ajpheif16

smartpants Wrote:
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> thanks for the advices, very helpful. Here is my
> situation. (band 10 failed 2010)
>
> - i started by reading schweser notes and doing
> questions as well after each section.
> - after that, i focused on the Qbank, and did the
> qbank questions section by section, and then came
> back to questions i did wrong and actually i
> repeated the entire Qbank 4 times.
>
> - i did not do any mock exam this time, but just
> built up questions inside the Qbank and test
> myself.
>
> i may not focus more enough on my real weakness
> and i did not use the CFAI book at all.
>
> For re-take the June exam, do you think i should
> read the schweser notes again and do the same
> thing i did last year? or just start to practice
> the questions?

I think you may have focused too much on doing Qbank. I think the Schweser books are good, but this time around you should definitely read all the chapter summaries from the CFAI texts as well (to make sure Schweser didn't leave anything out) and do all the end of chapter (eoc) questions from the CFAI texts (what better practice than to do questions put out by CFAI themselves?). Definitely do the CFAI mock exam as well. I would start with rereading the Schweser books and then do what I wrote above. After you've done all that, reread your weak areas and do more practice questions.