former

I just printed out a bunch of Q-Bank questions at all difficulty levels. As with LII, easy and medium aren't going to add much value. The difficult vignette ones are alright. But I was disapointed that there weren't any essay questions available.

I think the crux of my studying will be off of EOC questions, old exams and mock exams.

Happy studying

Analti_Calte

Having began in November, my goal was to read the CFAI material twice, while doing EOC questions in 5 months. So far, I'm right on track, in the middle of my second time through the material. Starting in April, I'll spend the weekdays going over flashcards, reviewing previous LIII exams, specifics within the CFAI text and EOC questions, while setting aside time on Saturday and Sunday to do practice exams. I'll definitely be doing all six from Schweser along with the CFA Mock. In the past, I've spent Saturday doing the first part of the test and then grading it and reviewing my answers (learning from my mistakes) and then doing the second part on Sunday. I still time myself, so as to make sure I preserve the aspect of a "real test environment."

If anyone else has other suggestions, I'm certainly interested, but I feel pretty confident about my approach.

skycfa

Wow DDSU82! no kidding...I've heard from other candidates and read about approaches and yours seems to be well thought out and Concise. The starting in November seems a lil early, yet when I read about your approach/desire to go over the material 2x, I'm impressed. Bottomline...there are no shortcuts with L3 and you seem to understand that! Good luck and keep the momentum up...and pls also give yourself some time to relax and "celebrate" your study successes/milestones as you go.

nannan66

How do you find secret sauce?

mcmc

Thanks Castle123. It worked for Levels I and II, so I've got the process down pretty good, and like you said, there are no shortcuts, so it's important to stay on a tight schedule and stay motivated.

Mysterious, I actually do plan on utilizing the special sauce. In fact, it arrived on my desk today. I will likely incorporate reading this into my weekday schedule starting in April, right alongside flashcards, previous exams, and specific pieces of the material. It's certainly not a replacement to any part of the studying, but more like the glue that kind of helps keep things in perspective.

lcai

Hey guys...thank you so much for all the input, I really appreciate it!

Here's an update on where I am: I've gone through all the material a second time now, taking care to physically write out in (two) notebooks all the formulas/examples/other quantitative information needed on the exam. The game now for the next two months is to practice and retain this information. Based on the feedback here I was thinking of hitting the CFAI EOCs, and then focusing on the Schweser and CFAI Practice Exams. As for QBANK, I used it pretty extensively for L1, not at all for L2, and for L3 would it be fair to say that it doesn't add too much value as compared to the EOC and Practice Exams?

And for GIPS - what kind of questions should one expect as far as GIPS goes? It just seems very arbitrary with the in-effect dates and something that would take forever to memorize accurately...any thoughts?

Thanks guys!