How much time did you invest ? hours, invest, between, knowledge, statements

edgeon

a) How much time (hours) did you spend in preparing for CFA Level 1 Exam ?
b) When did you first start ?
c) What was your basic knowledge level ?
d) Do you think you will pass ?


a) 250 hours
b) 25th January (and then had a break of 2 weeks in February)
c) I did not know that A=L+E and could not differentiate between IS, BS and Cash flow statements


and you ?

scr879

a) Somewhere between 350-400hrs
b) Feb 09
c) MBA - Finance major
d) Yes

dcfox83

a) did not keep a track
b) Apr
c) MS- Applied Maths/FE
d) Yes

Penny-wenny

a) didnt keep track. Probably in the region of 500-600hrs max
b) started in septemper08 but didnt read anytin durin march and april 09 for health reasons.
c) Zilch - I have an engineering background
d) Cautiously Optimistic

draz

a.) 300 hours or so
b) Dec 08
c) BA Econ, work in securities (have 7,66,etc.), strong personal interest in derivs
d) 90% chance I pass (this is after taking it, it just felt easier than my practice exams and even the trick questions werent bad).

johnnyBuz

1) 150 hours
2) Feb 09
3) Minimal - work in science field
4) 50:50

jim8z3

1)~400
2)3rd week december
3)B.A Finance
4)Yes!

Jolyn

a) 125-150 hrs or so
b) started book 1 in jan, finished it in first weekend may. then put in 30 hr weekends for 3-4 weeks, minimal time during the week
c) 2nd year part-time mba and work in cap. mkts now
d) 75/25

orang3eph

a- 430 hours
b- started in january
c- BBA in finance
d- 50-50

cchang

a) week days 4 hours weekends 6 to 9 hours ( maybe more than 500 hours )

b) Feb 1st ( and it was not enough for review and solving mock exams i wish i started earlier)

c)MBA in strategic Management , Bachelor degree in Accounting 6 years experience

d) NO 50/50 chance
reason :
even though the exam was easy .. i had problem with TIME MANAGEMENT even though i was prepared well when it comes to the level of knowledge of the material u need to BE FAST when solving questions i thought i can manage 120 questions in 3 hours but i guess i didn't pay that attention to the time factor