Need Motivation for CFA

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Have a good job as we speak. Make mid 80’s. Started studying about a month ago then stopped. Now it’s hard to pickup the books again and I forgot all the material. Would have to start from square one again. Not sure if will make a difference in this point of my career. I am also in my mid 30’s so don’t know if it’s worth it.
 
Maybe it’s not worth it. I don’t think I would start L1 in my mid 30s.
 
If it is not going to advance your career, then it’s not worth it in my opinion. It is a huge time committment.
 
If you can’t come up with a VERY good reason to do it, then do not waste your time. It requires a HUGE time commitment out of your life that you will never get back. It’s a long road and each level becomes increasingly more difficult to rationalize. Most of those of us that completed it and really desired the designation still struggle to rationalize whether it was really worth the effort in hindsight. I’m not saying the CFA is not worth it. But I am saying that if you don’t feel very strongly about it at the beginning save yourself a lot of grief, it’s not necessarily the right move for everyone.
 
Being a mid 30 guy myself, I can tell you I question myself many days as to why I took up this challenge. Well its a challenge and I started doing this just because I wanted to do an MBA and couldnt do it. So to just add a tail to my name I started this and realized probably I can never add this tail and call myself sooraj,CFA because I dont have the required experience anyway!
Am I repentant? Yes I am. I could have done something else. Did I learn something useful? Yes, I manage my investments very efficiently now.
And to top it all I am an IT developer! So if you are not motivated and CFA is not going to give you a push in your career, you are looking at the wrong certification!!!!
 
Hi..To All Lets have some idea about exam procedure :
o 2 sessions of 3 hrs each: 1st half begins at 9am and you get 120 questions, then 2 hrs break and then 2nd sessions begins at 2pm – 120 questions. Focus equally on both sessions.
o No Negative making: 240 multiple choice questions with 3 options, if you don’t know an answer eliminate the obviously incorrect answer and make a guess for remaining options. Don’t leave any question unmarked.
o Don’t spend too much time on one question, you should spend approx 1.5 min/question, if you are unable to solve it move ahead.
o Don’t leave any subject: The passing score is the weighted average score of all the subjects, so you have toprepare for all the subjects.
o Score high in Ethics, FSA, Fixed Income & Quants: These are high weighted subjects, and good score in these will increase your chances of clearing the exam. It’s compulsory to pass in Ethics to clear the exam.
o 2 sessions of 3 hrs each: 1st half begins at 9am and you get 120 questions, then 2 hrs break and then 2nd sessions begins at 2pm – 120 questions. Focus equally on both sessions.
o No Negative making: 240 multiple choice questions with 3 options, if you don’t know an answer eliminate the obviously incorrect answer and make a guess for remaining options. Don’t leave any question unmarked.
o Don’t spend too much time on one question, you should spend approx 1.5 min/question, if you are unable to solve it move ahead.
o Don’t leave any subject: The passing score is the weighted average score of all the subjects, so you have toprepare for all the subjects.
o Score high in Ethics, FSA, Fixed Income & Quants: These are high weighted subjects, and good score in these will increase your chances of clearing the exam. It’s compulsory to pass in Ethics to clear the exam.
!! All The Best !!
 
Dude stop trolling and posting this in random threads.
shweatgupta wrote:
Hi..To All Lets have some idea about exam procedure :
o 2 sessions of 3 hrs each: 1st half begins at 9am and you get 120 questions, then 2 hrs break and then 2nd sessions begins at 2pm – 120 questions. Focus equally on both sessions.
o No Negative making: 240 multiple choice questions with 3 options, if you don’t know an answer eliminate the obviously incorrect answer and make a guess for remaining options. Don’t leave any question unmarked.
o Don’t spend too much time on one question, you should spend approx 1.5 min/question, if you are unable to solve it move ahead.
o Don’t leave any subject: The passing score is the weighted average score of all the subjects, so you have toprepare for all the subjects.
o Score high in Ethics, FSA, Fixed Income & Quants: These are high weighted subjects, and good score in these will increase your chances of clearing the exam. It’s compulsory to pass in Ethics to clear the exam.
o 2 sessions of 3 hrs each: 1st half begins at 9am and you get 120 questions, then 2 hrs break and then 2nd sessions begins at 2pm – 120 questions. Focus equally on both sessions.
o No Negative making: 240 multiple choice questions with 3 options, if you don’t know an answer eliminate the obviously incorrect answer and make a guess for remaining options. Don’t leave any question unmarked.
o Don’t spend too much time on one question, you should spend approx 1.5 min/question, if you are unable to solve it move ahead.
o Don’t leave any subject: The passing score is the weighted average score of all the subjects, so you have toprepare for all the subjects.
o Score high in Ethics, FSA, Fixed Income & Quants: These are high weighted subjects, and good score in these will increase your chances of clearing the exam. It’s compulsory to pass in Ethics to clear the exam.
!! All The Best !!
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