Tracking Study Hours contents, actually, studying, people, about

brk1yn

as the name implies...my studying routine is very inconsistent. I had great intentions of tracking the hours I studied...in a spreadsheet I set up and ultimately never actually used. Now I just jot the time spent in the table of contents next to the chapter in Schweser.

Just curious - how do other people go about tracking the hours they put in? Or do you at all? I'd imagine long term it would be good MI to have going into L2...

joemoran

Everyday that I sit down to study, when I finish I have a calendar that I put which book I'm on during the specific day, and how many hours I spent going thru it.

marsilni

Superinconsistent Wrote:
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> as the name implies...my studying routine is very
> inconsistent. I had great intentions of tracking
> the hours I studied...in a spreadsheet I set up
> and ultimately never actually used. Now I just
> jot the time spent in the table of contents next
> to the chapter in Schweser.
>
> Just curious - how do other people go about
> tracking the hours they put in? Or do you at all?
> I'd imagine long term it would be good MI to have
> going into L2...

I find that it is more useful to set goals for chapters completed rather than time spent studying. The time that you need to finish studying might be different from the time that other people need.

FVPV

HMW - yeah agree. That's the approach I have being taking. I read others on AF describing how many hours they put in to pass and I'm thinking I started 5/6 weeks ago and have no idea of hours done so far. But yeah - it's quality not quantity that counts. Thanks

Siddimaula

What I did was create a spreadsheet that equally weighted all readings then took the total and divided the number of days until the test by the number of readings which yeilded the avg # of days needed per section.

So I took that number and applied it to my start date and then pulled it forward until the test date. Then I have a date started and date completed column which I populate when i start and finish, obviously, this gives me a time dirrefence in another column which then allows me to calculate a 'rolling projected finish per section.'

Finally, I have a formula which tabulates all of the extra (or excess) time per section that I have accumulated which gives me an "excess days" calculation, this shows me how many days I should have for my review, right now I am sitting at 38 days for review which I would like to get up to around 45 or 50 before the test.

I also have a %age complete calculation going which works off the total # of readings which gives me exactly how far I am done with the cirriculm (right now about 64.56%). I also have a countdown on my spread sheet, a preferred %age complete (which basically tells me how far I need to be if I were to not do a review, I think its at around 30%). I have a few other odds and ends but Im not giving away all my @#$%&, its badass though.

shootingstar

What worked well for me through levels 1 and 2 is not to track hours but to have measurable goals that I tracked in a spreadsheet with percentage completion.

1) Readings/Study sessions
2) Practice problems - percentage completion
3) Practice Exams
4) Shweser Videos watched.

This combined with an approximate date I want to finish each task really helped motivate me. This made sure I saw the material in at least a few different ways.

Leaving time to do lots of practice exams is key.

JRossSter

I didn't bother keeping track. What may take 250 hours for you takes 500 hours for another candidate. Knowing how much time you put in won't help you pass nor will it help you prepare for forthcoming exams.

cchang

I am going to track hours for the next sit.
Not because i have a clear target, just to motivate myself...

Because for your feeling you did 250 hours (at least), but if you tracked your time in minutes you will probably effectively do half of it...

By tracking it i hope to be more motivated to study more hours a day thinking: "damn, just did only 100 hours till now and only so many days to go; lets increase the studying".