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I’ve been through Schweser twice now and did the CFAI EOCs on the 2nd pass.
I’m not sure what the best plan is from here. I see people are starting to take practice exams. I’ve started making notes (yeah I know, I should have done this beforehand) for each section. This is sortof like a quick 3rd pass typing up all the critical points. Not sure how long this is going to take, could easily take 3 weeks I think.
For those who started taking practice exams, how have you found it and how ready did you feel prior to taking them. I remember for L2 I didn’t feel ready but then when I started it was like “ok, this is doable”.
 
looks like u’re in pretty good shape
i finished a first pass but skipped GIPS, planning to do it after my 2nd pass. I’m currently in my 2nd pass which I plan to finish by the end of the month and start doing practice exams in May and just reviewing until exam day.
 
Hi CleverCFA,
I did my first full exam last Sunday after going through the material twice (I wrote up my notes on the first pass). I scored ok given it was the first exam. It was a good marker to guage how you are doing.
Given that you have gotten to level 3 you yourself will know the best course of action at this stage. Trust your instincts. Everyone is different.
 
sigh. i hope to finish studying by 10th may and then review. you guys could attempt the actual CFAI exam on 1st Sat of May.
 
I’m still going through my 2nd pass (up to Alt Inv) and doing all the EoCs and watching the lectures whilst updating my notes. i should be good to take my first practice in a couple of weeks.
I got 2 weeks behind my initial schedule and i fear that I may fall furhter behind as I’m working hard at my new job and also getting married in August so have some things to sort out….
I really really wanna pass this year!!
 
cleverCFA wrote:
…I didn’t feel ready but then when I started it was like “ok, this is doable”.
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I felt exactly this way. I wasn’t at all confident in starting, and I wasn’t terribly pleased with the result, but the test wasn’t what I built it up to be - it was manageable. Now, each week (in between weekend practice tests) will be more focused study on the weaknesses each practice test exposes.
 
my plan is to enjoy Memorial Day, as my most treasured holiday of the year following the end of my CFA exams
 
I’m still on my 1st read through, it’s killing me to see so many people on 2nd or 3rd read throughs and smashing practice exams already.
I’m aiming to finish off Trading and Execution and Performance Evaluation by next weekend and then hit a practice exam before covering GIPS and Ethics.
 
my reaction?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m dooooooooooooomed
 
this material’s gotta be the driest out of all 3 exams - soul destroying stuff..
 
I finished my 1st pass a few weeks ago (Schweser reading, CFAI EOC ?s and BB ?s). I’ve been reviewing ever since, doing every CFAI Example. I’m just about done with the review. Shooting for my first mock exam on April 19th. Starting to get a little freaked out.
I called my wife after taking my first practice exam for both Level I and Level II saying “There is no way I’m going to pass this exam.” I’m anticipating this happening again next weekend.
 
itera wrote:
my plan is to enjoy Memorial Day, as my most treasured holiday of the year following the end of my CFA exams
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I got invited to a weekend long out of town drinking/camping trip for that weekend. My soul died a little bit.
Anyway to the thread, I’m still scoring my first practice test and am looking somewhere in the 50-55% range which I’m not too disappointed with given that I haven’t comprehensively reviewed things yet beyond flash cards. I’m pretty much going to just do practice exams, figure out what I’m doing right and wrong, and just hit it. Ain’t rocket science!
 
Still working on first pass… I am thinking about taking Schweser 5 day review… has anyone else taken these longer review courses?
 
Those pepole who are on 2nd or 3rd pass got to be retakers most of them…my first time i still got 1 book to go…I wont freak out…most of the learning is done in last 3 weeks anyways
 
Where I am at right now, I think i’ll go with the sacrificial offering as advised by Itera, sigh.
 
Traderanalyst wrote:
Those pepole who are on 2nd or 3rd pass got to be retakers most of them…my first time i still got 1 book to go…I wont freak out…most of the learning is done in last 3 weeks anyways
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nah just good time management. I dont plan on failing, failing is such a waste of time. Either go all out or go home
 
lummypana wrote:
Traderanalyst wrote:
Those pepole who are on 2nd or 3rd pass got to be retakers most of them…my first time i still got 1 book to go…I wont freak out…most of the learning is done in last 3 weeks anyways
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nah just good time management. I dont plan on failing, failing is such a waste of time. Either go all out or go home
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If thinking that is what gets the guy through the next two months and the exam successfully - let him be. But I’m a first time L3 taker and I’ve also been through the material and questions several times. Go hard or go home is my mantra - I’d rather sacrifice most free time once than some of it twice.
 
cleverCFA wrote:
I’ve been through Schweser twice now and did the CFAI EOCs on the 2nd pass.
I’m not sure what the best plan is from here. I see people are starting to take practice exams. I’ve started making notes (yeah I know, I should have done this beforehand) for each section. This is sortof like a quick 3rd pass typing up all the critical points. Not sure how long this is going to take, could easily take 3 weeks I think.
For those who started taking practice exams, how have you found it and how ready did you feel prior to taking them. I remember for L2 I didn’t feel ready but then when I started it was like “ok, this is doable”.
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Clever - I had intended to start practice tests last weekend but am behind schedule (about 3 weeks) becuase I found that I needed to make a third pass through the material (I only needed two passes for L1 and L2), I have found that the three weeks I spent doing the third pass were well spent… Now I just need to wrap up GIPS and Ethics and I will start mocks.
 
Are you guys going through your second passes of the material prior to reviewing GIPS and ethics?I’m about to get to GIPS this weekend but i’m not sure if I should review it now or save it for a date closer to the exam.
 
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