Retakers. Have we started studying yet?

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Hi guys! I’m back!
I failed band 9 in June. Boo hoo! But I’m pretty confident in my knowledge of the material so I have decided to actually live my life until 12/1 then start studying then
are there retakers in this forum that have started already? I think this is too early but I wanna get a feel for how you guys have received the new material.
Im not gonna ask if 12/1 is early enough to start because I know it is. 6 months is plenty of time. Especially when you’ve taken it before
 
Haven’t ordered it yet. Doing FRM level 1 in the meantime. I’ll study after that.
 
TommyJohn: to each their own, everyone studies a little differently.
I failed band 10 but won’t change my approach next year; I’ll start studying in late february giving me three months. However this time, I will buy the schweser material (instead of using an older version) and attack my weaker subjects like deriv and alt, and read through ethics multiple times. I’m hopeful that will be enough.
TheBigCheese: do not take FRM 1 lightly, it is an unorganized beast! The material is hard, the test is crammed, and unfortunately the prep material is weak. I passed w/ “solid” marks across the board, but thought I failed after taking the exam. I’m taking L2 in november.
 
^ thanhs for the insight. what approach would you recommend. I’m going to start studying tomorrow.
 
TheBigCheese wrote:
Haven’t ordered it yet. Doing FRM level 1 in the meantime. I’ll study after that.
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Ditto
Will start from Dec
How is FRM going along ? Doing from Schweser + BT questions
 
TheBigCheese wrote:
^ thanhs for the insight. what approach would you recommend. I’m going to start studying tomorrow.
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Again, depends how you study. I used schweser exclusively for FRM and it’s a good read, but maybe too easy re its mocks and QBank. Bionic turtle’s questions are supposed to be better but I hear their notes are not as good. You should def check out the bionic turtle forums because they are much more active and helpful for the FRM than analyst forum.
One thing that makes the FRM harder than the CFA is its lack of resources and structure. A few examples:
- there are tens of mock exams for the CFA, you’ll be lucky if you find five for the FRM. Same goes for online resources, youtube videos, etc., the FRM world is sparse.
- the CFA exams are neatly organized, i.e., CFA L1 questions were ordered and grouped together. The FRM exam was a clusterfuck and you’ll be using every last minute, unlike the CFA which provided more than sufficient time on the exams.
- the CFA “topic tests” are useful and plentiful.
- also note on exam day that you are provided eraser-less pencils, it changes the dynamic on test day re your strategy for filling in educated guesses (and messed me up a little bit).
That said, I’m only using schweser for FRM L2 again. I just don’t have the time to invest in more.
Good luck w/ your studies. FRM material is really interesting and I think you’ll enjoy it!
 
@Moey
What was approx quantitative and qualitative distribution of questions in FRM 1 paper? (divulging info is not a violation in GARP afaik)
How far the Garp official mock and Schweser mocks are representative of the actual exam?
 
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