Matori

Definitely do as many questions as you can! I found that making my own exams up on the Q bank helped me a lot. I also printed out all my old mock exams and kept them on my passenger seat so I could read them at red lights (throughout the whole time I was studying). This way, you stay fresh on all the material and get a "preview" of future sections before you review them in depth. I was a band 10 in Dec but passed this time. I think my problem in December is that by the time I got done reading and doing questions on each section, I'd forget most of the older stuff that I had reviewed. Start doing mocks and practice exams early...even if you think you're not ready for them (although you want to save some of them for the end).

Bluetick1010

Bexter,
Here's my advice. Avoid the CFAi books except for ethics/gips and places where you just aren’t getting the concepts. I found it helped in level 1 to make note cards with key formulas/concepts but the important thing to remember is to read the LOS: if the command word says calculate, write down the formula, if it says interpret, then you don't need the formula.

Once you finish your cards, start reviewing them. As you begin to learn the concepts on each, take them out of the normal rotation so that you are spending time on the weaker areas.

I also relied on Qbank and the exams to map weaknesses but after taking one mock exam, I realized time wasn't going to be an issue so i stopped doing whole exams until I got to level 3.

kasinkei

Thanks for your replies guys. Its not easy but I can't give up now, too much time and money already invested.

I think I'm going to start back with the CFAI texts. I was put off them originally because of the size(!) but I think I'm going to have to. I'm a CA but only got 50-70 on FSA which is a bit of an embarrassment!!! So will probably start with that first.

dontknow1987

All the best dude...Keep ur spirits high

rgonzalez

Salute to Bexter!

I failed Band 10 Dec 08 and passed this time round...

I would definitely recommend working on the questions in the CFAI books.
Though they may not be of exam format (some of them), they are very good for reinforcing your undeerstanding of the material.

That was somethign I didn't do the first time round as I wanted to cover everything fast with schweser.

The solutions in the CFAI books are pretty good too.

Best of luck !

Keep it going!

I'm sure you'll own Dec 09 big time!

waldziuchna

I feel you.

I failed band 10 in Dec and passed this time around.

What I did was:
- re-read through schweser
- Look at my weak areas and spend time on them (from your results posted on CFAI)
- read through the curriculum ethics section
- did every single qbank question (4000+ i think?)
- practice mock
- sample mock
- schweser volume 1 & 2

I know you'll pass in Dec

Stay strong