FRA and No Finance/Acct/etc Background concepts, anything, currently, experience, background

hinsafdar

I am currently trying to move quickly through the Schweser videos (I am not taking notes as I go anymore), more than anything just to familiarize myself with the topics/terms/concepts/etc covered by the test (not necessarily trying to learn it at this point). I started (in order) with SS1 Ethics and am now up to about SS9, midway through FRA.

As in the title, I have no educational or work experience background that relates to the exam material. Certainly, I expect to put in a high(er) number of hours studying for the exam, but I'm already feeling a bit overwhelmed. Especially with FRA. I mean FRA in itself seems like a section that could take 200 hours to learn all the different treatments between IAS and GAAP and ALL THE RATIOS. I feel like it's going in one ear and out the other...

This was partially written as a rant and also in the hope that some that have been down a similar path before and come out the other side will offer some insight.

Thanks, B