Your D-Day stories (horror, funny, inspiring)….

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So the CFA exam day has come and gone, anybody here willing to share his or her war stories?Mine first:1) Before going to the test center, one of my colleagues spontaneously made a rousing speech 300-style while standing on the tabletop of our office space. The end was so epic, it's a shame none of us recorded it. Something like:Friend: "... Tonight, we dine in heaven! THIS... IS... CFA!!!!"All: "AH UH!!! AH UH!!!"It'd be a lie had I not imagined he finished the speech by kicking one of the proctors down the endless pit.....2) At the test center, this one guy was being polite and friendly and seemed all well-prepared to ace the exam.... or so he thought, until the proctor told him that he should've brought his own pencils as they're not going to provide any pencil to the test-takers. Never in my life I saw someone face turned blue in a matter of seconds just like that.3) Another colleagues of mine -a born-again Christian- spontaneously led us into prayers before the morning session began. As the door was still open and many test takers were still entering the classroom, he figured out that we would still have like 10 minutes to pray at the back-like there is no tomorrow, and for some us, indeed it's true-. He also once again led the prayers before the afternoon session. And how I am surprised that people did come and join his spontaneous fellowship there.Let me read your stories now, 300hours-ers! :wink:

jmsatchwell · Answer

To add to it the guy sitting next to me finished the AM session in under and hour! Either that guy is a genius or just admitted defeat.

DigitalWizard · Answer

We had one guy finish at an hour in on the first session. He must have been studying hard for a year. We also had a line of 20 or 30 people that didn't make the doors closing to start the session. (they were let in after the timed portion started, and had to catch up). I saw some people trying to sleep that looked obviously worn out from an all-nighter or two.  Poor folks don't know what hit them. We had a few people doing stretches while waiting for the exam to start. The proctor in the bathroom giving everyone the "evil eye" was certainly creepy but understandable. We had nice stacking chairs that used suspended cloth as their seat and back! Very impressed when I was worried about folding metal, or old classroom stools or something. Things were smooth and everyone did a great job getting people in and out, etc.  I hope I pass!