needhelp1700

Now that we are resorting to cliches, I have got the mother of all cliches...

'If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger!!!! right?

redskins44

PistolPt Wrote:
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> For those who have failed this (or any other CFA
> exam), do you have any advice for a first time
> failer?
>
> I have never really 'failed' any exam I put this
> much time/effort into. I was averaging 70%'s on
> the practice exams but walked out of there with
> the worst feeling in the world. I could only
> count 19 out of 60 questions on the PM section I
> was sure I got right. So I failed.
>
> I am really having a hard time dealing with it.
> I've never had to endure this kind of total
> failure - where my efforts count for 0 at the end
> of the day. I think coming on here and seeing all
> the people who were like - "oh yeah I wasn't
> surprised, seemed pretty fair, think I did well"
> is making it worse.
>
> How do you cope with this kind of failure? What
> can you do to get your mind off the fact that you
> just wasted hundreds of hours of your life for no
> tangible result?
> Help?!

I can so much relate to you on this. I just have a hope flickering that MPS falls and I squeek by. But having a fail will be a disaster to my confidence and I wonder how am I going to cope with this feeling for the whole one year? Ugh! Well, I guess just chill for now and then you never know.

chaojimali

i remember there was one guy in the forum who said this:"i spent my past five years constructing CDO, and I got all the CDO questions wrong". so, failing the exam doesnt mean anything but gaining a worthy experience. look at the bright side, you at least have one more year to study the stuff well, better fundation for level 3 and work!

DSquaredSlim

Professional exams <> university exams. Smart people fail. Smarter people dust themselves off and get back on the horse.

hassan

If you didn't fail before this , you didn't try anything worth your while. Failure is the stepping stone to success , I know you have heard this a thousand times. Believe it now. You have to fail to succeed. Its the way of life.