A friend mentioned something the other day that stuck in my head - that the cfa is the place where overachievers go to finally meet their match. Which then makes me wonder if the 40% pass rate or so is of all overachievers? I did well in school but to be honest i'm seriously doubting the ability of me passing all in the first try. In school, if you got below 70%, you got a lousier grade. here you pretty much could fail. Are we all overachievers here? how well did you do in school etc?

I did only okay - got better in university. let's just say i wouldn't say i'm overachieving at the moment.

Yeah I just don't think they're as hardcore. They get so much time off to study, and spread their stuff over so many years. I have many friends taking accountancy exams and judging by their complaining I don't think they have it as crazy as we do.

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- tacheman
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  13 Mar 2017 at 8:30 am
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  A friend mentioned something the other day that stuck in my head – that the cfa is the place where overachievers go to finally meet their match. Which then makes me wonder if the 40% pass rate or so is of all overachievers?
  
  I did well in school but to be honest i’m seriously doubting the ability of me passing all in the first try. In school, if you got below 70%, you got a lousier grade. here you pretty much could fail.
  
  Are we all overachievers here? how well did you do in school etc?
- Anonymous
  14 Mar 2017 at 6:21 am
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  I did only okay – got better in university. let’s just say i wouldn’t say i’m overachieving at the moment.
- fabian
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  15 Mar 2017 at 10:53 pm
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  Yeah I just don’t think they’re as hardcore. They get so much time off to study, and spread their stuff over so many years. I have many friends taking accountancy exams and judging by their complaining I don’t think they have it as crazy as we do.
- policedog
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  13 Mar 2017 at 3:29 pm
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  I did pretty well in school. But not sure what that means.
- Sarah
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  14 Mar 2017 at 10:08 pm
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  I think we are just a very committed group. Most (non-CFA writers) are just flabbergast at the idea of self-studying for 6 months to write a 6 hours exam. They just think it is too intense.
- Sophie Macon
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  14 Mar 2017 at 5:21 pm
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  I’d say we’re more of a driven bunch though.
- fabian
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  14 Mar 2017 at 5:36 pm
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  Or nerdy. 🙂
- Reena
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  14 Mar 2017 at 10:49 pm
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  LOL, isn’t other professional qualifications like ACA or FIA (for the actuaries) equally nuts?
- tacheman
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  15 Mar 2017 at 4:14 pm
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  LOL, isn’t other professional qualifications like ACA or FIA (for the actuaries) equally nuts?
  
  Pansies!
- tacheman
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  14 Mar 2017 at 10:41 pm
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  This set of exams make all other exams look like pansies.
- Dan
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  14 Mar 2017 at 7:46 pm
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  @TacheMan Got great grades both in school and university, but not very nerdy, I only studied what was necessary and paid attention in class. I’m liking the CFA a lot because I can go at my own pace, and because I am learning many things that were loose at my University.
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