bleach

I can assure you if my lady friend studied for 600 hours she would have a tough time passing. That should answer your question.

bchadwick

greengrape Wrote:
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> I learned through osmosis.


+1

And I, through kenosis.

ayodayo

depends on your background.
I did not measure the number of hours spent but I am sure I spent less than 150 hours (and passed)

DarienHacker

I learned through osmosis.

giants2010

I spent around 100, but Level I was almost completely undergrad refresher for me. So that's possibly a big factor for some people.

Darien

Palantir, no one is obliging you to reply to my post, if it doesn't concern you just don't read it and move on instead of lecturing me!

RepoToronto

Thanks herrgrunta, greatly appreciated

LorrinCFA

Why do people ask these questions? You know the answer is different for everyone. CFAI says 250 is the *minimum*, so just try to study significantly more than that....


Even if people here say that 300 is enough, and you fail, are they suddenly wrong? Even if you feel the need to ask this question, why can't you use the search button?


This is why this forum needs to be moderated.

SeanWest

Ok people, never once did the OP mention his/her background, education, or experience. So all these replies are based on random assumptions. We're not talking community service here, people learn at various speeds and start at different levels.

It's about quality, not hours put in.

Zesty

December - June turnaround is certainly doable (many on this forum has claimed success at this).

I myself did June 2009 and then June 2010 and found that I could take the material at a steady pace from August to June and got through but still found myself struggling to grasp some of the material by April 2010.

As noted I didn't have to study intensely so could easily have reduced the time frame but remember that June to June gives you 10 months to study for II and Dec to June gives you 4 months. I did about 500 hrs for II and again got good results matrix (8 >70% and 2 51-70%) but don't think I could have passed with too many hours less. Assuming that 400 hrs could have got me through, this equates to 100 hrs per month in the Dec June method or about 25hrs/week for the 4 mths. From my perspective this describes "hell" but to others reading this stuff for 10 months could be their "hell".

Many seem to have got through with less time that this but I haven't seen one yet that passed with great confidence and I think this is what giving yourself the greater turnaround time allows.

Hope this helps.