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发表于 2011-7-27 15:44
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1) I probably only put in ~125 hours. I stopped counting after I finished "reading" the curriculum. I only counted about 100 hrs spent on the curriculum. The rest was spent doing EOC questions, Schweser practice exams, the CFAI mock, and my own personal flashcards and notes. Keep in mind that I had learned most of the material in school, which explains why I was able to spend so little time dedicated to CFA.
2) I used the curriculum exclusively. You don't need to use 3rd party providers.
3) Didn't purchase Elan, qbank, Schweser, etc. I don't think you need them if you have a good basis in the material (I took it during school). I was given the Schweser practice exams by a friend who used them in 2009. When I do level 2, the only think I will purchase will be the practice exams
Unless you have a memory like a computer, you will always run across questions that you don't know. There is too much material for them to draw from.
Some things that I did that others may or may not agree with:
-Skipped a lot of the quant section because I hate statistics and didn't feel like trying to learn it, so I guessed a lot on the test. One person commented on here that I'd learn my lesson when the results came out. I got 70+ on quant.
-Didn't do the EOC questions as I went through. I came back after I was done the reading and did them before the practice exams
A warning though... don't necessairly follow my advice if you haven't recently studied this stuff. I have my undergrad degree in accounting and finance and I have a masters in finance, so I eat/sleep/breath this stuff in school.
Final results: I passed with 70+ in every section except alternatives and derivatives (got 51-70 in those sections). |
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