December 2019 Level I candidates, where are you with studying?

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I personally have fallen behind and as of today Im only 7% in and here for reading:
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I just wanted to hold myself accountable and also see where everyone else is. Im a full-time worker with a 2 year old so finding study time has been scarce.
 
Just finished Ethics and Quant. I’m horrified by the last few quant sections.
 
I am not sure If I am behind but I am upt ~25%. I hoping to get everything done by Sept end leaving me 2 months to revise and give mock exams.
Initially I under estimated how hard it will be to find time for studies. Specially with kids and long hours at office there is no time left. What I found useful lately is every little pockets of time you find during the day is good for studying. Instead of looking for 1-2 hour window, I just study during anytime I have 20-30 mins on hand during weekdays. I am managing to finish much more this way.
 
35% but I’m right out of undergrad and work 8-6 in the industry. Few hours each night with 4-5 hours on weekends and I have been seeing progress. If you are scarce on time focus on problems. The brain learns by repetition.
 
I had initially started a study plan, worked out every single detail of it with exact milestones but none have yet been delivered to date. Very sad indeed given the planning effort.
The reason being my 4 year old is on a 2 months summer holidays and I am juggling with child care and studies amongst other things. I am petrified by Quants and Fixed Income. So far I have been studying from the Investment Series books which seem to be of more help than the current level books has to offer.
My only problem is that I am not able to wake up at 5am as initially planned to put in the hours as I am too damn tired from work and everyday activities. Once I get that schedule back on track I should be fine. Quants (Statistics) is still my main concern as I don’t have a math background. Obviously the topic is very much linked to Fixed Income which is the actual challenge. In my opinion, FI is the hardest topic although at first glance it seems straightforward.
Accounting still eats up most of my time but as a famous philosopher once said “ repetition leads to perfection”. I would also add “Time is key” to achieve that goal. That’s the challenge.
 
There is no statistics in Fixed income. Most statistics you’ll come across would be in Portfolio management and equity valuations.
I am yet to embark upon Accounting, Eco and Ethics. I think it will consume more of my time so decided to do it last so that I can adjust the completion if i have to by few days.
 
So far I finished Quant, FRA, Equity, and tomorrow will be my last day on Portfolio Management. On Thursday I begin Corporate Finance.
 
I have just been using the CFA Institute material and the structured study plan. I’m afraid to step out from that and go to different sections like you guys have. That may be something for me to consider though.
 
I use CFA Institute books too but only if I am confused about what Kaplan saying in their notes. CFA books are great in explaining every little thing.
 
iLikeTacos wrote:
I have just been using the CFA Institute material and the structured study plan. I’m afraid to step out from that and go to different sections like you guys have. That may be something for me to consider though.
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Im using Schweser notes and Mark Meldrums videos and study schedule. Major key.
 
Hi all, sharing my game plan and please kindly recommend otherwise as it’s my first time doing this…
Reading -
I have only been using the Schweser notes and have read and done questions in Book 1, 3 and 4 (900 pages). Got book 2 (economics) and book 5 (fixed income and alternative investments) left (total 400 pages).
Total hour spent on completion: 130h
Problems -
Planning to do all the CFAI PDF practice problems after the above. None done so far.
Estimated hour spent at 120h
Mock Exams -
Planning to do 3 from CFA and 3 from Kaplan (bought seperately)
Estimated hour spent at 60h
Ethics handbook -
Will print and read it all -
Estimated hour spent at 30h
Extra hours left: at 40h at this stage.
Thanks!
 
Sounds like a solid plan.
Makes me feel I am behind on my studies and under prepared (Scary thought)!!
 
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