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BC_MBA_student

Last minute studying is like chasing chickens:

study intercorporate investments

study equity,

oops forgot to review derivatives

study quant

study econ

oops haven't studied corporate finance in a week

more ethics

back to PM

damn, haven't touched Fixed income in a couple days

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impossible

giants2010

I'm doing a light review over Fixed Income tonight. Rereading all of Ethics Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, I'm getting a goodluck @#$%& from my girlfriend. If I don't know it after 4 months of straight studying, I'm not going to learn it in one extra night.

lucasg85

job71188 Wrote:
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> I'm doing a light review over Fixed Income
> tonight. Rereading all of Ethics Wednesday and
> Thursday. On Friday, I'm getting a goodluck
> @#$%& from my girlfriend. If I don't know it
> after 4 months of straight studying, I'm not going
> to learn it in one extra night.

I totally disagree with the last sentence. I always pick up a couple things the day before the exam. A formula here I forgot, a concept I forgot. That little bit might make the difference between that 1 question that passes or fails you.

Its like those people who don't bring any study material to the exam site (not into the room obviously). Why not? Brush up, and if you realize you are weak on something, quickly check it out and feel confident enough. I study until the last minute.

thecfawannabe

I'm down w Pistol Pete Marivich, one of the best basketball players ever

I'm bringing study materials to the center. If they ask some crazy vignette that i get stuck on, I'm gonna study it inbetween sessions b/c CFA has been known to ask the same rough vignette 2x

chandsingh

CFA.Rhythm Wrote:
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> Last minute studying is like chasing chickens:
>
> study intercorporate investments
>
> study equity,
>
> oops forgot to review derivatives
>
> study quant
>
> study econ
>
> oops haven't studied corporate finance in a week
>
> more ethics
>
> back to PM
>
> damn, haven't touched Fixed income in a couple
> days
>
> -------
>
> impossible


So true! What do you chase chickens with: schweser notes? CFAI books? Homemade flash cards? A bible?

bingbingliang

CFA.Rhythm Wrote:
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> I'm down w Pistol Pete Marivich, one of the best
> basketball players ever
>
> I'm bringing study materials to the center. If
> they ask some crazy vignette that i get stuck on,
> I'm gonna study it inbetween sessions b/c CFA has
> been known to ask the same rough vignette 2x

Glad you agree, but really? they'd ask the same vingette twice? that seems ridiculous with all the material - I plan on focusing on whatever they don't ask in the AM over lunch.

bdavi77962

no they won't ask the same vignette twice, but they would ask the same material twice

I'm the opposite: I'm gonna focus on what I just got wrong, because they may ask it again

llxx

Honestly if you don't know of something specific, I really wouldn't bother trying to go over an entire section unless its ethics past Wednesday.

Friday after 1PM, I am putting everything away.

neil1234

I was thinking Pistol Pete Sampras

ayodayo

CFA.Rhythm Wrote:
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> no they won't ask the same vignette twice, but
> they would ask the same material twice
>
> I'm the opposite: I'm gonna focus on what I just
> got wrong, because they may ask it again

Can you plz explain what do u mean by same material? Like if they ask about mergers in morning, is it likely to show up agn in afternoon??