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self grade cfa level 3 essay questions

CFA Level 3 Essay Questions: How To Self-Grade Accurately

Zee Tan

27 Jan 2025

CFA, CFA Level 3

The CFA Level 3 essay questions, also known as the constructed response section, is often a significant challenge to Level 3 candidates.  Our research has also estimated that more than 93% of Level 3 candidates performed worse in the essay paper compared to the item-set paper, so improving your essay performance can really help your chances in the CFA exam. The CFA Institute also confirms that the essay scores are materially lower than item set questions scores. But although we can find constructed response ...