Down the rabbit hole

[Enoch Root]

Sorry, late to the party...

One trick that helped me was doing the questions that I was most confident about first, then working through the progressively less confident. Especially on the Level II test.

Another good little trick: if you drink coffee when you study, bring a coffee. (or a coke, or whatever).

It is good for the memory to be in a similar situation. While it is too late for this advice (this year), it is good to write the trial exams at the same time of day as you are going to write the exam. And do the same things (coke, coffee, whatever). You want the exam to be as similar to your studying situation as possible.

Good luck everyone.

Oh, another thing I used to do: the equations that gave me the most trouble, I would write them out a couple times right before I went into the exam room. Then as soon as I could start, the first thing I did was barf them out again onto the scrap paper. You can't bring them in with you, but you can write them down first thing.

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by wpgflamesfan

With all the restriction on what you can bring into the exam room in place, how the hell do you even cheat on this thing? Sure I guess you could look at someone else's test but that's a dumb strategy since the majority of people fail.

hearing aids are the new thing. There is a debate going on to see if they are allowed (they are for tomorrow)

[wpgflamesfan]

Originally Posted by keenan87

hearing aids are the new thing. There is a debate going on to see if they are allowed (they are for tomorrow)

Wow.

[IliketoPuck]

Good luck today everyone.

For those writing for the first time, don't be intimidated by the amount of formality.

[MrMastodonFarm]

This thread title always fools me.

Good luck to those writing.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by keenan87

hearing aids are the new thing. There is a debate going on to see if they are allowed (they are for tomorrow)

So which section were you a proctor in?

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by Slava

So which section were you a proctor in?

Haha,

What section were you in? I'm not sure I'm supposed to tell but I can tell you if I was anywhere close to you.

Some notes for those who are going to be writing it on what can get you written up (what we saw a lot today)

1) No cardboard cover on gum
2) No soft candy, almost a bag full of chocolate bars and starbursts was put in the trash
3) Do not leave your desk without telling a proctor, we had a couple guys that just left for the washroom
4) The moment you start showing any type of attitude, proctors are bored so we will try to kill time staring you down during the exam
5) It is never okay to move closer and closer to the person beside you as the exam progresses
6) Bring the right calculator, had a guy today who couldn't write
7) If you see a lineup, it's probably a good idea to check in rather than just pick a seat and start writing
8) The pass rate is 33% across the world, the person beside you has a 66% chance of failing, DON'T RISK IT
9) Do not bring a cheat sheet and ask to put it below your chair
10) When the morning exam is over, saying "Half way done" in excitement to the person beside you is cheating. Do not talk!

[Slava]

I was in D. Some of that is hilarious. It tells you bluntly in the rules that some of those things are not allowed. I was laughing outside at some of the stuff people brought as well. One guy was amazed at being told he wouldn't be allowed to listen to music on his phone during the test!

I was just curious because as we waited and watched the proctors count the exams I was trying to guess whether the proctors I could see looked like a CPer. (Its pretty boring at that point!)

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by Slava

I was in D. Some of that is hilarious. It tells you bluntly in the rules that some of those things are not allowed. I was laughing outside at some of the stuff people brought as well. One guy was amazed at being told he wouldn't be allowed to listen to music on his phone during the test!

I was just curious because as we waited and watched the proctors count the exams I was trying to guess whether the proctors I could see looked like a CPer. (Its pretty boring at that point!)

PM'ed you haha

[Treach]

I'll be writing in December. Just out of curiosity, where do you write the exam? Is it in the Big 4 building?

[Slava]

Yesterday was the Big 4, December is the Genesis Center I think. Hopefully, I won't be there to find out!

[IliketoPuck]

I was in section J, we were the section that held up the whole show at the end yesterday. So proud.

[Zarley]

I was in E - the white guy with short dark hair.

It sure feels good to spend a hungover sunday doing absolutely nothing.

[red sky]

How did it go Slava?

[Slava]

Originally Posted by red sky

How did it go Slava?

I'm a little reluctant to say....but I think it was awesome. I didn't have many pure guesses (I would say a total of 3-4 from the 240), and a lot of 'for sure' answers. I know that I made a few mistakes...and that sucks. I don't want to be that guy who walks out saying "I almost surely passed" and then I wind up like 2 marks short though. Of course, maybe I thought I nailed some of the questions and walked right into their wrong answers....so hard to know!

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by Zarley

I was in E - the white guy with short dark hair.

It sure feels good to spend a hungover sunday doing absolutely nothing.

Oh nice, what seat # were you?

I was the brown dude in your section haha

[red sky]

On the phone so mobile link.

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/201...ince-2005.html

[Slava]

I think around the last week of July.

[Zarley]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Oh nice, what seat # were you?

I was the brown dude in your section haha

I was in seat 4, right at the front. You asked me if had checked in yet when I sat down for the afternoon session haha.

Well done, I thought you guys were very efficient at collecting and checking the exams. Must be a long day to be a proctor at one of these things.

[wpgflamesfan]

Level 1 & 2 results today.

Thankfully I'm moving on to level 3!