How should i spend the remaining 12weeks?

[Yushin]

I am almost through all the topics, left with Ethics, Corporate Finance, and Portfolio at the moment. I used schweser notes to go through the topics. Although I am done with most topics, my retention at the moment is very poor. I think I wouldn’t be able to score higher than 50% on most of the topics….. Is this normal?
I am planning to finish the topics by March and do the EOCs for April.
moreover, I didn’t understand some of the concepts for Derivatives and Quant. Is it worth the effort to put time into understanding Derivative and Quant or would it be better to go through FRA and Equtiy again?
thanks in advance

 

[ltj]

They schedule the exam in June so you can spend all winter studying, and at 12 weeks out be fully prepared to take the exam. March-May is for fine tuning your golf game. Drive for show, putt for dough.
Pretty sure that is extensively covered in the opening pages of the CFAI book. Check the errata.

 

[cipherap15]

Fully prepared by 12 weeks. Thats hilarious. Congrats to you. I doubt 95% of the people are like that.
And I’m definitely not. I just got an answer wrong cause 1. I’m tired and 2. I still got 12 weeks. Dumbest mistake ever. I had A + L = E…
haha..

 

[Would You Look]

In my opinion, I would start taking mocks mid-april. You’ll learn a lot of the material by doing the questions, and you’ll learn even more of the material by grading the exams, so long as you thoroughly go through the answers. When grading exams, be sure to mark questions that you completely guessed on. Whether you got them right or not, treat them as though you got them wrong. Go through the answer keys, rework all questions you guessed on and got wrong. Then throughout the next week, review all topics you were weak in. Take another mock, rinse and repeat until exam day.

 

[CFALOBO]

Would You Look at That wrote:
In my opinion, I would start taking mocks mid-april. You’ll learn a lot of the material by doing the questions, and you’ll learn even more of the material by grading the exams, so long as you thoroughly go through the answers. When grading exams, be sure to mark questions that you completely guessed on. Whether you got them right or not, treat them as though you got them wrong. Go through the answer keys, rework all questions you guessed on and got wrong. Then throughout the next week, review all topics you were weak in. Take another mock, rinse and repeat until exam day.

Excellent advice, thanks!