Nothing this year. Last year there was a Toronto FC soccer game that took place adjacent to the test center the place was vibrating with noise throughout both sessions.
my coworker sat next to a guy who put his HP12C in the personal belongings section during lunch. Then when he went to retrieve it before the afternoon section, someone had stolen it. He had no calculator for the afternoon section but his friend let him borrow a TI. He didn’t know how to use it so he was freaking out. My coworker tried to show him quickly how to do NPV calculations before the exam started but not sure if he got it… needless to say he was freaking out.
One more… one of my other coworkers almost forgot to bring a pen to the AM section and didn’t know that a pencil would still be graded. The only pen he managed to bring was one that was running out of ink. Before the exam started while he had to fill out the front of the book, he needed to kick start the pen. Thinking that writing on the table they would accuse him of cheating, he scribbled on his exam ticket. Later he realized he had scribbled on the exam ticket with pen. Not sure if they’re going to void his test results for that but he’s definitely still freaking out about it now.
programmer, i was sitting behind your coworker and calculator guy. felt so bad for him.
Never would let my calcs out of sight (my hands) and always have (2). I saw a number of folks with only (1) calculator. No way do I leave my success in the exam dependent on a collection of integrated circuits _ worked too hard for that!
JohnyMac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Never would let my calcs out of sight (my hands) > and always have (2). I saw a number of folks with > only (1) calculator. No way do I leave my success > in the exam dependent on a collection of > integrated circuits _ worked too hard for that! Same. Backup started acting up so i bought a new one. If im going to fail it won’t be due to a calculator.
my proctor’s not bad (nicely shaped) and there were some hot level 3 candidates … one of them wore white transparent pants and i could actually see her panties … ( what a consoling sights after an old idiotic INHUMANE bit*** proctor actually pissed me off during AM )
programmer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > my coworker sat next to a guy who put his HP12C in > the personal belongings section during lunch. > Then when he went to retrieve it before the > afternoon section, someone had stolen it. > > He had no calculator for the afternoon section but > his friend let him borrow a TI. He didn’t know > how to use it so he was freaking out. My coworker > tried to show him quickly how to do NPV > calculations before the exam started but not sure > if he got it… needless to say he was freaking > out. Hearing this story pisses me off. It’s not like it was stolen by some random person. The thief was a test taker who definitely understood the magnitude of the exam. To steal someone’s possession is wrong but for a CFA candidate to steal a fellow test taker’s calculator is pure evil. What’s the thief going to sell it for? $20? The impact on the victim is 1000 fold. I don’t know what was more wrong: stealing the calculator or choosing the HP12C over the TI BAII
One of the proctors stole the transparent cover of my extra battery. Now the lonely battery is just lying in the corner of my table.
to safeguard my calculator i even took it inside the loo, not taking ny chances. saw a few gals putting on makeup inside loo wonder y? looking pretty for the proctors i guess new delhi centre was one huge hall, no food avlable like last year had brought own food, otherwise good arrangements.
I never understood all those people with 2-3 calculators and 100 pencils. 1 calculator and 2 pencils was all I showed up with…wrote essay in pencil…risky, but I like living on the edge.
mp2438 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I never understood all those people with 2-3 > calculators and 100 pencils. 1 calculator and 2 > pencils was all I showed up with…wrote essay in > pencil…risky, but I like living on the edge. I also used only 1 calculator. I can understand bringing an additional one just in case, but 3 is just insane.
I roll with one calculator and one pencil. I make sure the batteries are somewhat stale, it’s kind of like Russian Roulette. The adrenalin gives me the edge I need. It makes me feel so … alive. Of course, a big reason for this is that I knew I wouldn’t pass. Like 95% sure, for you Black-Lit fans out there in the box seating.
I carried two calculators, 2 pens, 2 pencils, and 2 exam tickets… Leave nothing to chance.
programmer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I carried two calculators, 2 pens, 2 pencils, and > 2 exam tickets… Leave nothing to chance. Exact same here. One ticket was folded up in my wallet, the other was crisp and out (in my car visor since I printed it a month ago).
Here is quite a story… You’ve passed Level 1 and Level 2. Why the hell would you try and cheat on level 3 and risk getting caught with umpteen other repercussions? Well this one guy in our section got caught red handed cheating with some cheat sheet or something else written he had brought in. Unreal…
he probably got away with it for L1 and L2 can you provide more details? interesting.
I brought two calculators because they keep breaking down. I have purchased three HP12Cs…the nine button stopped working on the first one and the five button on the second. I bought a new one right before the test so I wouldn’t have to push buttons multiple times to get them to register and brought one of the older ones in case the new one died. They seem to last just long enough to be out of the one-year warranty!
Slash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > programmer Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > my coworker sat next to a guy who put his HP12C > in > > the personal belongings section during lunch. > > Then when he went to retrieve it before the > > afternoon section, someone had stolen it. > > > > He had no calculator for the afternoon section > but > > his friend let him borrow a TI. He didn’t know > > how to use it so he was freaking out. My > coworker > > tried to show him quickly how to do NPV > > calculations before the exam started but not > sure > > if he got it… needless to say he was freaking > > out. > > Hearing this story pisses me off. It’s not like it > was stolen by some random person. The thief was a > test taker who definitely understood the magnitude > of the exam. To steal someone’s possession is > wrong but for a CFA candidate to steal a fellow > test taker’s calculator is pure evil. What’s the > thief going to sell it for? $20? The impact on the > victim is 1000 fold. > > I don’t know what was more wrong: stealing the > calculator or choosing the HP12C over the TI BAII It was probably someone who didn’t have a calculator…
I bring 2 of everything. Kind of like belt and suspenders. I don’t get the guy that brings in new batteries and a screwdriver? OK jack ass why not change them before the exam? So when the calc quits you rip open the batteries, take out the screwdriver and 5-10 minutes later your going again. I realize that CFAI wants to stress we are all big boys and we need to step up but don’t you think they should have 1 or 2 extra of each calculator around just in case? I think they may have a deal with TI and HP this way every candidate buys 2 x the amount of calcs they actually need.