total money spent on level 2 including, everyone, include, needed, hotels

luckygiftvn

Just curious what everyone has spent on level 2. This is cost including cfa registration, sample exams, pencils, calculators, paper, hotels if needed, third party provider like schweser, stalla, etc...

Let's not include our opportunity cost. I am close to $2200.



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Analyze_This

My exact costs:

$700 CFAI.
$50 for Elan 11th hour.
$5 for new calculator battery.
$50 for paper/ink costs.
$3 for index cards
$20 parking fee at test location.

$828 total. And I'm 80-90% sure I passed, so I feel it was well worth it.

profil

stephaniez Wrote:
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> just curious, what kind of job reimburse for CFA
> exams? equity research? portfolio management?


I'm a portfolio analyst on a wealth management team, they reimburse if I pass.

MiniMe7

$700 paid to CFAI; spent $1,000 on stalla and $800 on schweser. In the end I thought it was a good investment as the exam went really well :-)

flyinggirl

just curious, what kind of job reimburse for CFA exams? equity research? portfolio management?

yodacaia

some companies even give staff 1-2 wk leave before the exam.

Kapie

600 to CFAI.
2 USD for having a cup of tea and a half pack of snaks
Got a lift to exam centre!
35 USD for Schweser Notes
15 USD for Schweser Mock (which i didnt take)
Total 642



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neil1234

I checked into a hotel for a week, plus air fare, that alone is over $1500!

b_sea93

$700 or so to CFA.
$50 to join CFA Society of UK
$100 or so on some iPad apps

That's about it. And yeah, probably saved a bit by not going out as much...although with a little boy at home, it's not like we were going out all that much anyway....

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chaojimali

$700 to CFA
$800 to stella
$120 for practice/sample exams etc.

Total: $1620