标题: Failed Band 9: Study plan to retake the exam in December [打印本页] 作者: chetan86 时间: 2013-8-23 03:03 标题: Failed Band 9: Study plan to retake the exam in December
Hi everyone
Unfortuantely I failed the level 1 exam , even though I felt like I spent a lot of time studying for it. Feeling a little bit crushed now.
To make sure that I pass the next time around, I wanted to see if any of you had a good study outline. Here is my score breakdown:
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
-
Alternative Investments
8
*
-
-
-
Corporate Finance
20
-
*
-
-
Derivatives
12
*
-
-
-
Economics
24
-
-
*
-
Equity Investments
24
-
-
*
-
Ethical & Professional Standards
36
-
*
-
-
Financial Reporting & Analysis
48
-
*
-
-
Fixed Income Investments
28
-
*
-
-
Portfolio Management
12
*
-
-
-
Quantitative Methods
28
-
*
-
For studying I did the following:
Read all the CFA texts expect alternatives, derivatives and portfolio management (I think my score shows that) and made rather detailed notes . Refered to Schweser only when the CFA text was too detailed.
Did CFA End of Chapter questions and Schweser End of chapter questions after the reading and the notes
Five to six weeks before the exam I started with question bank questions and tried to go through my notes again. Didnt have time for all them though and focused on areas where I made mistakes.
2 to 3 weeks before the exams I staretd with mock exams
In Retrospect, I think I did not spend enough time on questions so I will try and do more of these this time around. But beyond that, how should I proceed? And which areas should I focus on, given my score breakdown?
Thanks!作者: DSquaredSlim 时间: 2013-8-23 03:06
I would focus on the main ones, FRA, Ethics, Quant and Fixed Income.
Portfolio Management should also be pretty easy marks, since the content is so small, I found the same stuff kept coming up in the mocks.
You’re starting mocks too late at two weeks. Start doing mocks at least 4 weeks out.
Also the CFA text is too long. I would do the opposite… use your Schweser notes, and refer to CFA text if there is not enough detail.作者: Rasec 时间: 2013-8-23 03:08
Btw, bad luck on the exam. I finished Band 10 in December so I know your pain!
Just need to push that little bit more.作者: cfalevel2011 时间: 2013-8-23 03:11
FRA, Ethics and plenty of questions. And you will be fine.作者: luckygiftvn 时间: 2013-8-23 03:13
Godspeed, and fare thee well.作者: therecruit 时间: 2013-8-23 03:19
dang, we would have passed if we took the test together.
I did well on alll the sections you did bad on and you did well on Econ/FI, which i bombed. im also band 9.作者: coursea123 时间: 2013-9-2 08:07
FRA, Ethics and plenty of questions. And you will be fine.
