need some suggestions please..

[JuniorCk8]

hopefully i am not the only one with this mental deficiency…
i review a section/study session, feel i know the material well, even the minutae. score in the 80s or 90s in the EOCs and doing that section in the 2014 AM session……. THEN, a week later, after going through 3-4 more study sessions, i lose 30-40% of my knowledge on the material i reviewed a week ago (i remember the main/must know stuff like Taylor rule, etc, but get foggy on the littler stuff like the advantages of Black Litterman). i am on my 3rd wave of review, and still feel i am “re-learning” some of the material when looking at stuff i haven’t put my eyes on in 2-3 weeks.
for those who go through this but have found a viable solution, any suggestions??? should i do some general practice Qs more frequently to keep it fresh? review flashcards for each section every few days??

 

[green 7157]

I think writing it down several times on cards and reviewing cards is a good way to cement the ideas.

 

[Glue85]

Keep repeating. I am having the same problem. Specially behavioural finance when I have in my mind what was mental accounting or behavioural asset pricing. Such things always forgetAble. My suggestion is to leave the last two hours before you sleep to practice and essays or mocks. Divide your review into two parts first two books and practice them then the last three books review them all together and then practice all them together. This plan is most successful for me. My brain cells are damaged from remember things I used to understand well then I have no clue what is it later in even one week.

 

[sachin_patel]

same problem with me..

 

[FrankCFA]

Same here.

 

[Analyst1988]

I guess its the same for evryone. I have sheets of paper pinned on the walls of my room summarizing the types and causes of behavioral biases since I found those hard to memorize. The more number of times you read the better chance of recalling.

 

[June06]

Flashcard works!

 

[arigolden]

I have two A4 papers full of these ‘easy-to-forget’ formulas and relationships. Synthetic indexes, ratios, advantages, disadvantages, benchmarks, immunization, etc. I glance at them daily so that my mind is constantly aware of them. Believe me, it works. I think every single person here suffers from the same thing - its probably impossible for someone to retain so much information constantly. Just keep refreshing yourself.
Even if we forget it now, it should come to us on the exam. We can’t possibly know everything, just enough to pass hopefully.

 

[JuniorCk8]

thank you all! some helpful tips here.