Schweser Videos vs. Elan Videos

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Hi there,
I am just wrapping up my first pass through the material and am looking at utilizing the video lectures from one of these providers. Just wanted some feedback and which provider gives the best overview of the material as well as the timing as I know the Elan videos tend to be fairly long from what I have heard. Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!
 
Hi,
I’m using Elan and I’m very satisfied. Sometimes they do take long, but I just skip through the parts I’m comfortable with. I do have to say that I’m still on my first pass, and I appreciate the slow pace they take when explaining the basics as they improve my capability of getting into the more complex parts.
As you finished your first pass (congrats btw!), you might just want to sift through the introductions and only watch the parts you’d like to see reviewed?
I can’t really compare with Schweser, as I only used those a little bit last year (most topics I already saw at university, so no real need to watch them in-depth for L1), so I won’t try to tell you what is best, but I am very happy with the Elan videos in general.
Hope this helps :)
 
Even I’m very satisfied with Elan videos, although the videos by Mr Shajani are a pain to watch sometimes. For example - the lecture on currency exchange rates is over 6 hours long.
Personally, I don’t think videos would be of great help if you’ve already gone through the material and understand the concepts. You’d probably find them repetitive and boring. I think you’d be better off with the Elan eleventh hour guide or something. But then it’s just my opinion, you could go with the videos if you still want to.
 
For L1, I used Schweser videos and really liked how it was a review as I had pretty good grasp of the material by the time I used them in my prep stage. However, for L2, I knew I needed something more than a quick review and since I heard Elan was detailed, I chose them. I have yet to view those videos and def NOT looking forward to videos >2 hrs (which unfortunately seems to be the length of most videos), but hoping that somewhere in those long detailed videos everything clicks (b/c it hasn’t so far!).
 
I’m debating between Schweser and Elan video series for CFA Level 2 - 2014, and would be interested to know what people who used them for Level 2 think. What are the advantages / disadvantages of each?
Thanks!
 
Last year I used Elan. If you don’t have a financial background, Elan is good. They go into a lot of detail. For me it wasn’t a good use of my time. I would have preferred Schweser which is more succinct.
Also, Elan, has the bad habit of always delivering their content late. Most of the times they would post a delivery schedule and they keep pushing the delivery dates back.
I passed level 2 on the first pass, but not having the material on time was a bit stressful to me.
 
Dachen -
Since I’m paying for the exam and prep. materials on my own, the Elan price certainly does appeal to me. As a re-taker, some added detail might be good. The flip-side to that is that I don’t want to drown in the details at the expense of the big picture, most testable concepts. Were the videos a few weeks late, or how late?
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Has anyone here used Schweser videos for Level 2? If so, what were your thoughts?
 
Hamada - Thanks. What would you say were Schweser’s strengths, and Elan’s strengths?
 
There’s no competition here. Elan’s videos beat the crap out of Schweser’s videos.
The intitial post above was by someone who wanted to review the material 2-3 months beofr the test. For those who plan to begin their prep sometime in the next 6 months, Elan’s videos will be instrumental in understanding the material.
Look up older threads like this one http://www.analystforum.com/forums/cfa-forums/cfa-level-ii-forum/91317735
 
As a retaker, I am going to get videos from Elan. Does anyone know how long i have to wait for the videos after ordering?
Thanks
 
HuyHoang wrote:
As a retaker, I am going to get videos from Elan. Does anyone know how long i have to wait for the videos after ordering?
Thanks
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I was watching Elan’s Quant intro video on YouTube, and was very impressed. I’m considering ordering the Notes and Videos. To add to Huy’s question, does anyone know what the release timing might be like for their 2014 Level 2 materials (videos and notes)?
 
Haji wrote:
HuyHoang wrote:
As a retaker, I am going to get videos from Elan. Does anyone know how long i have to wait for the videos after ordering?
Thanks
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I was watching Elan’s Quant intro video on YouTube, and was very impressed. I’m considering ordering the Notes and Videos. To add to Huy’s question, does anyone know what the release timing might be like for their 2014 Level 2 materials (videos and notes)?
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I ordered the ultimate package, and the schedule of the materials is here: http://www.elansguides.com/docs/L2-AVS-2014J.pdf
 
dcavici wrote:
I ordered the ultimate package, and the schedule of the materials is here: http://www.elansguides.com/docs/L2-AVS-2014J.pdf
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Thanks DCAVici. I am going to try their week free, and if that works out, I may order an ultimate package, as well. So far the video I’m watching seems great.
Some of the website links are a little out of date. They need to update their website!
 
Schweser is pretty awesome, they cover almost every point that will be tested in the exam, plus they give you exam taking tips, they pinpoint to areas that are likely to be tested, so on. And among the featured instructors, you can find ANDY HOLMES.
ANDY HOLMES = GOD
Thanks to that guy (more than anything else) i passed level 1 and 2
The other instructors are definitely good, though somewhat dry.
 
Haji wrote:
Dachen -
Since I’m paying for the exam and prep. materials on my own, the Elan price certainly does appeal to me. As a re-taker, some added detail might be good. The flip-side to that is that I don’t want to drown in the details at the expense of the big picture, most testable concepts. Were the videos a few weeks late, or how late?
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Has anyone here used Schweser videos for Level 2? If so, what were your thoughts?
Schweser is barebones and to the point. It cuts out all the introductory info. I have a feeling from the boards that many people like that. I personally don’t.
I used Schweser videos as my MAIN study source and note taking and thought it did the trick. After listening to the video, i only skimmed Schweser text and then did all Schweser end of chapter problems. I never took the CFAI books out of their box. The one thing that I did is after three sections I would then spend a week reviewing the notes of all previous videos (usually one week a month was review). I really felt this review did trick of constantly keeping everything fresh in my mind of 5 months of studying. If you don’t, you start to forget things after a month.
the only area that is a waste is Ethics. Just do tons of problems and forget the videos for those two sections.
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dcavici wrote:
Haji wrote:
HuyHoang wrote:
As a retaker, I am going to get videos from Elan. Does anyone know how long i have to wait for the videos after ordering?
Thanks
Click to expand...
I was watching Elan’s Quant intro video on YouTube, and was very impressed. I’m considering ordering the Notes and Videos. To add to Huy’s question, does anyone know what the release timing might be like for their 2014 Level 2 materials (videos and notes)?
Click to expand...
I ordered the ultimate package, and the schedule of the materials is here: http://www.elansguides.com/docs/L2-AVS-2014J.pdf
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I am considering buying Elan videos. Thanks for attaching the schedule of video releases for the 2014 exam. There are only few LOS’s which are new this year when compared to last year - why should either notes or videos take so long to be sent to us? Do they make new videos for every LOS each year?
 
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