标题: Last minute advice from someone who's been through this before [打印本页] 作者: kseniaru 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42 标题: Last minute advice from someone who's been through this before
Just some last minute advice for all you guys(gals)
The best thing you can do at this point, it rest/relax the brain. If it's nice, get outside. Watch a movie tonight, nothing that will make your brain have to work, like Inception. Maybe go over a few formula's, don't go crazy. The brain needs a day or two of rest to work at it's full capacity.
For those on here who have been seeing others scoring in the 80's and are getting discouraged when you are scoring in the 50's.....do not give up, you VERY much still have a chance.
I scored a 59 on the Level I mock and low 60's on the Schweser exams and still passed this exam. So there is hope!
What always worked for me, because I'm not one of those "geniuses" who can remember something I looked at 6 months ago, I can barely remember what I did last weekend. Acknowledge that there are some very intelligent people out there, and maybe you're one of them. But the goal of this posting was to give those who might not be the brightest....someone with average intelligence and an incredible work ethic can slay this beast. Odds are 4 out of 10 people are going to pass this exam. 2 of those 4 people passing are extremely smart....the two spots left are going to be for people with good intelligence, but whoever worked the hardest.
And you've heard this many times before. If you know 50% of the questions, and can eliminate the remaining to 50/50....you should be close to the MPS. (unless you have terrible luck)
Do not lose confidence, the whole test is about confidence and staying calm. I know many people who knew the material better than most and ended up failing because they panicked.
Ask yourself, what is my worst case scenario? And I guarantee the answer is better than most in this world. You're probably still going to have a couple bucks for a nice meal and a couple brews right?
Do not let this test win. This is a battle of you vs. a test.
And lastly, many people say plan to score lower on exam day because of stress and anxiety.....bullsh*t. You will have so much focus and so many emotions going through you. Problems you thought you'd never in a million years be able to figure out start becoming clear to you. Adrenalin can be one hell of a drug if you can control it.
I hope this helps some of you who have been scoring poorly and have doubts.....get out there and DO WORK!
Cheers
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, June 3, 2011 at 09:16AM by LiquidAssets10.作者: suyash1989 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
this is one of the nicest message i have read.作者: Finalnub 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Agree with gypsy. I want to print this message out and carry it around with me today. Thank you for posting it - nicest gift you could have given us.作者: ogoluwa 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
love it! thanks for the encouragement!作者: kd26gioi 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
This is so encouraging Wish everyone good luck.作者: MythosHF 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
It helps to realize that you have probably taken hundreds of exams up to this point. This isn't really that different.作者: amqata 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Thank you Liquid. Very reassuring, although troxel not so much as I only studied Kaplan!作者: invic 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Awesome post, thanks!作者: dontknow1987 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Thank you for posting with love! Best wishes for us all! Tearful...作者: Matori 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Best post on this forum. I am in the same boat and will give my best, rest is left to luck.作者: orang3eph 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Yes, I also failed. It felt so bad. Like most people out there even attempting the CFA, I'm ambitious and not used to failing.
Schweser is way too focused calculations and the December exam was easy. I should have completely killed it - I didn't pay attention to the basics.作者: mnieman 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Also been through this a few times and agree with Liquid on everything...EXCEPT his test day anxiety statement.
For me at least, test day anxiety is brutal and very hard to prep for...its not BS, its real.I remember watching the tests being passed out and thinking "all this work and sacrifice for this little booklet...this is it...the payoff for months of sacrifice and stress". It's a big deal.
The bigger thing is to recognize that you most likely will have anxiety...expect it....recognize it early and alleviate it as best you can...but be prepared for it.
For me..when the panic set in on a topic (that i knew or not). I stopped, took a breath, looked up to the roof, stretched my neck, said to myself "you f'ng know this" and smiled. I laughed at it as a way to reduce stress and proceeded.
You have put in the work...the battle is won in march, april and may....not june.
Good luck...stay the course...have a beer this afternoon
Wish everyone good luck.