How much time did you invest ? hours, invest, between, knowledge, statements

edgeon

a) How much time (hours) did you spend in preparing for CFA Level 1 Exam ?
b) When did you first start ?
c) What was your basic knowledge level ?
d) Do you think you will pass ?


a) 250 hours
b) 25th January (and then had a break of 2 weeks in February)
c) I did not know that A=L+E and could not differentiate between IS, BS and Cash flow statements


and you ?

Bluetick1010

a) no idea. think about the time you wasted trying to keep track.
b) December 10th
c) Very minimal. But knew quant pretty well from other exams.
d) 50/50.

dontknow1987

a) Can't tell
b) November
c) Master's degree in economics, ACCA member. Deep (or at least I think so...) knowledge of FReporting - except for US GAAP, Medium - Corporate Finance, Economics and Quant methods. Otherwise - basic or no at all.
d) Yes, pretty much sure



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marsilni

a) 430 or so... keeping track was more of a motivational factor for me... I set a goal at the beginning and thought if I reached it, I would have a decent shot at passing... don't see how anyone could say you waste time by keeping track... you write down start and end time and log in excel... may have wasted 10 minutes total from Dec - June.

b) 2nd week of December

c) Undergrad degree in Business/Finance... work for an asset mgmt firm in inst'l sales

d) I feel it will be closer than it should have been (missed a handful of "easy" points), but yes, I feel pretty good about my chances

kmf229

a) 12 hrs daily from June 25th to July 6th
b) June 25th
c) Chartered Accountant
d) 50/50

JoeyDVivre

A) Somewhere between 400-500
B) Early December
C) Bachelor degree in Finance, job in back office admin
D) Pretty confident

joemoran

A) ~500 hrs
B) mid-December
C) 2nd yr MBA finance (prior Bachelors and Masters degree in Biotechnology)
D) hopeful/confident

JPSem

a) ~150 hours
b) Beginning of April
c) BA in Business Admin/Math - MBA Finance/Risk Mgt - Work experience with basic financial modeling and reporting
d) 60/40

Londonrocks

a) 275-300
b) February
c) Bachelors in Finance - Equity Research (I do a lot of other crap as well)
d) I feel pretty good about it

koba

crish_r2008 Wrote:
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> a) 12 hrs daily from June 25th to July 6th
> b) June 25th
> c) Chartered Accountant
> d) 50/50


You meant you studied 12 hrs daily from June 25th, 2008 to June 6th, 2009? I'm confused