Just wanted to feel for what your experience was with the Schweser Mocks.
I am finishing off Volume 2, and I am finding them to be quite a breeze through... Somewhat a waste of time.
What are your thoughts on the difficulty??作者: mnieman 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
sgupta0827 Wrote:
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> vol 2 is definitely easy..
What a joke of a volume. What a waste of time... I guess I have to find better use of the next little bit of time...作者: Micholien 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
I wouldn't say it's a waste of time because even main CFAI exam is going to be quite aligned with that. I mean real exam is going to be easier than Schweser and they are going to kill you on concepts and wordings rather than testing the ability of calculation and of course reading ability as Schweser tests.作者: Kiakaha 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
Did you think Schweser volume 1 was real easy also? How does this compare to Volume 2?
Took the first voume 1 mock and passed but I don't have anything to compare it to right now. It was not hard but my trouble is generally the time in that I do not have enough time to think about the question and find myself rushing through. Will start CFA mock soon.作者: shootingstar 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
My best results are coming from Volume 2 Schweser... My understanding is that Volume 2 Schweser are suppose to be set up to be more difficult than volume 1... (The reason I am doing Vol.2 vs Vol.1)...作者: Londonrocks 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
But I have heard that volume 1 is closer to the real exam... is this correct?
Also if you are saying that volume 2 is a joke and it is harder than volume 1, seems that volume 1 would be extremely easy.
Gets confusing because on other threads I have seen some people saying that Schweser is harder than the real exam so don't really know what to think anymore.作者: homie 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
He is talking in general it is perceived that vol2 is harder than vol1 but that doesn't to be the case this year.作者: Beatnik 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
sgupta0827 Wrote:
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> He is talking in general it is perceived that vol2
> is harder than vol1 but that doesn't to be the
> case this year.
Thanks sgupta.
In your opinion, from the 3 mocks in volume 1, which one did you find the most challenging. I have 1 more mock planned, and I was thinking of doing the last one from Volume 2, but your post has changed my mind haha.
Thanks,作者: bluejazzy 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
I feel CFA is gonna be heavy on the concepts. they seem to be stressing on concepts作者: koba 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
I think vol1 exam 2 morning session and exam 3 afternoon session are most challenging. If you want to attempt only 1 then you may want to combine both of these. But, for you they may not be as you are anyways scoring pretty high.作者: Flok 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
sgupta0827 Wrote:
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> I think vol1 exam 2 morning session and exam 3
> afternoon session are most challenging. If you
> want to attempt only 1 then you may want to
> combine both of these. But, for you they may not
> be as you are anyways scoring pretty high.
I completely agree. I absolutely bombed Volume 1 Exam 2 morning session with a 59% and got an 83% on the afternoon session for a combined 71%.
It doesn't seem right at all that I could get a 59 and an 83. I'm a little worried that my grade is literally subject to the types of questions / difficulty they decide to make it.作者: kmf229 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
johnnyBuz Wrote:
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> sgupta0827 Wrote:
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> > I think vol1 exam 2 morning session and exam 3
> > afternoon session are most challenging. If you
> > want to attempt only 1 then you may want to
> > combine both of these. But, for you they may
> not
> > be as you are anyways scoring pretty high.
>
>
> I completely agree. I absolutely bombed Volume 1
> Exam 2 morning session with a 59% and got an 83%
> on the afternoon session for a combined 71%.
>
> It doesn't seem right at all that I could get a 59
> and an 83. I'm a little worried that my grade is
> literally subject to the types of questions /
> difficulty they decide to make it.
Its tough to assess. Because a simple definition question can be harder than calculating god knows what... That's if you don't remember the definition. So several terms that are scarce, and have long been forgotten, can really drop your mark several percent...作者: orang3eph 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
> I completely agree. I absolutely bombed Volume 1
> Exam 2 morning session with a 59% and got an 83%
> on the afternoon session for a combined 71%.
>
> It doesn't seem right at all that I could get a 59
> and an 83. I'm a little worried that my grade is
> literally subject to the types of questions /
> difficulty they decide to make it.
I have similar experience with the mock and also worried about the extremes.作者: dcfox83 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
Matori Wrote:
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> johnnyBuz Wrote:
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> > sgupta0827 Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > I think vol1 exam 2 morning session and exam
> 3
> > > afternoon session are most challenging. If
> you
> > > want to attempt only 1 then you may want to
> > > combine both of these. But, for you they may
> > not
> > > be as you are anyways scoring pretty high.
> >
> >
> > I completely agree. I absolutely bombed Volume
> 1
> > Exam 2 morning session with a 59% and got an
> 83%
> > on the afternoon session for a combined 71%.
> >
> > It doesn't seem right at all that I could get a
> 59
> > and an 83. I'm a little worried that my grade
> is
> > literally subject to the types of questions /
> > difficulty they decide to make it.
>
> Its tough to assess. Because a simple definition
> question can be harder than calculating god knows
> what... That's if you don't remember the
> definition. So several terms that are scarce, and
> have long been forgotten, can really drop your
> mark several percent...
My biggest concern is that I chose to spend most of my time learning the "meat" of the concepts, in addition to hammering home ethics, accounting, econ and quant.
When I get those random questions that show up on 1 out of every 3 mocks they just kill me.作者: manasib 时间: 2011-7-13 16:40
sgupta0827 Wrote:
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> I think vol1 exam 2 morning session and exam 3
> afternoon session are most challenging. If you
> want to attempt only 1 then you may want to
> combine both of these. But, for you they may not
> be as you are anyways scoring pretty high.
Just finished the Vol1 Exam 2 - Morning. It was a looooong processes. I don't think any other Mock had soo many calculations involved... This has to be on the upper level of what we can expect on Saturday...
Anyways, I was able to pump out a low 70 on this one... Equity and somehow Econ smoked me...
Thanks for the advise on thsi one.
