himanshumh

haphols_cfa Wrote:
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> * Schweser = I've heard mixed reviews
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I used Schweser for all three levels and passed all three on my first attempt. The videos served as my "first pass" on the material each time. The quality of the videos at levels one and two were - my opinion, obviously - excellent. At level II in particular, they do a nice job combining spoken word with images and breaking down harder topics.

Level III, the quality of the videos goes down noticeably. In particular, Greg Filbeck presents about half of the material, and he is an extremely boring presenter - just mainly reading the slides on your screen, little diversions or mnemonics that help make the material come alive. The worst part is, I've heard that he's an excellent presenter in person. That may be, but he's pretty weak on tape.

Be that as it may, I still passed using Schweser for all three levels, but I was pretty disappointed with the videos for level three - the other presenters (Marc Lefevre and Andy Holmes and the others) were still good, but shame on Kaplan for giving by far the weakest instructor half the material...

My advice is definitely get the schweser books, mocks, and Qbank. If you can do a live class or an online class, you may get a better experience than the level III videos. Also, they redo the videos each year, so perhaps it'll be better in 2012.

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bkballa

I did the 3-day review seminar (online) provided by Schweser. I don't think it mattered that it was Schweser but having a concentrated review of 20-25 hours during the last week, with most concepts covered, was very valuable in helping me to "peak" before Saturday.