RMontgomery

I'm actually taking it easy tonight. Felt some burnout symptoms and decided to give my eyes a rest. Posting on AF is a pleasure compared to drilling through page after page of whatever in the curriculum.

I remember going over the CFAI mock the night before before L1 and then not being able to sleep the whole night. And I got sick that week as well...I thought I was a total goner...

But what I learned is that mind over matter is an amazing thing. So no matter how burnt out you are now, and now matter now bad you feel the day before the exam...

YOU WILL BE FINE ... when they tell you to open up the test booklet.

You'll step up to the plate.

llxx

Forget the mocks. Do as many CFAI EOC questions as possible. They're as close to the real thing as you can get.

sameeragarwal

What's better? Spend one or two days reading Secret Sauce (book skimming) or forget it and pound more EOCs?

bingbingliang

Do Schweser Mocks slowly. Item set by Item set. I swear.

busterbluth

It's better to get lots of wrong answers now (even days before the exam), learn from your mistakes, and then breathe occasional sighs of relief when that particular specific topic gets tested on the real exam. I had this happen for at least 10% of the questions on L1 and it's basically like getting free points.

When taking my mocks or doing questions, if I guess or if I get the right answer through test-taking deductive skills rather than actual CFA knowledge, I treat it as a wrong and make a little 2-3 sentence notation in my Book of Wrongs (its actual name) or make a flashcard. I can get fooled once but I don't like to get fooled twice! I know this advice has been given before but it's one of the bedrocks of my approach to learning anything.

I also think a few free points can be found simply by watching some of the Schweser videos if you have subscribed. They are somewhat generic (I'm talking about the library, not the 18-week course) but I will honestly say that I have had enough "Oh!" moments or "Aha!" moments to make the time investment worth it. I only fire them up at the very end of a study session when I am otherwise weary of doing questions or reading. I crack a beer or two and just listen and soak up a point or two that may come in handy on Saturday.