Warning: the CFA exams can lower your self-esteem

After all the effort, after all the hours (about 150), after all the sacrifices, I got the CFA results today: fail.

Q#	Topic	Max Pts	<=50%	51%-70%	>70%
-	Alternative Assets	12	-	-	*
-	Derivatives	12	-	*	-
-	Economics	24	-	-	*
-	Equity Analysis	24	-	-	*
-	Ethical & Professional Stnds.	36	-	-	*
-	Financial Statement Analysis	68	*	-	-
-	Fixed Income Analysis	24	-	*	-
-	General Portfolio Management	12	-	*	-
-	Quantitative Analysis	28	-	-	*

Pass rate was 39%. It was a close call but a fail nevertheless.
I am drained and exhausted.

Advice: if you ever consider taking the CFA Level 1 exam, make sure you put in the recommended number of hours (250 hours) and don't do what I did: 150 hours.