ALLEN RESOURCES
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JoeyDVivre
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I used Allen Resources years ago and they treated me well. They are not the premier provider (and they make some claims that may not be believable) but plenty of people have used their stuff as an aid to passing the exams.
If it was me, I would go with Stalla or Schweser so you have brand name. If I was cash-strapped, maybe I would go with one of the others.
If it was me, I would go with Stalla or Schweser so you have brand name. If I was cash-strapped, maybe I would go with one of the others.
Hey Joey, what year was that? Did they have videos around that time?? Just kidding!
Anyways so yeah I bought Allen last year for Level 1 and they send you two large books that are spiral bound and about the size of dictionaries/phone books. What I did NOT like about them is that there are no practice questions in either of those large books. So for someone like me who likes to read a bit and then quiz myself, you would need to have your laptop or computer with Internet access to even test yourself. My co-worker had Schweser and I prefer the smaller work books that test you often. The q Bank/online questions that Schweser provide IMHO are superior to the online questions with Allen.
Lastly, there are the Allen videos. The DVDs are OK. Its just a guy/gal sitting down lecturing and writing notes down. I think i got through the Quant DVD and realized i was not going to be able to learn efficiently in that manner so I ordered Schweser and loved it. Schweser is the industry standard and probably most commonly used. Although i am biased because i have never seen any other providers materials, just these two. Everyone at my work uses Schweser for a reason though.
good luck!
Anyways so yeah I bought Allen last year for Level 1 and they send you two large books that are spiral bound and about the size of dictionaries/phone books. What I did NOT like about them is that there are no practice questions in either of those large books. So for someone like me who likes to read a bit and then quiz myself, you would need to have your laptop or computer with Internet access to even test yourself. My co-worker had Schweser and I prefer the smaller work books that test you often. The q Bank/online questions that Schweser provide IMHO are superior to the online questions with Allen.
Lastly, there are the Allen videos. The DVDs are OK. Its just a guy/gal sitting down lecturing and writing notes down. I think i got through the Quant DVD and realized i was not going to be able to learn efficiently in that manner so I ordered Schweser and loved it. Schweser is the industry standard and probably most commonly used. Although i am biased because i have never seen any other providers materials, just these two. Everyone at my work uses Schweser for a reason though.
good luck!
JoeyDVivre
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SkipE99 Wrote:
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> Hey Joey, what year was that? Did they have videos
> around that time??
Only in Beta format. You could get audio tapes on 8-track, too.
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> Hey Joey, what year was that? Did they have videos
> around that time??
Only in Beta format. You could get audio tapes on 8-track, too.
JoeyDVivre Wrote:
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> SkipE99 Wrote:
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> > Hey Joey, what year was that? Did they have
> videos
> > around that time??
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> Only in Beta format. You could get audio tapes on
> 8-track, too.
LOL! Hey you are younger than I thought! I was thinking they might send you Audio Vinyl Records that you could play.
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> SkipE99 Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > Hey Joey, what year was that? Did they have
> videos
> > around that time??
>
> Only in Beta format. You could get audio tapes on
> 8-track, too.
LOL! Hey you are younger than I thought! I was thinking they might send you Audio Vinyl Records that you could play.