genuinecfa

Respek to those who passed the 34% Dec L1 and 39% Jun L2!!

I took L1 in Dec and just passed L2. I have an MBA and my job is a generalist investment consultant to institutional clients. In addition I was a math major and I am kind of an actuary (don't ask). So I had a solid background in some of the material and rough familiarity with most of it. I put in a solid month of studying from the beginning of May to the test.

I dug into Schweser Qbank and did a lot of problems. I didn't use texts, but relied on the explanations following questions in Qbank. It took some discipline to not try and get every question right, and just guess if I didn't know the answer. You know, you always want to get the right answer even if you have to think about it a little harder--but it slows you down.

I think this type of preparation is quite minimal and I would not rely on it. I think it helped to be a bit lucky on this exam. (thank you thank you)

It can be done but it depends on your background, how quickly you pick up things, and how disciplined you are (how much suffering can you take?) In my case I leaned heavily on the first two, and killed myself for about a month. cheers