Anyone Not Started Studying Yet??

[Topperharley]

Failed L3 band 10 in June and REALLY having trouble getting motivated for second go at it. Also, just had a kid which doesn’t help w/ study time. Point being, I haven’t started studying yet for my second round of L3. Probably won’t really hit it hard till Dec 1. Anyone else not studying yet for L3?

 

[da_mad_tiki]

Congrats! you should really start studying tho cause it’s only gonna get harder with the kid

 

[iamMichael]

Dont tell bad at all, I am writing L3 for the 4th time. Last year I failed band 6.
I wont be hitting the books until March.
Hope that makes you feel better.

 

[S666]

I’ve got the FRM part 1 next week, then a couple of weeks away on a sunny beach in Thailand so wont be starting until mid December - and even then I guess only slowly with Christmas time and all the drinking/eating/partying that has to be done…
So realistically it’ll be early Jan before I hit the books proper…hoping that will give me enough time.

 

[Medusa]

Same here! Schweser just started shipping; I’ll wait until I get my hands on those books, and probably start gradually in December…and then pick up the pace in Jan. Anyone else with the same strategy?

 

[hashtag]

Topperharley wrote:
Failed L3 band 10 in June and REALLY having trouble getting motivated for second go at it. Also, just had a kid which doesn’t help w/ study time. Point being, I haven’t started studying yet for my second round of L3. Probably won’t really hit it hard till Dec 1. Anyone else not studying yet for L3?

Not me. Nor Charlie Sheen.
#winning

 

[Ouwegrinder]

Yes me too, also first Christmas, Thailand for two weeks and start studying. For Level I and II I basically went to shitload of exam questions, any idea what the best approach is for Level III. Somebody doing it for the second time?
Thanks,
Ouwegrinder

 

[Portfolio Manager]

You have over seven months. Start in February and you will have plenty of time.

 

[cgy5478]

iamMichael wrote:
I wont be hitting the books until March.

Maybe that’s why you are writing level 3 for the 4th time?
Start early and have leave no regrets.

 

[Neryblop]

i always start january. pointless to start studying during holidays. LIVE LIFE.

 

[MrSmart]

Read 30 pages in 2 weeks.
Can’t pick up momentum. Will probably start hitting it proper by the start of December.

 

[myriam2222]

Took Level III for the first time in 2014. Failed. Studied in 2015 but had to drop a few weeks before the exam for personal reasons.
Decided to go back to it as early as possible this year but so far have not been doing much… Weirdly enough I don’t really find it easiers as years go by…

 

[baklava]

i had started studying for level 1 in Feb and for level 2 around Sept-Oct. I passed both at first attempt. For level 2, I studied at least twice as much as I did for level 1. but after the exam, especially after i learnt that i passed despite failing in 3 topics (for which i am sure i spared at least 100 hours), i thought i did not really need to study that hard for level 2. so i do not want to make the same mistake this year when preparing for elvel 3. i am not sure if L3 is harder or easier than level 2 - if it is harder my strategy will turn out to be wrong but if it is similar to level 2 i believe i will be fine if i start studying in January.Still would like to know if there are people who think L3 is significantly harder than L2.

 

[myriam2222]

Hi,
I think it really varies from a person to another. I had not heard Level III was that hard and so when I started studying I was quite confident. And then I got totally overwhelmed.
I passed 1 and 2 at first attempt within 6 months (i mean level i in December and Level II 6-month later in June) and it was quite a lot of studying but I felt I mastered the situation more or less. Each time I went to the exam knowing I had a good chance to pass, and at the end of each I felt I had done well.
I took Level III in 2014, felt overwhelmed all the way, failed, studied again (lot’s) in 2015, had to drop a few weeks before the exam for personal reasons but still, I felt like nothing was under control anyways. The content of the exam is very qualitative, requires a lot of concentration to study (I consider myself having concentration issues). I find it hard to motivate myself to do some exercises and to judge how well I did after each exercise because comparing your answer to the one provided is always pretty subjective when it’s not about checking boxes. I am still feeling very unsecure for the next attempt. I don’t know how to gain back confidence.
Just my experience…