Hey everyone, hope your studies are going great! Simply just posting Mock scores to get an idea of where I stand. Please post yours as well;
CFA Mock: 76%
Schweser Mocks (average of 5): 78%
I generally finish about 15 minutes early to review all my answers (I am a slow test taker/reader), but I never once couldn’t finish because of time.
Just think everyone, in less than two weeks we will be free!!! Good luck to all.作者: Walex 时间: 2013-8-6 10:42
I plan to take the CFAI Mock this week.
i have been averaging around 70% on my Schweser Mocks (I have taken 3).
The plan from now on is to continue taking mocks and memorizing formulas.作者: Iginla2010 时间: 2013-8-6 10:42
I have taken only the Schweser Live Mock and I received a 70% on that. Starting Tuesday (reviewing first) I am taking a practice test every day for a week and I’ll come back and post here the scores here.
I am finding time not to be an issue at all as well, usually finish 30-40 minutes early (without reviewing of answers).
What did you think of the CFAI Mock compared to Schweser? I see you scored only slightly lower on the CFAI mock, but you’re doing well overall man! Is the CFAI Mock an old actual exam, or was it designed for practice only? Also, are you going to take any of the sample exams? The plan starting this Tuesday was to take the CFAI Mock, review all my answers on Wednesday, then take the two sample exams the following day and the rest of the days do Schwesers. I thought the order or relevancy was CFAI Mock, CFAI Sample, then Schweser, but a lot of people seem to put Schweser before sample mocks saying the sample mocks are unneccesarily hard.作者: NakedPuts00 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
I was hoping to take the live schweser mock, but it was not offered in my city. I would love to hear how the live mock compared to the schweser practice exams. Like I said, II’m averaging 70% on practice exams but I’m worried I’m not doin as well as I should be at this point. My major problem is the formula memorization.作者: Carson 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
@rayankh
I thought Econ, Ethic, & FRA way harder on CFA Mock. But others like Quant and Fixed Income way easier. Overall, I would say harder. I was weird though because some questions where ridiculously hard and some where ridiculously easy compared to Schweser. And as far as I understand they are previous CFA I exams. I took the samples a month or so ago and bombed (60’s). The CFA samples are the devil.
@Leah
I think 70% is a fairly solid score 2 weeks before. Take it for what it is worth, but I think trying to memorize every formula is a mistake. There are just to many. Focus on doing problems, because when you are doing problems it’s easy to put the puzzle together. Meaning rather then just reading a flash card that says “Fixed Coverage” and back has formula, it’s easier to imprint in your memoring doing a problem about fixed coverage and figuring out from there.作者: mar350 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
Greaattt… FR&A and Econ harder on CFA mock? … just what I wanted to hear.
Having taken the samples though, I know it’s hard for you to remember, but would you recommend taking them with a little less than 2 weeks left or would you recommend taking Schweser instead. I guess I’m asking if the morale crushing of the sample exams is really worth what you gain from taking them.
Yea, the Live Mock was really a good experience. I know it’s late in the game for this to be my first mock exam, but I don’t start work until later in June, so I have all day every day for the next 10 days or so to take exam after exam and review. I think 70% isn’t too bad of a place to be right now as long as you give it the time to reviewing and keep taking practice exams.作者: yalo 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
Completely agree with Ethics, Econ and FRA being way harder on the CFA Mock.作者: HuskyGrad2010 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
If you have 10 full days I would do both. The pro’s of the samples is it really challenges you to think and I have never taken Level I but I am fairly confident that is the hardest problems you will see. The con’s are it is times 120 min for 60 questions set up to give you real time answers after each question. Thus I think Schweser mocks are better aligned with real deal because it’s 120 q morning session and 120 q afternoon.
At least do one. It is only take 2 hours out of the 10 days you have left. It will force your brain to think even harder/deeper which is a good thing.作者: iteracom 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
Oh shoot. It’s only 60 questions?… I think I’ll likely take em both in a day then. Thanks for that man, that helps my planning way more.
Would you recommend doing CFAI Mock before all of the other practice exams or after taking a few other ones first and reviewing before the CFAI one - that way you’ll sit for the CFAI mock more closely resembling how prepared you will be for the actual exam.作者: yuoska 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
I just scored a 73% on the first CFAI Sample exam. I’m a little skeptical…
I scored a 100% on portfolio management, fixed income, and alternative investments. Then my next highest score was in Quant… this is like the exact opposite of my outcomes on the full Live Schweser Mock.
I feel like the first 2/3 of the exam was unusually tricky and then the last third was unusually easy. I guess that’s why it’s important to keep taking as many practice tests as possible because I feel like I’m either getting really lucky with the questions (stuff I know well) or just plain unlucky. I’d like to limit my success dependability on the luck factor!
On to sample exam 2.作者: giorgio10 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
Been averaging in the mid 70’s on the mocks and feel some questions were totally brutual and others were a complete breeze. IMO, a mid 70’s scares me to no end for some reason作者: kingstongal 时间: 2013-8-6 10:43
Scored a 76% on the second CFAI sample exam. The exam was worth taking, because the questions they asked were… different than I was used to. I have normally been doing well with Ethics but the Ethics questions on the sample questions were unusually hard for some reason, sometimes even frustratingly trivial as far as details in the question and overall trickiness.
