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标题: Schweser or CFA text - honest suggestions please? [打印本页]

作者: AndyNZ    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00     标题: Schweser or CFA text - honest suggestions please?

I failed L2 and I am devastated. planning to read CFAI texts for next year. Need your honest suggestion.
作者: scarecrow    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

I've never opened a CFAI text and I passed L1 and L2. Everyone is different and everyone has different methods of retention. Do whatever is best for how you learn. For me it is videos and tons of questions. For someone else it is reading. If you really need to read 329023902390239023490 pages, then the CFAI text is better.
作者: ppls    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

Do the end of chapter questions at a minimum. There are folks that can pass without touching the CFAI materials, but why take the risk?

NO EXCUSES
作者: Sportsman    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

i used schweser for both I and II and passed both.

However, that really is just a base for all the other preparation i did which included several classes/review courses, countless questions from multiple sources and the end of the chapter questions from cfai.

long story short, for me, the cfa texts are not a good use of time when i find it much more helpful to cover the same material, albeit in less detail with schweser, and then devote a ton more time to reviewing the material, answering questions, etc.



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作者: benbenxiong    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

CFAI all the way.
作者: neil1234    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

I passed L2 without doing EOC questions but barely. I will definitely be doing EOC for L3.
作者: ningning1984    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

themangoman Wrote:
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> I failed L2 and I am devastated. planning to read
> CFAI texts for next year. Need your honest
> suggestion.


So you did not read CFAI text this year? That was a mistake. That is important to your success. Just think, your competition is reading it.

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CFA Jay, CFA
作者: yalo    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

CFAI texts. I used them both exclusively for L1 and L2, passed both on first try. There are number of reasons to use CFAI over the others, but at the end of the day, if you are going to study - why not use the books written by the people who wrote the exam? Easy choice to me, definitely use CFAI next time.
作者: tikfed    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

Used CFAI text extensively to learn....relied on Schweser for review.

Thats the opposite of what I did for L1.

L2 - pass
作者: wilslm    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

schweser only. pass. one attempt
作者: brainsX    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

I think the safest best is to use CFA and do all the EOCs and use Schweser to facilitate review. I used only CFA for level I and passed first time. For Level II, I read all the CFA material and then purchased the Schweser to help me shortcut review. I didn't do all the EOCs in CFA, which I truly thought was my undoing at the actual exam. Luckily I passed, but for Level III, I plan to read through all CFA once, do all EOCs and use Schweser to supplement.
作者: iteracom    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

I think if you have Schweser Video CDs, then you should be fine without CFAI.
But use CFAI if you have enough time.
作者: KungFuPanda    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

> Schweser or CFA text - honest suggestions please?

Yes. [Don't you love Boolean algebra?]

;)
作者: Otabek    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

Used only Schweser for L2, and passed with >70% on all topics.

For L1, i passed with >70% on all topics as well. But, i seriously felt that i over-studied for L1. Read about 75% of the CFAI text for L1, before i gave up and switched to Schweser. Reading the CFAI text was an overkill.

I think its very possible to pass L2 just using Schweser, but its important to thoroughly understand all the concepts and memorize all formulas.
作者: Houjichasan    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

Used only Schweser for L2. I revised everything in the last week.
作者: busterbluth    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

Used CFAI texts exclusively but also used schweser as an "end of chapter summary/highlights" kind of way to clear things I may not have understood and retention of info. Again, it depends on the person - many people have easily passed with just schweser. I personally enjoyed reading the texts and EOC are great. From that last statement you can tell that I logged a lot of hours. My girlfriend didn't like that.

Schweser practice tests were also great to drill in the content and to figure out weak areas. Averaged 65% on the practice tests - kind of wordy and extremely numerical not like the real exam, but I managed to pull >70% in all areas except ethics.

Exam questions are not as wordy or at least that is what I thought, but damn tricky!
作者: firat    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

drgonzo Wrote:
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> Used only Schweser for L2 and passed in the first
> try. But definitely did all the EOCs, very
> important


Ditto - use CFAI for EOC questions and work them a couple of times in the last month before the exam. I didn't even crack the actual text part. Also, I wasn't a flash card guy in college, but I probably had 500 cards for L2 that I reviewed once or twice per week. That really helped with memorizing formulas and key concepts.
作者: b_sea93    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

people actually use the CFA tesxts?
作者: maryli    时间: 2011-7-11 19:00

I passed level 2 this June by:

Studying 1st book on CFA (as schweser notes wasn't delivered yet)
Rest of the Curriculum on Schweser Notes.
Answered all CFA EOC questions, did not bother with Schweser EOC questions
Did a second pass on Schweser Notes
Did a second pass on CFA EOC questions (with reference to Schweser Notes and CFA text if I didn't know the answer)
Took Schweser Practice Exam Vol 1
Took CFA Mock

On day of exam:
Had a bowl of Lucky Charms for breakfast

P.S. - as there are only 160 questions on this exam, luck also plays a factor.




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