Help! Scoring well in L1 mocks, but still feeling unprepared. How can I actually test my knowledge?
Hi all, I’m sitting for the CFA Level I exam in five days and I’m honestly not sure whether I’m truly ready. I’d really appreciate some advice from people who already passed.
So far, I’ve done four mock exams. The first one was mainly diagnostic before starting revision, and I scored above 70%, but it felt unrealistically easy. The second mock was much harder, although I scored slightly better after some revision. Still, I had the feeling that many answers were educated guesses.
By the third mock, I scored very well, but I started worrying that it was becoming more pattern recognition than actual understanding. I then did a fourth mock in a public library, intentionally after a tiring morning, to mimic real exam conditions since I’ll have to travel to Belgium for the actual exam. My score dropped slightly in the second session, but overall I still scored above 80%.
Despite that, I still have this feeling that maybe I’ve just become too familiar with CFA question styles and that the real exam could expose gaps in my understanding.
At this stage, what would you recommend doing to genuinely test knowledge and not just repeat another mock?
Many thanks in advance.