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I think if you want an honest review of the live class you would have to look for someone who took the live class in Atlanta... or at least someone who's been in a class with the instructor(s) Stalla uses. I took the live Stalla class for Level 1 three years ago in NYC and I can tell you that class was very helpful. Taught predominantly by Peter Olinto and Dave Hethington. I don't think it gets much better than that for Level 1. But there were some classes traught by other instructors. Unfortunatly some of their other instructors are not as skilled in the art of teaching as others.

I never took the crash course, so I can't speak to that experience. However, I wouldn't expect you would learn too much in a one-week crash course. It's probably a thorough review of the material. If you know the material already, it will solidify the concepts. If you aren't familiar with the material, I don't think it would be very helpful, except to possibly give you a wake up call and to help you figure out how you need to prioritize the remainder of your time.

Stalla also has a Mock review for level 1 that's probably included in the $1600 package (I'm not certain about what's included so you should confirm this before you do anything). After the mock-exam (as part of the review), all L1 concepts were reviewed. Again, I was fortunate to be in NYC where Peter Olinto went through just about the whole curriculum in the review. That was extremely valuable. I'm not sure if he does the Mock in Atlanta. You might want to call Stalla and ask them about that.

One other thing that you're probably aware of... Stalla gives you the DVDs for the lectures as part of the package. So you get to review the lectures a second time if you need to do so. You may never need to do that but I also missed a few of the lectures and it's nice that I had the option to view on the DVD. If DVDs are done by Olinto/Hetherington, that's a plus. But I realize you are specifically asking about the live course.

I realize this is the level 1 forum, but I expect there are probably level 2 candidates visiting... so I will add a caveat. I didn't think Stalla did as thorough of a job on level two. And in particular, the post mock exam review was almost a complete waste of time.

Hope this info is helpful. Good Luck.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 11:49PM by haphols_cfa.