giorgio10

hedgemyfund Wrote:
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> Hey All,
>
> First time posting, long time forum troll...
>
> I'm a bit concerned that my reading pace is a bit
> too slow... I'm on reading 9 right now and looking
> at my reading schedule, I'm about 2 weeks behind
> in order to give myself about a whole month for
> review. This is following the general schedule
> outlined by Study Sessions on the inside cover of
> Book 1. I'm trying to finish at least one study
> session a week to stay on pace for review...
>
> Can anyone offer any study tips? I heard that just
> reading straight through and then doing the
> practice questions once finished with the book
> works well for some people... Others religiously
> do the readings and then do the practice questions
> right afterwards...
>
> Any study suggestions on getting through this
> without cramming at the last minute would be
> really helpful...
>
> Here is my general schedule:
> 6:30am - 9:15am -- Study/Read
> 9:15am - 7pm -- Work
> 7pm - 11pm -- Family Time
>
> Weekends:
> Saturday: Day off to spend time with family.
> Sunday: Study ~3 Hours
>
> No 3rd Party Study Materials Used (Budget
> Constraints)
>
> Cheers~

Getting behind in preparing for the CFA exams is a real/valid problem. Most students are not prepared for this amount of material in such a short duration. I highly recommend getting the following book "Remember Everything you Read" by Frank Stanley. Learn this book inside and out, it's custom made to help one deal with the volume of material you will face per all three CFA exams. Get the two week rule, the Layered Reading Technique, the slash recall patterns and the vertical visual reading techniques under your belt. The effort will be worth it.

Additional books to help you get through the CFA material

-Super Reading Secrets by Howard Berg
-Break-through Rapid Reading by Author name?

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at Monday, July 25, 2011 at 09:59AM by WarrenB1.