Houjichasan

spending too much time on an essay question in which you havent a clue how to answer.......MOVE ON!

Muddahudda

Don't spend your time focusing on specific areas. You really don't know what will or won't show up on the exam. L1 was gameable, L2 a little bit less. L3, not so much. Everything is intertwined.

NO EXCUSES

DarienHacker

Oversleeping.

Not writing the answers in the correct places.

cv4cfa

[I am talking about the AM session here]

when you see the previous year's papers provided - please pay heed to the "page numbers" on the exam questions. CFAI definitely removes the blank pages where you answer, however they leave the template pages in.

so if you are "observant" you will substitute "ruled pages" -- as many number as the page number indicates between your "question pages", not answer on the question paper itself, use that page just like in the exam - to make ur notes and not get into the same trouble that 4-5 folks on the forum got into while at the final attempt (2011 Jun 4).

CP



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, August 5, 2011 at 01:36PM by cpk123.

chunty

apparently many people get confused on exam day as to where to write your answers - they must be written on your answer templates, or else they will not be graded (as in, answers written underneath the questions will not be graded)

former

More practice with the AM session - I found I needed to learn how to be more direct with my answers so I don't waste precious time which you will need for the morning. Also, try getting use to the essay type questions because it requires a higher level of thinking in comparison to level 2 with all mc where you easily recognize the answers which makes it easier. Level 3 am is all writing so that means you need to know the material cold to answer them. You get part marks but you don't get marks for bull-shitting. So be direct.

ayodayo

Not being critical enough of your ability to answer the written AM questions... you need to practice this and force yourself to write answers out as opposed to reading them and thinking that you get it.

RepoToronto

I would've really liked to have seen practice exams with the actual format of the answer book for the morning session. I wasted a lot of time by hurrying and not originally answering questions in the proper place and having to recopy answers. neither cfai or schweser helped much in that regard.

rohitdoshi

SchweserPro QBank was a costly mistake I should have avoided

Zestt

AYOID: Lack of practice with the constructive response format in the AM Section.

Almost everyone will make big mistakes in the AM. Make those mistakes in practice and mock exams and aviod them in the big June exam