December 2011 college, planning, reasonable, 2011

EastCoastJ

Do you think it's reasonable to start preparing now?

I'm planning on using CFAI materials, work 7am-7pm internship, and going back for senior year of college in Sep.

Penny-wenny

@Gypsy: Elan's stuff was very good IMHO. Their practice questions are PDFs that can be printed. No one in their right mind would email you their stuff because they are watermarked with your name on it! I suggest you just check out the freebies in their trial offer. Thats enough material for you to make the call.


Oyster Wrote:
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> WTF is E&QM? Elan?


Ethics and Quantitative methods?

kd26gioi

kirso Wrote:
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> Atomicrooster:
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> What was your weekly plan? I am completely
> overloaded by work, taking L1 in Dec and now
> somewhere around 75% of E&QM... trying to study 2
> hours a day and 12 in total on a weekend, but as
> we all know, it is sometimes impossible to stick
> to the plan... don't have a child though...huge
> bow for you man!

WTF is E&QM? Elan?

JoeyDVivre

I did a reading every week for 16 weeks with the EOC's and passmaster questions. By the end of September I was done with all the readings and ready for review. I also took a class at the local University since I did not take Accounting in college. I think this helped a lot even though the entire semester was covered in the first chapter of the CFAI book. But it kept FSA front and center the entire study period. After the readings I did all of the exams in book 1 of Stalla and a Schweser live mock (I bombed this). I made 200+ flashcards and hit the CFAI mock which I thought was very good indicator of the exam. All in all, I just wanted it really bad and made studying a priority although on Saturday it came second to college football (Geaux Tigers!).

Kiakaha

Atomicrooster:

What was your weekly plan? I am completely overloaded by work, taking L1 in Dec and now somewhere around 75% of E&QM... trying to study 2 hours a day and 12 in total on a weekend, but as we all know, it is sometimes impossible to stick to the plan... don't have a child though...huge bow for you man!

ishfaque

i am also planning for June 2012. wanted to do in december but already have some educational commitment for november this year.
this thread gives some really helpful info.

marsilni

infact i was just wondering if someone could possibly email me the Qbank or practice questions if those are available in a format that could be emailed.



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MythosHF

You have 6 months. That is a lot of time. I don't think you should have any difficulty passing if you put forth a reasonable effort. For study material I suggest reading the CFAI Books (go right to the source). The only problem is the lack of questions so consider the Schweser QBank (3000+ Questions) or something similar. From what I've read the best way to tackle the first exam is A LOT of questions. Also, flashcards are key! Use them for forumlas, important definitions and relationships between things. I have a stack sitting next to me in my cube right now and I flip through them periodically. I started studying on March 1st and I'm taking the exam on June 4th. Getting mid 70s on the CFA Mock Exam/QBank Exams. Hope this helps.

sdada

I was thinking the same thing - enroll in Stalla and study as much as I can. If I flunk in June, Ill be semi-prepped for the following year.

Thanks for the motivation. Good luck for the June exam. Hope you guys pass!

evolsteevol

I did Schweser this time (prefer Stalla). I finished all the material in mid April and logged over 250+ hours so far. It's not from a lack of trying, level 2 just has 3 times everything level 1 has and the questions are not as straight forward. So you can know the formula but if you don't get the right information from the item-set you are screwed. Just learning how to pull the correct information takes some time and in order to do so you need to know the topic cold.

I still have the job and the kid is older, walking now:-). I'd say go for it, study hard and get it over with. The thing I keep telling myself is that I have to know the material so either I study now or study later I still have to put in the time to learn the material no matter which one I choose. If I don't pass this year I'm just way ahead for next year!