I PASSED USING ONLY SCHWESER AND CFAI EOC QUESTIONS only, multiple, possible, history

rgonzalez

FYI, for all those wondering, it is possible to pass all 3 CFA exams without reading one page from the CFAI texts (except the EOC questions). I did. If anyone says that you must read the CFAI texts to pass, they are lying.

Pass history:
Level I: Schweser only
Level II: Schweser + CFAI EOC questions (only multiple choice)
Level III: Schweser + CFAI EOC questions (all)

Passed all 3 levels.

PalacioHill

I don't understand why we are still having this conversation after level 3. It's been at least three years! Haven't you made your mind up by now?

LBriscoe

For me, It's all Schweser

Lv1=Schweser notes+video
Lv2=Same as above
LV3=Same as above

I did force myself into 4hours per day, although there are occasional slacking~ I would think I did spent at least 400 hours per level

sabre

bpdulog Wrote:
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> team_alex Wrote:
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> > Effort is the biggest factor, not the tools.
>
>
> Yeah but don't you also want to maximize
> efficiency? If you give an electrician a hammer
> what good is it? Give him a wire stripper and
> it'll pay for itself in no time.

Note I said "biggest factor" not "only factor"

Congrats though man. You've been a big help through level 2 & 3 with your good input. Glad to see you made it through.

jbaldyga

Ditto...Schweser for reading was more than sufficient as far as I'm concerned


AndyPettitteIsGreat Wrote:
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> FYI, for all those wondering, it is possible to
> pass all 3 CFA exams without reading one page from
> the CFAI texts (except the EOC questions). I did.
> If anyone says that you must read the CFAI texts
> to pass, they are lying.
>
> Pass history:
> Level I: Schweser only
> Level II: Schweser + CFAI EOC questions (only
> multiple choice)
> Level III: Schweser + CFAI EOC questions (all)
>
> Passed all 3 levels.

mp3bu

team_alex Wrote:
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> Effort is the biggest factor, not the tools.


Yeah but don't you also want to maximize efficiency? If you give an electrician a hammer what good is it? Give him a wire stripper and it'll pay for itself in no time.

NO EXCUSES

kickthatcfa

PierrePpp Wrote:
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> lv1: Schweser summary (as i studied accounting &
> finance at university)
> lv2: Schweser
> lv3: Schweser & qbank & past papers & mocks &
> sample exams for 3 yrs


but lv3 result is the worst :-/

jarobi04

lv1: Schweser summary (as i studied accounting & finance at university)
lv2: Schweser
lv3: Schweser & qbank & past papers & mocks & sample exams for 3 yrs

sabaruch

team_alex Wrote:
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> Effort is the biggest factor, not the tools.


Ding ding ding.

Everyone has different methods and ways to retain knowledge. For me I need to "DO" questions in terms of quantity, and "HEAR" explanations. Reading text literally does nothing for me.

I prefer QBank of EOC because it was on the computer and the sheer quantity of it. Plus I could track my progress. I didn't need questions that mimic test questions, but rather just going through the mechanics of the topics.

meghanjackson

L1: 100% QBank, Quicksheet, and one quick reading through Secret Sauce. By 100% Qbank I mean quite a few questions
L2: Schweser videos with a lot of notes (easily a few hundred) and A LOT of Qbank
L3: Schweser videos with a lot of notes, a little bit of Qbank, and Schweser weekend study course

Never opened CFAI Text. Actually check that, this year I actually attempted to use the online books for a EOC question, but it was so hard to navigate that I gave up. So I "opened" it once in three levels, but the CFAI Texts didn't help me one bit.