June 2012 Candidates. Progress as of Jan 3, 2012

[smark]

I am a repeater..don’t really know the results from last time..but hey, who am i kidding.
this time, I am going to try things a little different. i will make notes, keep them safe.
along these lines, i’ve had one success so far. I have found this place quespedia. i will start keeping my questions there. you guys are welcome to come and supplement my list.

 

[Alaa]

You guys got me motivated already, as i felt i was all alone.
I started with Economics and almost done with it, I majored in eco so it was not that hard but it just took me alot of time to get back to studying and be committed. I use both the books and scheweser notes and found that a mix between both is much better than scheweser notes alone.
I dont know yet what should i start with after Eco, Quantitative or FRA. what do u guys think?

 

[Alaa]

You guys got me motivated already, as i felt i was all alone.
I started with Economics and almost done with it, I majored in eco so it was not that hard but it just took me alot of time to get back to studying and be committed. I use both the books and scheweser notes and found that a mix between both is much better than scheweser notes alone.
I dont know yet what should i start with after Eco, Quantitative or FRA. what do u guys think?

 

[tencntraze]

I would go with whatever you think you’ll find more difficult. For me, I did the books in order but I didn’t remember quant quite as well later on when doing derivates and PM, where some of the knowledge overlapped. If I had done FRA first, I would have had quant done closer to the other topics and picked it up quicker.
Of course, I could make a counter argument that by doing Quant first, encountering it a couple months later in other sections served as a decent review. The main issue was that FRA was the hardest (and most boring) for me, and I needed more time on it regardless.

 

[Alaa]

I’m afraid that FRA is very hard and going to take alot of time, so i think i should start with it.. then again sometimes i feel that i should start with quant. assuming it’s going to be easier (My minor at college was statistics).. I had to admit it, it’s really tough to study on your own!