bapswarrior

this was my strategy I used to study and passed level I (>70 all sections except ethics which was middle score bracket).


0. Obtain CFAI materials and Schweser practice exams vol 1 and vol 2, course notes, and qbank.

1. read the CFAI text completely!!! do every practice question and example
2. after every major section in the CFAI (ethics, quant, etc) do some practice questions from the qbank. not 100s but just enough until you know everything completely.
3. once done the CFAI text read/skim the schweser notes focusing on your trouble spots. doing every review question.
4. Do the practice exams from schweser - dont do both morning and afternoon sessions at once. spend the 3 hrs and do the morning session timing yourself and then after youre done go through the test and make study notes for the topics of EVERY question you got wrong.

you'll often find in step 4 a simple misreading of the question can lead to a page of notes on topics you thought you knew 100%.

5. dont do more than 2 full exams per week. I did 1.5. the reason for this is to give yourself time to actually study the concepts you got wrong on the test.
6. once done schweser, do the CFAI mock. again making study notes.
7. write the real exam
8. wait anxiously for results
9. pass and celebrate (or in my case, pass and tell the one person you love the most in life first, who youre in a long term relationship with and planned on marrying, only to have her come back and say she wants a 2 week break to figure her life out)

good luck.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 02:06PM by BayStreet.