The results email came yesterday and since I
couldn’t muster courage to look it up myself, A did it for me. After about
400-450 hours of studying, I felt confident that my preparation for the exam
was the best of all the levels. However, the whole exam experience itself was
one of the most stressful things I have ever done. So much so that I had a
blinding headache for a couple days after the exam. I wasn’t very happy about
my performance in the essay-type questions format. So, the last two months'
wait for the result was very painful. I know there’s always another shot but it
would have been such a shame to flunk after slogging for months together… and
what a joy it is to pass all the levels in the first attempt!
I took
the level 2 in 2009 and there was a long gap of 3 years before I took the level
3 this year. My hurting hand, work related troubles and our moves all came in
the way. I worried if I would have to start from scratch, what if I no longer
had the drive needed for the exam. When I took off from work at the beginning
of this year one of my goals was to be done with CFA. Thank God, that’s
accomplished.
2 days before the result came out I told my mom
that maybe I should think of changing my field of work, maybe I was done with
financial advisory/investment industry. Haha, that was before the results! I’m
not done, yet! The thought of seeing the letters CFA next to my name once I get
back to work is so delightful, so thrilling, so sweet!
Ha! It will take a few days for me to get back to
normal. Every now and then, I smile to myself and think in disbelief, wow! Did
I just pass level 3? To those who are thinking what’s the big deal, it's just
an exam - I'm sorry, but you will not get it. To those, let me just say, why
don’t you see for yourself. :p
6 comments:
congratulations!!!
Thank you so much Titaxy! :)
Heartiest Congratulations Kavs :)
Heartiest Congratulations Kavs :)
Congratulations. I am sitting CFA Level 1 in December this year. Well done you!
Thank you ME!
Thank you Swati and all the best for the Dec exam! :)
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