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Interesting... I guess some people are never satisfied, even when they pass.

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if our feedback here impacts the testing, can't say much about the grading. It would suck if it did. November part II candidates were complaining about there being a lack of computations, but as far as this exam is concerned, there were more than I'd like to see.

I hear you, but if I pass I'm pretty confident I'll feel super great.

It could very well be. Other institutions put it out there that they want you to deal with the pressure of their exams, so I wouldn't be surprised.

I think most people, including myself, feel the same way as you. I think the CFA Institute makes the prior exams available but GARP doesn't. Out of all the practice exams that I took, the GARP practice exams were easiest; but as you saw, the exam was the toughest. I think the surprise can be...

Thanks @brian.field , I don't consider myself to be the man but I wish someone would have told me this when I started my career. Not that there were any problems, but I've seen the results of good people skills.

One thing I always like to throw out there is that irrespective of how many degrees/charters/certifications you have, if you don't have the communication skills, or soft skills as some put it, you can only go so far. This may seem out of place in respect to this question but it's important as...

Hey @brian.field - Go for it, you'll get it and levels 1 and 2 will be much more manageable given your experience with the FRM.

Dude I'm laughing so hard right now. Funny thing is I looked into registering too. Hopefully we can get a nice surprise the 28th and save some $ and time.

I like it! Hey, the lower you can make this thing go the better it looks to me. At the end of the day, what happens on the 28th of June is all that matters. Actually, here is another analysis @ShaktiRathore put together that you stats lovers will enjoy...

First, I hope you're right. Second, looking at it from a different angle, 45% scored below 60% so for me that's a pretty high rate of failure. We don't know where most people who pass land, it could very well be 65% on average and considering that's a failing grade in most schools I know of...

Wishful thinking. In the US, the passing grades are 70% and above (a grade of C). Given the level of difficulty, it would be difficult for me to go below 60% as the cutoff.

When it comes to data, what's worked for me are visuals and practice; reading books didn't help me because I don't have a programming background. There are a lot of youtube videos for VBAs (I love youtube when it comes to learning) and for SQL I can recommend https://www.codecademy.com - I...

Knowing VBA definitely helps, you should definitely try to get a good handle on that. SQL and Python are also good but knowing VBA gets you more comfortable with those. I don't know SAS as I've always used SQL but would like to learn it.

Still impressive that you were able to finish the exam in 2.5 hours.

Don't take it the wrong way, but I don't even want to look at this right now.

I hated this question - it set me back 5 minutes.

On my end, there were about 6 to 7 empty seats with tests on the table ( no shows). IMO, I would rather have them take the test and help me out - pretty devious idea.

I think I picked the step up margin as it forces the issuer to refinance - Form of credit enhancement. Don't remember the presented scenario but could be wrong.