2nd round at Level 2 advice

mdfb79

I'm looking for advice for anyone who is taking level II for the 2nd time, because i WILL be in that boat next year and I want to know what strategies helped YOU be confident for tomorrow's exam.

It's 11pm CST the night before the the level 2 exam. This is my first time taking level 2 and I've studied since December. I master each topic before I move on, and then in a final blaze of studying, I attempt to go through EVERYTHING 3 weeks before the exam....This was a GRAVE mistake...

Here's my problem: I master everything when I'm reading it, but then I forget it entirely two weeks later when I'm in another topic. How do I keep things fresh? How do I recall all of the formulas??? Concepts, sure...but all of the formulas get to be way too much.

Here's what I should have done when I take this exam next year again.

1. I should have done more practice exams instead of rereading things....doing practice exams and questions would have made me better prepared than going over the material again.
2. During the progress of studying, I will go back to areas I hated, and make sure I know them again...
3. I will absolutely get 100% of all Equity and FSA material without exception.

I think this is how I'll pass this next year. If anyone has a strategy that works, I'm all ears. I'm aware you're also taking the exam tomorrow, so you don't know the outcome, but at least if you're going in confident, I'm asking what got you there.

yodacaia

Do the CFAI EOC questions ten times and review all of the Schweser Exams multiple times.