dreampak

Hard to say..someone i know with an msc finance studied for 3 days and got band 8 or 9 (forgot which) for L1…so you never know…I would look at the past exam papers for L1 and see how much you can get

kkn006

Hmmm…maybe I will do that. January will be very hard for me, as I will be taking an intensive Financial Modeling class…but perhaps in February I can just do a quick review of the material, start memorizing formulas, and then just drill questions like you said. And then at least if I fail, at least I have the following December as a backup.
Given that from February - early May, I will have class 2 nights a week, and have a fair amount of homework (but not too crazy), how should would you recommend I go about studying? Just do Schweser Qbank as you said?
Even my girlfriend has recommended that I try to do Level 1 in June 2013. It will be hard, but I think you guys are right - then I get pretty much the rest of the year off before I need to start studying for Level 2, which will be soooooo nice….I didn’t want to be doing both at the same time, but at least for Level 1, I think it may be doable.

dreampak

Thanks dvictr. I’m to figure out when to take level 1 (June 2013 or December 2013), and around how long I’ll need to study (given that most of my MBA studies will be pretty fresh in my mind). If I do take it next December (more realistic for me), I’d like to at least let myself enjoy most of the summer, since I’ve given up the last 2 summers to school.

LPoulin133

I passed level 1 and have an MBA with experience in IB and PE.
the issue is that “knowing the concepts” and passing the exams are two different things. with your background i would guess that you are familiar with everything and would need maybe a solid 50-70 hours total to just review everything.
just doing 3 practice exams will take you 18 hours, in my experience it takes as long to review the answers afterwards. ethics will take you at least 20 hours to master.