inquires on CFA Level 1

Adel Abboud

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Hi all, i have some inquiries on CFA Level 1 and here it is:
- If i start to study in Dec 2015 is it enough to pass the exam in June 2016 (6 Months Study)
- What is the Best Courses now, shall i go with Kaplan or Wiley or any other?
- I am working 5 days every week, every day 10 Hours in the work and 2 hours spending in the road. how many hours should be sufficent to study? (Friday and Staurday are week end).
Best Regards,
 
Adel Abboud wrote:
Hi all, i have some inquiries on CFA Level 1 and here it is:
- If i start to study in Dec 2015 is it enough to pass the exam in June 2016 (6 Months Study)
- What is the Best Courses now, shall i go with Kaplan or Wiley or any other?
- I am working 5 days every week, every day 10 Hours in the work and 2 hours spending in the road. how many hours should be sufficent to study? (Friday and Staurday are week end).
Best Regards,
Yes 6 months should be enough.
I went with kaplan, I don’t think at level 1 kaplan vs Wiley matters a lot, mocks, BBs EOCs matter
I don’t know, never counted how many i spend, but should try to study every day even if it’s only for hour
 
Dear Goblin,
Thank you for your kind reply.
the thing that Wiley matter now is they provide a full access till you pass, unlike Kaplan and others so even if you did not pass the exam in one year you will still have an access.
Best Regards,
 
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Goblin wrote:
Adel Abboud wrote:
Hi all, i have some inquiries on CFA Level 1 and here it is:
- If i start to study in Dec 2015 is it enough to pass the exam in June 2016 (6 Months Study)
- What is the Best Courses now, shall i go with Kaplan or Wiley or any other?
- I am working 5 days every week, every day 10 Hours in the work and 2 hours spending in the road. how many hours should be sufficent to study? (Friday and Staurday are week end).
Best Regards,
Yes 6 months should be enough.
I went with kaplan, I don’t think at level 1 kaplan vs Wiley matters a lot, mocks, BBs EOCs matter
I don’t know, never counted how many i spend, but should try to study every day even if it’s only for hour
I think I figured out EOC stands for End of Chapter, correct me if I’m wrong.
What is BB?
 
EOC = End Of Chapter
BB = Blue Box, refers to the examples that are littered throughout each reading in the CFAI texts. I should point out that Schweser also uses Blue Boxes, though of a slightly lighter shade. This is important.
 
kuromusha wrote:
It’s obviously ICE, In Chapter Example.
The text contains many examples, some blue boxed, some not….so BB refers specifically to the in chapter examples that have been blue boxed
 
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