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YouCanDoIt

What do you guys think so far of these exams? I have only taken Exam 1 AM Session (got a 70%). Here is my opinion for any who wants to hear it...

The exam is hard. No doubt more difficult than Schweser. And I definitely like the idea of going into the actual CFA exam having taken a couple practice tests that are said to be MORE difficult.

Some of the questions seem to be extremely detailed, asking about some of the most minute differences in principles. All in all, i think that they are good to have under your belt so I would recommend them. I am not kidding though, they are much more difficult than Schweser.

What do you guys think? How have people been scoring? Do you think we really should be happy with scores >65% like they say? Thanks for the inputs! Good luck with your studies!

draz

I have also taken the Exam 1 AM Session and scored 68. Felt it was representative of the real exam, sat in December (Band 10). Will be taking Exam 1 PM tomorrow. Overall I like the Elan materials and feel they are a great compliment to the CFAI materials. Used Q Bank before and would NOT use it again.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 09:52PM by ohnomrbill.

invic

Do you think the $70 was worth the mocks for Elan?

evolsteevol

Sweet. Thanks guys...once again I am disappointed by Kaplan (Schweser).

johnnyBuz

took the PM session of exam 1 yesterday and scored better then the AM. I think one of the biggest things is that the Elan exams will get you if you dont read the question carefully enough. So for those taking these mocks, be sure to ready the question thoroughly before you answer.

FVPV

Their Ethics questions are easier than the actual exam. The rest of the questions are excellent in my opinion.

waldziuchna

They send the answers along too.

chetan86

Have any of you taken Elan's and the Boston society's exams? I would be interested in knowing which ones are better.

cchang

I took the AM session of the Elan mock yesterday and got a 71%. Maybe its an indication of learning more material but it was right about what I had been getting on Schweser and I didnt really think of it as being tremendously harder. In fact I made several easy mistakes...going to take the PM session today. I really hope I should be happy getting over 65% and this exam is tougher than the actual one. Skeptical though

Kiakaha

What's your percentage score on Elan if you leave out the Ethics questions?