. so i am borderline case

sgupta0827

I personally feel the CFA mock exam was tougher than the real one......scored about 68% in morning & 72% in the afternoon. CFA sample exams.......took all 3 scored 69 - 71%. Stalla mock exams, took 2.........68 & 72. Passed CFA exam with >70% in all except Quant........50 - 70 %.

Like someone mentioned earlier, the Stalla & Schweiser exams are kind of retarded. They are good for practicing questions but not for a simulated exam experience! Good luck!

dece2011

I was averaging between 66% and 74% on the mocks. And I did about 6 of them.
However I failed band 10, so I was quite gutted cause I thought I was on the right track. Next time I won't be confident going into the exam unless I'm getting in the 80s on the mocks.

farrukhsadiq

CFAI mock 54%
And schweser mocks ( book 1 only ) never exceeded 68%
And I passed
I felt the real exam was more straight forward plus no tricky questions