$80 bucks spent for one day of only half an exam worth of questions?… good grief.作者: former 时间: 2013-8-6 10:44
I would take CFAI mock sooner than later so you can pin point your weaknesses better. Then, if you have time you could always review your answers the day or two before. Good scores by the way. I plan on taking samples again this weekend since I took them so long ago I do not remember the questions.作者: segalm 时间: 2013-8-6 10:44
Have not taken the Schweser Mock. However, after scoring 68% and 50% on Elan mocks 1 and 2 I took the CFAI mock yesterday and scored over 70%. Desperately hoping the test comes in closer to difficulty of the CFAI mocks and not Elan.作者: giorgio10 时间: 2013-8-6 10:44
Wow. Just took the CFAI mock am paper. A really disappointing 63%. A did manage to get 1/12 on econ though… A monkey would have done better than me…作者: economicz 时间: 2013-8-6 10:44
Curious about those taking some many mocks. When you don’t know the answer to a question, do you just guess and move on? If that’s the case, why not just leave it blank?作者: torontoanalyst 时间: 2013-8-6 10:44
I keep two scores - one on my actual answers and another for wild guesses that I would leave blank otherwise. Get the best of both that way!作者: mp3bu 时间: 2013-8-6 10:44
I’m not sure how good those mock exams are. Two years ago I totally immersed myself in the L2 material. I went all out on the studying, and I felt like I learned a lot. I took EVERY MOCK EXAM offered by Stalla; I got b/w 90% - 100% correct on every single one. On exam day I felt really confident. A couple months later, I got the results, and I found out that I FAILED EVERY SINGLE SECTION single section. So, I tried to use the Stalla promise to get a free review, and they turned me away. I never went back to Stalla again. I’m just reading the actual CFA materials this year. That’s all. This is my last time taking it. Next year, I’ll read the L3 materials, no matter if I pass ro fail L2 this time around. If I fail again, I’ll just do the FRM and CAIA. I think those exams ask questions based on the material they ask you to study. The CFA consistently asks you to study certain things, like A, B, and C, and on test day, they will ask about completely different things, X, Y, Z, which are not even in the LOSs.作者: badonkus 时间: 2013-8-6 10:45
Took my first Schweser Mock outside of the Live Mock and got a 78% total
There was a clear distinction in difficulty level between the morning and afternoon sessions. I got an 81% on the morning session and a 75% on the afternoon session. I had a lot of lucky guesses on the afternoon session. I hope that’s not a consistent trend especially considering we’re more tired by the afternoon already.作者: IAmNeil 时间: 2013-8-6 10:45
I just took my second full Schweser Mock and scored 83%:
81% in the morning and 85% in the afternoon - that’s comforting. What’s NOT comforting is knowing that this is Schweser, not CFA exams. I’m going to take a break tomorrow and then take the CFA mock this Saturday as if it were the real deal. I still feel like there is quite a bit I do not know and I feel as though I’m just getting lucky with the questions I am getting. Like the questions are too basic, scratch the surface of my knowledge kind of deal… if they were to dig a little deeper, I’d have to say sorry buddy, I’m not sure I know the answer to that.
Can anyone speak to how well the Schweser mocks represent the actual exam? Some say harder, some say easier…. really would just like peace of mind at the moment ><作者: economicz 时间: 2013-8-6 10:45
73% on the CFA mock morning session today. If I do both in one day I will feel tired the next day and not manage to get as much studying done so that is why I am doing the afternoon session tomorrow.
Pretty happy with my score but I am still aiming to get my scores above 75% in general before the day of the actual exam.
Ethics and Economics were more difficult on the CFA morning mock exam than the Schweser mocks.作者: OmarAdnan 时间: 2013-8-6 10:45
Just finished the the CFAI mocks…six hour goes faster than I expected.
Scores: 73.3% on both sections (AM and PM).
As many have outlined, Economics and FSA were much harder than Schweser. I thought Ethics was on par. Hoping Saturday’s exam is a bit easier.作者: bbtomato 时间: 2013-8-6 10:46
Econ was extremely hard especially in the afternoon session. scored 71% in both.作者: dmrktrading 时间: 2013-8-6 10:46
My experience so far:
Mock exams
- 2013: 72% (67% AM / 77% PM) - 2hs 52 min
- 2012: 69% (65% / 73% PM) - 2hs 58 min
QBank: 75% average (4 tests of 120 questions) around 2hs 30 min
In my opinion, qbank tests are easier than mocks (although i score almost the same, qbank tests were the first ones i took, i.e my last score was 78%).
For the rest of the week im planning to take one Schweser Vol I exam and another mock, aiming for 75% and reviewing weak areas.作者: RoastBeef 时间: 2013-8-6 10:46
I know it’s all about Schweser here, but nevertheless: Anyone done Elan’s Mocks yet?
I scored some stunning 74% (Mock 1 Morning), 76% (Mock 1 Evening) and 85% (Mock 2 Morning). I cannot believe these scores, I do know I have some weak areas but none of them were asked in the exams.
So I’d be very happy if someone could draw a comparison between Elan’s, Schweser’s and CFA Mocks vs. the real thing.
