Creighton University CFA Boot Camp

i don’t think i killed the ips, but i do agree the shortcuts are very helpful! also believe the bootcamp is way more beneficial than continuing to study on your own for four days.
 
BayArea Wrote:
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> i don’t think i killed the ips, but i do agree the
> shortcuts are very helpful! also believe the
> bootcamp is way more beneficial than continuing to
> study on your own for four days.
What’d you get on essay 2? Were you short on time in the am?
 
I wasn’t short on time at all in the morning, in fact I had time to go back and find an error in the morning. Last year (2010) was a different story, definitely ran out of time and didn’t even get to a question or two. I changed that this year. Below are my results. As you can see, a point or two on the IPS would have passed me.
Essay
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
1 Portfolio Management - Individual 15 * - -
2 Portfolio Management - Individual 23 * - -
3 Portfolio Management - Institutional 26 * - -
4 Economics 23 - - *
5 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 20 * - -
6 Fixed Income Investments 19 - - *
7 Equity Investments 22 - * -
8 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 16 - * -
9 Portfolio Management – Performance Eval. 16 - - *
Item Set
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Alternative Investments 18 * - -
- Economics 18 * - -
- Equity Investments 18 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - *
- Fixed Income Investments 36 - * -
- Portfolio Management - Execution 18 - * -
- Portfolio Management - Individual 18 - * -
- Portfolio Management - Risk Management 18 * - -
We have divided the full group of candidates who did not pass into 10 approximately equal score bands. Your score band below shows how your overall score on the exam compares with all other failed candidates.
Your score band: 10
 
like i said, i didn’t kill ips, but i did a lot better than had i not rec’d guidance from marc l. i finished the a.m. w/ plenty of time but went back and probably changed 3-4 answers. i was writing down my last change as time expired. time is definitely an issue at l3 - wasn’t an issue at all at the other levels. also, i thought i nailed the a.m. and bombed the p.m. - turned out to be the opposite.
Essay
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
1 Portfolio Management - Individual 15 * - -
2 Portfolio Management - Individual 23 - * -
3 Portfolio Management - Institutional 26 - * -
4 Economics 23 - - *
5 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 20 * - -
6 Fixed Income Investments 19 - - *
7 Equity Investments 22 - * -
8 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 16 - * -
9 Portfolio Management – Performance Eval. 16 - - *
Item Set
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Alternative Investments 18 - - *
- Economics 18 - * -
- Equity Investments 18 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - *
- Fixed Income Investments 36 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Execution 18 - * -
- Portfolio Management - Individual 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Risk Management 18 - * -
 
I agree. I walked out of the morning thinking I did okay….not so much, and the afternoon thinking I for sure failed (which I did). Here’s the swift kick in the nuts. Here’s last years results 2010. If I do 40/60/80 on this, I actually scored worse than last year, but went from Band 7 to Band 10 because of the higher MPS. I know 40/60/80 is an approximation, but I don’t know if I’ll ever pass this thing or where to go from here. I put over 500 hours in to both years.
Essay
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
1 Portfolio Management - Individual 35 * - -
2 Portfolio Management - Institutional 25 - - *
3 Portfolio Management - Institutional 24 * - -
4 Economics 14 * - -
5 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 15 - - *
6 Fixed Income Investments 18 * - -
7 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 20 * - -
8 Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance 17 - * -
9 Portfolio Management – Performance Eval. 12 * - -
Item Set
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Alternative Investments 18 - - *
- Equity Investments 36 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - *
- Fixed Income Investments 36 - - *
- Portfolio Management 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Individual 18 * - -
- Portfolio Management - Risk Management 18 * - -
 
Here’s my update.
I passed. It wasn’t a pretty pass, but I believe the boot camp was the differentiating factor. I went back and forth as to whether or not I should go. I’m really glad I did. Marc Lefebvre for president!
 
anonymous007 Wrote:
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> Here’s my update.
>
> I passed. It wasn’t a pretty pass, but I believe
> the boot camp was the differentiating factor. I
> went back and forth as to whether or not I should
> go. I’m really glad I did. Marc Lefebvre for
> president!
Awesome, congrats. I e-mailed Marc and asked him when the registration opens for the 2012 boot camp, and to my surprise, he e-mailed me back in 10 minutes and put my contact info down. Super cool and helpful guy. I never listened to one of his classes, but from all the positive feedback he is getting, he seems to really know his stuff.
 
Mr-Z Wrote:
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> anonymous007 Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > Here’s my update.
> >
> > I passed. It wasn’t a pretty pass, but I
> believe
> > the boot camp was the differentiating factor. I
> > went back and forth as to whether or not I
> should
> > go. I’m really glad I did. Marc Lefebvre for
> > president!
>
>
> Awesome, congrats. I e-mailed Marc and asked him
> when the registration opens for the 2012 boot
> camp, and to my surprise, he e-mailed me back in
> 10 minutes and put my contact info down. Super
> cool and helpful guy. I never listened to one of
> his classes, but from all the positive feedback he
> is getting, he seems to really know his stuff.
Too bad, live-class (on-line) is not available.
 
one caveat, Ghibli. if you were to tackle it all yourself, you dont get the binder. which might be worth the price of admission itself.
 
wacc_attack Wrote:
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> one caveat, Ghibli. if you were to tackle it all
> yourself, you dont get the binder. which might be
> worth the price of admission itself.
Good point. Fair enough. And I did find the workbook of problems we got useful as well. Who am I to doubt? It probably suffers from self selection bias, but I’m guessing more than 51% of us passed. Bluejays all the way!
 
Hi. I’m new to the forum and also considering the Creighton Boot Camp. I spoke with Mark Lefabvre who indicated that he would be spending some additional time (possibly evening sessions) really focusing on the AM format. I’m heavily considering making the flight to Omaha in May. Would anyone who has attended be willing to share some of the materials? I’m trying to get a sense if it is worth the cost. Thanks in advance -
 
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