for those who ONLY studied CFA text nothing, months

bcp901

did you do Schweser mocks?? how did you go? CFA EOC q's... piece of cake. schweser Mocks??? i feel like i have done nothing for the past few months.

brainsX

freakingout Wrote:
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> JaRvEy Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > CFAI is actually pretty good. I was talking to
> > someone from AF who had a problem with a
> question
> > in Schweser. He wrote a paragraph outlining
> one
> > of his problems with the question. Schweser
> wrote
> > back to him with a vague one line reply. As
> for
> > CFAI, I had 2 problems and i e-mailed the
> > Institute. An angel named Wanda replied back
> to
> > me a few times and each time she wrote a
> paragraph
> > confirming the error or explaining why i got it
> > wrong. You can't beat that i tell ya....
>
>
> I thought CFAI made it clear that to be fair for
> all candidates, they do not individually explain
> concepts to candidates. Is that a violation?

I'm more surprised that someone would even reply back at all, much less answer his questions. She was probably wrong. This is what AF is for afterall!

mp3bu

JaRvEy Wrote:
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> CFAI is actually pretty good. I was talking to
> someone from AF who had a problem with a question
> in Schweser. He wrote a paragraph outlining one
> of his problems with the question. Schweser wrote
> back to him with a vague one line reply. As for
> CFAI, I had 2 problems and i e-mailed the
> Institute. An angel named Wanda replied back to
> me a few times and each time she wrote a paragraph
> confirming the error or explaining why i got it
> wrong. You can't beat that i tell ya....


I thought CFAI made it clear that to be fair for all candidates, they do not individually explain concepts to candidates. Is that a violation?

wizofoz

I used only CFAI in December for level 1 and passed. I was really stressed about not having the Schwesser or Stalla info, but it ended up working out. I focused on the EOC questions, purchased two extra sample CFAI exams and did the mock.

I'm in a better situation now financially and purchased the QBank about a month ago. It is certainly useful, but not necessary. More than anything it is a change of pace. It also provides extra questions in case you have tons of study time and feel like you are starting to memorize the EOC answers (rather than material). I don't think there is much difference in the difficulty level, even when you set the QBank to "advanced" questions only.

tianxin

Funny, Stalla tells you "don't worry about it there is no LOS that specifically addresses that question".

Then why did you include it?

Pegasus2008

CFAI is actually pretty good. I was talking to someone from AF who had a problem with a question in Schweser. He wrote a paragraph outlining one of his problems with the question. Schweser wrote back to him with a vague one line reply. As for CFAI, I had 2 problems and i e-mailed the Institute. An angel named Wanda replied back to me a few times and each time she wrote a paragraph confirming the error or explaining why i got it wrong. You can't beat that i tell ya....

yospaghetti

Oal29 Wrote:
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> ...does the lack of traffic on this post indicate
> those who use CFAI text only are in the minority?
>
>
> I think so, you need a "bit" of everything to be
> really sure you will beat this beast come June
> 5/6.
>
>
> I used CFAI text + Schweser videos and Practice
> exams + Stalla videos and Passmaster.

I'm just guessing based off of what I've seen from AF, friends, co-workers, etc... but, I would say that ~75% of candidates use non-CFAI materials (Schweser, Stalla, Elan, etc...) as their primary learning source. I would say that more people switch to CFAI books for L2 and L3 after using a supplementary provider for L1.

Analyze_This

i'm with you FinNinja. redoing EOC gets eaier and easier. hopefully it'll be natural instinct on exam day.

economicz

I use CFA texts + Schweser practice tests.

Took a few practice tests at the beg of the month, scored ~70%

Now am going back through the material and doing EOC's again. the EOC's seem a lot easier this time around, scoring around 85 - 95% on EOC's

Going to take another Schwesser test this weekend, and the CFAI free practice test and see how I do. Hopefully I score closer to my second round of EOC's. Then just firm up loose ends in the final week.

senlinlang

I only used the CFAI materials. I work too much to use two sources. I figure if it is a choice, I'll go with the people who actually write the exams. I also used CFAI only for L1 this past December and did well. Hopefully it works out this time too.