Feeling overwhelmed? together, welcome, currently, everything

manchester88

I keep looking back over old sections and start to panic when I realize how little I retained from past sections. I put together formula sheets but I haven't really even started trying to memorize them yet. I have been pretty focused on just completing the reading and then worrying about the memorization needed.

Thoughts and suggestions welcome. As it currently stands, I will end up with about 3 weeks to review everything. Not a lot of time but I don't have much of a choice. Quant really slowed me down (an area that I still have to review heavily) and put me far behind but I'm on the final book (Derivatives) now.

Mechanic

I think a lot of people face this retention issue. The feeling that everything you read 3 months ago is completely forgotten. and also look like after so many month of daily reading, the brain is full and just doesn't want to take anymore stuffs.
I'm just trying not to panic and im planning to put a lot in mock exams that im gonna do several times, both elan and cfai



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 04:23PM by Miss*Yiota.

Finalnub

flashcards baby, flashcards

Benjiko

I haven't been getting that overwhelming feeling, into review I found I did retain a lot of the main concepts so it wasn't a big 'relearn'. I guess my complaint is fatigue, sometimes I just feel like my brain is being beaten like a pinata.

invic

That's why God created alcohol

spreads Wrote:
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> I haven't been getting that overwhelming feeling,
> into review I found I did retain a lot of the main
> concepts so it wasn't a big 'relearn'. I guess my
> complaint is fatigue, sometimes I just feel like
> my brain is being beaten like a pinata.

dmar

AndrewUNH Wrote:
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> That's why God created alcohol
>
> spreads Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I haven't been getting that overwhelming
> feeling,
> > into review I found I did retain a lot of the
> main
> > concepts so it wasn't a big 'relearn'. I guess
> my
> > complaint is fatigue, sometimes I just feel
> like
> > my brain is being beaten like a pinata.

I thought it was for those pigs at the bar?

ajpheif16

Absolutely! While reading something, I suddenly remember something else related but in another book and I realize I have forgotten it... It's all kind of a haze... and the worst are the 'characteristics of $&#^%', 'Principles of $@@&$*' .... rote memorization which I am terrible at.

disiz64

i think IFRS/GAAP differences are the worst. they seem neverending!

agree with andrew, flashcards are good. and when you do practice questions/mock exams, write down a list of all the topics you got wrong (or got right, but it was a lucky guess). then force yourself to revise those until you understand them properly. I often get into a trap of wasting time revising the stuff i do know and avoiding the stuff i don't want to have to face.

cchang

Me too, try to use flashcards ASAP. but, until now I havent tried any sample, mock exam then so worry, time is coming close, 45 days left.

hariRaj

You guys have lots of time. Try to keep at least 3 weeks for reveiew and practice.