How many hours will you have logged? amount, putting, 250

prashantsahni

CFA level 1 exam I predict 400 hours is the amount I will study for in order to complete it with confidence in exam time. How many hours are you guys putting in? like 300 or so? 250 is to risky

Bluetick1010

I am 290 or so now. I will easily log in another 80-90 hours before the exam. I'm taking off the week before the exam and can easily get in 8+ hours a day on the weekend after taking out lunch breaks, travel, etc. I cannot fail this exam... I can, but I'm definitely going down swinging. FRA has me kinda worried. I'm scoring 68-70% on Q-bank, >75 everything else, and ~78% overall. I want to be in the mid 80's by the time I sit down for the exam. I will be taking my first Schwesser practice test on Sunday at the library.

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Daniel1985

Probably logged in around 180 hrs at the moment.


at the moment i'm hitting high 60s to low 70s on everything with an average of 73% on the Schweser practice exams, so gonna try and bump that up to high 70s..

if i get lucky i'd LOVE to break the 80s before the exam.

Londonrocks

By the end probably close to 400 too.

JPSem

not enough

disiz64

Alright, I will shoot for 450 hrs or so, that should be safe

eagles_dare13

Around 350

joemoran

I've lost track, to be perfectly honest. I know that I initially spent about two hours on each reading [148] plus at least 4 (sometimes up to 10) hours reviewing each weekend [96]; I've done 4 full-length practice tests [24] plus reviewing incorrect answers [10] and over 1,000 Q-Bank questions [25]... so, more than 300 hours so far.

In the next two weeks, another 40 or so, for a total of around 350.

Benjiko

I passed L1 last summer and logged ~225 hours. That includes about 80 hours in the week before.

koba

Around 400. I studied primarily from the CFAI books. Then I bought the Eleventh Hour Guide, upgraded to the wildcard Pack and then to the Final Stretch. I wish I had just gone the prep provider way earlier. Elan has been great and also inexpensive. CFAI books are a waste of time if you already know a fair amount of accounting and econ.