标题: total money spent on level 2 [打印本页] 作者: luckygiftvn 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42 标题: total money spent on level 2
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.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 04:41PM by asalman07.作者: flyinggirl 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Cost of calculator and pencils is it so far thankfully....Scholarship from local CFA chapter for level I and level II (first)....my employer paid for level II, second try.
I think local CFA chapter scholarships are very underutilized...or I assume so because I applied on the last day two years in a row and got it.
I only use CFA material....作者: chandsingh 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
The registration fee was about $1000. Then $900 spent on a Schweser study package and $100 later on their flashcards so it's about $2100.
But if I passed my company will reimburse everything (as did in level 1)作者: benbenxiong 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
$2500 all in, but get fully reimbursed if I pass, (fingers crossed for a pass and new laptop)!作者: ningning1984 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
$0. company paid for everything.作者: tianxin 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
$700 to CFAI
$450 Accounting Workshop
$350 Hotels
$300 Airfare
~$1,800 all in
Will get reimbursed for some of I pass. The sample exams are a huge waste of money imo. I bought one last year and it was such a joke that I swore them off forever.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:47PM by Chuckrox8.作者: scarecrow 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Chuckrox8 Wrote:
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> $700 to CFAI
> $450 Accounting Workshop
> $350 Hotels
> $300 Airfare
>
> ~$1,800 all in
>
> Will get reimbursed for some of I pass. The
> sample exams are a huge waste of money imo. I
> bought one last year and it was such a joke that I
> swore them off forever.
Agree about samples.
Did you do Schweser Live Mock?作者: economicz 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Think about all the money saved by not going out during the past 6 months...
that should more than out weigh the cost spent on exam...
I know I saved thousands and thousands by not going out, not playing golf, etc...作者: spreads 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
Unfortunately this was offset by the increase in monies spent on hookers to cover the lack of drunk girls found while going out.作者: chaojimali 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
$700 to CFA
$800 to stella
$120 for practice/sample exams etc.
Total: $1620作者: b_sea93 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
$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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If you think hiring a professional is expensive...
wait until you've hired an amateur.作者: neil1234 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
I checked into a hotel for a week, plus air fare, that alone is over $1500!作者: Kapie 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
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
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 06:21AM by hasnain0099.作者: flyinggirl 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
just curious, what kind of job reimburse for CFA exams? equity research? portfolio management?作者: yodacaia 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
some companies even give staff 1-2 wk leave before the exam.作者: MiniMe7 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
$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 :-)作者: profil 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
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.作者: Analyze_This 时间: 2011-7-13 16:42
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.
