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18 Horror Stories About The Killer Exam That Wall Streeters Will Be Taking Next Saturday

Julia La RocheDec 1, 2013, 22:52 IST

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Level I of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam will be administered next weekend. Test-takers were probably spent their Thanksgiving holiday studying.

The CFA curriculum, which consists of three levels, is considered to be the most difficult tests on Wall Street with fewer than 20 percent of candidates passing all three on the first try.

The average test-taker also spends a solid five to six months preparing for the CFA.

And every test-taker hopes things go smoothly and according to plan on exam day. But we've heard some crazy horror stories ranging from bathroom disasters to concentration-breaking distractions.

We've included them here. Make sure this doesn't happen to you.