Comments on: Congratulations on Passing Taking the CFA Level I Exam

By: V

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:04:35 +0000

I’m a 20% and Russian. So, I always pass and kink the curve. Awesome!

By: danny

danny — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:28:48 +0000

Most of the answers were D.

By: poseidon

poseidon — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:27:31 +0000

Cheers PairOfSox

By: PairOfSox

PairOfSox — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:37:16 +0000

Angry,

They’re just trying to fuck with your head. They’re the assholes who fill out the ovals, just after the last 30 min mark, so they have to stay for to book collection. Then they pretend to take a nap until the test is over. Before you’re let out, they start to lie about how easy the test was, just to scare you and make you feel stupid.

Then in the second half they just fill in the ovals as fast as possible and get out of there as fast as they can so they can start drinking before you.

That’s what I did the first time when my company made me take the test and paid for it. When I took it this time, I had to pay myself, so I actually studied.

But this time, during half time, when the Russian dude next to me (the Russian kids always pass, and actually think the test was easy), and nerdy asian kid in back of me (I can say that because I’m half asian) started talking about the test, I just said, “Yeah, it was so much easier than I thought it was going to be. But don’t you guys think it was weird how all of the answers were ‘B’? I wish there was a question about the mosaic theory, because I think it’s the coolest part about the ethics portion.”

Assholes.

By: Johnny Debacle

Johnny Debacle — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:43:45 +0000

They show up, sit down, fill out the ovals and then leave. Then do the same for the 2nd half. A lot of people’s work require them to take it and pay for it.

Hartford would be ok if it still had the Whale. Poseidon knows what Im talking about.

By: AngryAnalyst

AngryAnalyst — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:34:47 +0000

Poseidon – Why did they have to walk out? If they don’t complete or at least start the second half they don’t count the test – no aid to curve.

In Hartford a dude had a bundle of pencils the size of small log, a guy that asked how do you work the HP12C, and a 20 Percenter that had to bring her pepper spray back to her car.

Yes I took the exam in Hartford – now you know why I’m angry.

By: Mr Juggles

Mr Juggles — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:09:21 +0000

I’d like to point out that we appreciate all comments from Greek gods, especially those who wield tridents.

By: poseidon

poseidon — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:45:37 +0000

San Diego- We actually had people walking out an hour into the thing. Awesome. Also, wtf is it with people showing up with four, yes 4, calculators and 22 #2 pencils, is that really necessary? What comfort is derived from the lugging of all of that crap? Hats off to everyone who took it.

By: haha

haha — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:33:09 +0000

cheaters!

By: PairOfSox

PairOfSox — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:17:44 +0000

That’s what I’m saying, except you can have one “calculator” with the camera inside, with the lense under the battery cover of your HP. Slip off the battery cover and then scan the whole test. That gives the other people more time to work on different problems. Then you have another calculator with a reciever that displays the question number and the answer. Obviously this will only work for Level 1 and 2.

That must have been what the people at the Javits Center “taking the ICS exam” were doing.

By: Johnny Debacle

Johnny Debacle — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:23:44 +0000

The strat I am a fan of is an entire end around of the calculator loophole. Look to the glasses. A small minintaure camera placed in the glasses with the ability to transmit images to a team of 4-5 people in a van ready to answer questions (or in India to save costs), they take a snapshot of each page, divy up the questions, solve them, and then inform the test taker of the answers in order. Then onto the next page.

Rinse, lather, pass. Probably cost $5-10k to do it right, but what is 100 hours of your time worth? Honestly, Im sure there are people doing exactly this. Its a no brainer.

I guess they could be putting up chicken wire or jamming signals, I didnt see any.

By: PairOfSox

PairOfSox — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:58:49 +0000

How many times should I take level 1 before I give up?

Since you can take as many calculators into the exam as you want, is there some way of inserting a little camera and receiver into one of them, and have a team of analysts on the other end doing the work for you? I just need to know the answers to the ethics portion to pass, not follow them.

Also, if you were in NY, what the hell was that ICS test?

-One of the 20%

By: haha

haha — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:51:19 +0000

nice

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