So the exam got pushed again. I planned to write last June and it seems I may not get the chance for all of 2021 at the rate COVID is being handled.
I get it's better to study and expect to write it, but after doing that twice, I just want to know whether I'll actually write the exam I'm registered for before dedicating another set of hours refreshing this material for what will be the third time.
I'm debating on registering for May or August 2021 or just saying screw it, I'll write it in 2022 when COVID finally blows over a little.
What's everybody's view on this?
I had this feeling initially, but I pushed my L1 to Feb '21 to see what new sites would offer the exam, and there's one 10mins away from me. I live in the SE so I imagine it'll be like 8-10 people MAX taking it with me, so I don't imagine my exam will be pushed again. If you are in my kind of situation, there may be hope in keeping it to 2021.
It was sent for specific test sites. I was registered for a restricted test site and had my exam cancelled with a link to register for 2021 about 15 minutes ago.
If you go to cfainstute's FAQ page on COVID, they have the full update there.
NYC is cancelled
https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/cfa/exam/test-center-update
From here on out they are all computer based, I believe, and you'll be in a prometric type test center. Here on out there really, pending some massive wave of black death, be any excuses to cancel exams. You may run into capacity or scheduling challenges, but that's it at this point.
Do you have a desperate need for the money?
Are you looking to go into asset management?
Are you getting cold feet?
Around here it's easier to count those who don't have their charter than those who do. You really want to push for it.
Also, I don't know about you Addinator, but I really HATE those Prometric centers, and would kill for the big conference hall instead. If the securities exams and CFP weren't such jokes I probably would have failed.
No.
Maybe.
I'd write it in 30 days if need be.
I was planning to (and prepared to) write back in June, but with it being pushed twice, I'm not sure what likelihood there is that I'll have the opportunity to write it on my own schedule. It's really not a debate of receiving the money or writing it, it's writing it in 2021 or 2022.
I have done both and would probably prefer the prometric centers because at least the cubes are private. Could the prometric centers handle all of the people for a sitting? That is a lot of people. There must have been 1,000 people at the testing center I used in NJ. There was nothing private about sitting at those conference tables.
Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus? That's actually where I sat. I think it was actually closer to 2k people. All the restaurants in the plaza got overwhelmed and people spent most of their lunch breaks waiting in line.
Pro-tip: don't eat right there (the food sucks anyway) Go to Giovanni's on Centre between 5th and 6th in town. They make their own Mozzarella and the sandwiches are amazing. I used to work right there and going to the office before the test and eating lunch there was a big help. As a bonus, I would leave the other half of the (huge) sandwich in the fridge and have a treat for lunch on Monday.
Friends took it at Javitz, and from all I heard that's an even worse shitshow. There's no way to hack it there. It's a desert over there, I'd actually prefer the overflow hotel in midtown.
I said fuck it and pushed it to February. Gives me more time to learn the rest and review, plus some time to relax and maybe learn something else before hitting the books more intensely.
Going through this dilemma myself. I am scheduled in December. Supposed to take it in Hartford cuz it was the closest place open at the time, but I am worried about the location closing and wasting my money. I am thinking about pushing it to February, but just not sure how the computer exam might be different than what I was preparing for as a written version.
Yeah I considered that too, but at the end of the day it'll just give me more time to review. I was already considering it so this decided it for me. People on r/CFA have been freaking out about it so much, understandably so. Good luck.
Does this mean they'll let us use excel if the exam is computer based?
I hate using the cfa calculator...
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