The "puntable" topics (alt, port, econ, quant)

[IsThereAny]

Do not punt. There are no shortcuts.

 

[Tommyjohn]

Guys, guys, guys….
If i do indeed fail on band 9/10 (high 50s low 60s mocks) which I beleive that I will….I am starting to study for this beast on November 1st. And will (most likely) not be punting anything. The reason I started this thread, is because i was curious about other candidates feedback regardign the lesser weighted topics and what they can kind of gloss over.

 

[Yayyywork]

cant gloss over everything. Thought they were going to weight some topics less and they did not this year. Was a lot more evenly weighted than i thought. Glad i prepared the way I did, feel solid at 4 weeks out but who knows.

 

[calvol]

Sometimes the best offense is a good defense, so yeah, punting (“prioritizing”) is a good strategy with the bloated L2 curriculum

 

[ltj]

Punting and prioritizing do not mean the same thing though. Naturally you should prioritize at L2. Punting implies giving up or ignoring the topic completely.

 

[calvol]

ltj wrote:
Punting and prioritizing do not mean the same thing though. Naturally you should prioritize at L2. Punting implies giving up or ignoring the topic completely.

Who put you in charge of what “punting” means in this context?

 

[nycet824]

S2000magician wrote:
In a nutshell, nothing is puntable at Level II.

Correct. 100% agree. This is due to the fact where one of the 5-10% topics can have 2 item sets. It’s just too risky. You really can’t afford to lose points in L2 because the number of questions is half that of L1, where it was okay (and sometimes even encouraged) to punt some of the less weighted topics.

 

[ltj]

calvol wrote:

ltj wrote:
Punting and prioritizing do not mean the same thing though. Naturally you should prioritize at L2. Punting implies giving up or ignoring the topic completely.

Who put you in charge of what “punting” means in this context?

Read the entire topic again, or any other topic regarding “punting” at this board and get back to me.

 

[calvol]

ltj wrote:

calvol wrote:

ltj wrote:
Punting and prioritizing do not mean the same thing though. Naturally you should prioritize at L2. Punting implies giving up or ignoring the topic completely.

Who put you in charge of what “punting” means in this context?

Read the entire topic again, or any other topic regarding “punting” at this board and get back to me.

I will after you answer my question and get back to me.

 

[S2000magician]

Technically, I suppose that you can punt any topic that isn’t going to appear on the exam.

 

[ltj]

calvol wrote:

ltj wrote:

calvol wrote:

ltj wrote:
Punting and prioritizing do not mean the same thing though. Naturally you should prioritize at L2. Punting implies giving up or ignoring the topic completely.

Who put you in charge of what “punting” means in this context?

Read the entire topic again, or any other topic regarding “punting” at this board and get back to me.

I will after you answer my question and get back to me.

Your question is absurd. No one put me in charge. It’s obvious what people mean when they refer to punting. It has nothing to do with prioritizing.