CFA Level II Exam

It's the night before the CFA Level II Exam, and I am sitting at home relaxed and blogging.

I decided I won't sit this year's exams. I didn't realise when I enrolled that I would have the job I have now. Needless to say the job meant many late nights, robbing me of precious socialising/drinking time. To maintain work/life balance, I instead maintained my social life and reduced my sleeping hours. However, this turned out to be unsustainable (given my natural tendency to be a morning zombie).

So in order to do the long work hours, maintain a good social life (after all, one must celebrate deals) and still get roughly four hours' sleep per night, I decided I will instead postpone taking the exam. I know, weak. I should hang my head in shame. But I was never great at exams (mainly because of poor study habits). Hopefully having an extra 12 months means I will eventually end up with four weeks to cram rather than the two weeks of cramming I did for Level I.

To my fellow CFA Level II Candidates, all the very best for you. I will see most of you next year (after all, you can't all be in the 36% that annually passes Level II). For those who are smart enough to pass Level II in less than three turns, hats off to you, don't turn into an arrogant jerk!