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[hmm]

@bujay

Sorry - I don’t really have time to read everything that people post about how their situations are unfair after they are completely responsible for their situations.

This is the main reason this analystforum is not as useful as it could be…

Too many people whining and looking for empathy from other folks that are more responsible.

Thanks for proving my point. You didn’t read it so you don’t know what’s going on. Definitely NOT whining or looking for empathy, but I can see why you may think that considering you did not read everything. I should have expected trolls when posting this. I was asking for everyone’s thoughts. If I were to have presented a lie or exaggeration then ALL advice and opinions given to me would be useless as they would have been based on a false narrative.

[hmm]

@googs1484

Take CFAI’s offer and call it a day and move on. If you go through life worrying about what everyone else thinks of you then you will go no where. If they cleared up the comments in the “security guards” notes to remove the INTENT then what will that do? How will that improve anything? Short answer, it wont. It will only make YOU feel better. YOU already know you did not do it intentionally so what will an eraser taken to a piece of paper do? Nothing.

My take on this, and I READ all your comments on here. You got some bad guidance from a proctor/sec guard. Who cares. In the end CFAI has policies and procedures clearly documented on the Website. You should have checked yourself like everyone else does. You already know your mistake as you said and take responsibility for it so move on. One sentence on a piece of paper that no one will ever see again will not do anything.

Wise words. Thank you for your input.

[beeehtooplus]

TL;DR

Are you wishing the proctors at check-in had taken the calculator away from you? How were you going to pass the exam without a calculator? Take the private reprimand. You were re-writing next year either way. And don’t get reprimanded again.

[Dpack26]

@hmm

I was so confused as to what my options were so I made the decision to use the HP for the first half and planned on picking up my TI for the second half. The security guard allowed me to enter with my HP, but took almost everything else from me, including my wallet.

Am I the only one that noticed that they robbed OP?

[brianhfield]

I really hope that folks that are confused by a calculator policy choose another profession.

[hmm]

@beeehtooplus

TL;DR

Are you wishing the proctors at check-in had taken the calculator away from you? How were you going to pass the exam without a calculator? Take the private reprimand. You were re-writing next year either way. And don’t get reprimanded again.

Yes, I wish it was taken away from me at check-in. I would have then went back to pick my approved TI calculator, which was at an Airbnb rental close by.

[hmm]

@brianhfield

I really hope that folks that are confused by a calculator policy choose another profession.

I really hope that people who lack the mental capacity to take the CFA exams stay out of this thread.

[imaginethat]

@hmm

@brianhfield

I really hope that folks that are confused by a calculator policy choose another profession.

I really hope that people who lack the mental capacity to take the CFA exams stay out of this thread.

This whole thread is literally about you lacking the mental capacity to bring the correct calculator…

[brianhfield]

…and this is why we can’t have nice things.

[Dpack26]

[ponch1080]

@bujay

Sorry - I don’t really have time to read everything that people post about how their situations are unfair after they are completely responsible for their situations.

This is the main reason this analystforum is not as useful as it could be…

Too many people whining and looking for empathy from other folks that are more responsible.

massive thumbs up here

[ponch1080]

@imaginethat

@hmm

@brianhfield

I really hope that folks that are confused by a calculator policy choose another profession.

I really hope that people who lack the mental capacity to take the CFA exams stay out of this thread.

This whole thread is literally about you lacking the mental capacity to bring the correct calculator…

where is the like button here?

[PiratesSayARRR]

@imaginethat

@hmm

@brianhfield

I really hope that folks that are confused by a calculator policy choose another profession.

I really hope that people who lack the mental capacity to take the CFA exams stay out of this thread.

This whole thread is literally about you lacking the mental capacity to bring the correct calculator…

**** this is hilarious…

[philadelphia_collin5]

LOL

Do you just carry that HP 10 on your persons at all time? I’m so confused, why would you have that one but not the CFAI approved one? Why even have a disallowed calculator on you in the first place?!

[Coastie]

Ignore the haters mate, you know it was an accident.

The 1st time I sat the exam I forgot my calculator completely! To make matters worse the proctors wouldn’t even let me use the calculator app on my iphone! Well let me tell you, I was so mad I threw my phone at the lead proctor. Long story short not only was I not allowed to sit the exam, but I’m the one that gets charged with assault… after they man handle me out? Then to rub salt into the wound I get a PCP too!? Um, helloooo, fair go, the iphone calculator app has less functionality than a normal calculator…

[hmm]

@imaginethat

@hmm

@brianhfield

I really hope that folks that are confused by a calculator policy choose another profession.

I really hope that people who lack the mental capacity to take the CFA exams stay out of this thread.

This whole thread is literally about you lacking the mental capacity to bring the correct calculator…

Nice. I set myself up for that one.

[hmm]

@philadelphia\_collin5

LOL

Do you just carry that HP 10 on your persons at all time? I’m so confused, why would you have that one but not the CFAI approved one? Why even have a disallowed calculator on you in the first place?!

I accidently left the approved calculator at my Airbnb rental and the unapproved one was in my backpack. I assumed it was approved. I was wrong. It was a random calculator that I had for a long time.

[philadelphia_collin5]

@hmm

@philadelphia\_collin5

LOL

Do you just carry that HP 10 on your persons at all time? I’m so confused, why would you have that one but not the CFAI approved one? Why even have a disallowed calculator on you in the first place?!

I accidently left the approved calculator at my Airbnb rental and the unapproved one was in my backpack. I assumed it was approved. I was wrong. It was a random calculator that I had for a long time.

Take the written reprimand and use it as a learning experience. Would an interviewer care if you were 15 minutes late because you failed to check if the L train was in service?

[Natty462]

Begining to think this proctor was not hired by cfai.

[Irruminati]

I’m ashamed of people like OP and Coastie.