dmar

Panic! At the CFA Wrote:
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> I would actually say Schweser is in-line with the
> actual CFA exams.
>
> The one huge difference is the amount of "verbage"
> in the Schweser exams. For level I, I could barely
> complete an exam in under 3 hours. When I took the
> actual CFA level I exam I finished the AM with 50
> minutes to spare. CFA is much more direct and to
> the point. All of Schweser's exams (I through III)
> are very heavy on the wording.
>
> CFA will have some ridiculously hard questions on
> the exam and questions which you could have sworn
> were never covered in Schweser. But that's just
> the nature of the beast.


Agreed. I had plenty of time in June 09 L1 exams both AM and PM sessions. I also used to take full 3 hours in Schweser practice exams. One good example was actual ethics questions in L1 were mostly one liner from what I recall.