advice needed: leaning towards only doing 1mock

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I’m leaning towards only doing the CFAI mock a week before the exam. Open to ideas though.
So I’ve read through the material twice (wiley)
Just finished 1st pass of all CFAI EOCs. I’m running low on time. I feel I have to choose between CFA eocs 2nd round plus CFAI online questions plus BB VS 3rd party mocks.
i figure it takes 10 hours at least per mock with review. 3 kaplan mocks That’s 30 hours that i could use doing CFAI BB/online q/eocs. I think I’m going to choose the latter. Thoughts?
 
I think whoever wrote in on the forum that we need to constantly review the material so that it’s fresh in our minds was spot on. I’d opt for the path that enables you to review the most information for the time invested.
 
Just my opinion but I think you should do a mock soon, maybe this weekend just so it helps you realize exactly which areas you need to focus your time on. Figure you can finish a mock and review in 1 day over the weekend so its not like it will take up too much of your time.
 
Try doing the Wiley qbank as well. I have done many questions and feel that the difficulty is comparable. If not all questions, then go for the quizbuilder and select weakest topics for the quiz. At least for the tricky topics like Ethics, FRA and Derivatives. FRA syllabus looks straight-forward but i feel the questions asked are tricky. i’d advise 3 mocks. And if it suits u, give the mock sessions on different days i.e give one session then review and correct. This way you MAY score higher as u give more sessions. And if so, it will increase ur confidence. Which i’m sure everyone requires right now.
 
^that is what I’m trying to avoid at all costs. Hmm maybe I’m just making excuses for myself not wanting to face a score of 40 on a mock.
Hey thx for your advice everyone I’ll def consider it. Happy Studies
 
No ways. Atleast 3-4 Mocks before end of May. More you do Mocks, Practice Assessments, CFA EOC, 3rd Party Practice Problems/Q Banks, you would feel confident of the material. Best thing to do..keep on practising and wherever ur stuck, refer back to book and read entire topic/that LOS.Only for couple of mocks, refer to formula sheet or book when ur stuck and for rest of the mocks, ask someone to take away the books/formula sheet from you where you cannot find it.
 
Bachatero2014 wrote:
^that is what I’m trying to avoid at all costs. Hmm maybe I’m just making excuses for myself not wanting to face a score of 40 on a mock.
Hey thx for your advice everyone I’ll def consider it. Happy Studies
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I hear you chin tan. Wish i could do it all. 1 mock prob isnt the best idea. I just liked the thought of devoting all my time studying only the cfai material. Prob will reconsider
 
I tried to do a mock exam before revising. Not a good idea. You can devote one week for doing several EOC from each reading and then to start with mocks.
 
I did 1.5 mocks before level 1 with no finance background, 3 days before exam, and scored above 70 in all areas.
this isn’t me bragging this is me telling you that as long as you cover the material inside out and feel comfortable with it, you really don’t need more than 1 mock. it was more for my confidence I found than actually improving my knowledge of the material. so in my humble opinion if I had 10 hours left and disnt feel fully comfortable about certain areas, you better believe I’m not wasting time taking a mock and spending those hours hammering those topics.
 
I’m not doing any mocks until the week of the exam and will do them mostly to become comfortable w/ the exam format + exam time constraints. I don’t need to do mocks to know that I’m forgetting the material as quickly as I’m learning it.
 
hmmm seems like a bit of a divide which is why I asked. I think its important to cuz the strategy we take here till exam day can make all the difference. It would be nice to have some input from retakers for L3 candidiates. IsThereAny obviously thinks mocks are the way to go. Any other experience candidates?
 
Wiley q bank is good. But you should at least do 3 mocks. But those CFA EOCs should be your number 1 priority after 2 mocks i feel.
It’s better to get owned now…rather than on June 6th.
Also has anyone noticed…there’s several errors in Wileys practice problems. Especially in the derivative section -.- man there were way too many errors for my liking.
 
There isn’t a “right” strategy that applies to everyone. You know how much effort you’ve put in so far, where your strength and weaknessness are, how much time more time you can commit to studying, your own learning style.
If there are two consistent messages from candidates on this forum over the past several months, they are (1) revise, revise, revise; and (2) do problems, lots of them.
Yes, taking mocks is one way to gauge how you’re progressing, a nice way to make sure you’re revising all the topics, not just your favorites, and a good way to practice doing vignette-style problems. That said, you probably already know where you are most likely to keep or pick up a couple of points and where you’ll willing to lose points.
Some BB & EOC Q’s take a ridiculous amount of time to do but if you think that doing them is a better use of your time then go for it. Either way, you’re spending your time doing “CFAI quality” questions.
 
I find EOC questions are useful but i find those questions very different from actual quesitons… i can’t say they are easier but the format and the way they ask is very different from actual.
so i don’t know if i am comfortable doing very little mock exams and rely heavily on EOC questions (or questions bank).
NANA
 
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