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I am taking Level II CFA in June 2013. I finished my masters in 2003 and took the first level in 2008. Since then, I got married and moving to a new house, new job etc, I didn’t carry on studying… I have decided to finish on CFA. I have always felt that I have left something unfinished… The CFA exam requires a lot more study than I expected (I am a chartered accountant and I know that the CFA exam is a lot harder than accountancy exam).
After long break from holiday, my brain is fighting not to absorb too much information, I think. If I studied more than 2 hours, I have a headache and my mind wanders… maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to take on CFA level II..
 
Maybe you need to harden the f up and stop being a poon. Get ur ass in gear and get studying!
 
Thanks for agreeing with me, Iteracom!
pokhim, I will do so from now on.
 
Yeah, its probably not worth it. But, I can absolutely empathize with wanting to finish what you started. If you don’t get through level 2 this June, do yourself a favor and give up for good. Seriously.
 
Once you’re on this board for awhile you become a part of the group-think and start to dis the charter. I have fallen victim to it as well. However, the group I work with had a meeting with our CIO recently. He pulled me aside after the meeting and asked me how my L3 studies were going. He encouraged me to keep at it and emphasized how important it was for my career. I work at a fairly large financial institution so this little pep talk from the CIO gave me some new legs for the exam.
 
Perhaps the people who have completed the charter and found it was awesome for their career no longer have time to post on this forum.
Hmm… I guess that doesn’t reflect all that well on me, now, does it… :-/
 
bchadwick wrote:
Perhaps the people who have completed the charter and found it was awesome for their career no longer have time to post on this forum.
Hmm… I guess that doesn’t reflect all that well on me, now, does it… :-/
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Quoted for Truth…
 
The general progression is this:
CFA Candidates / Almost-Candidates: “Rah-Rah!! full steam ahead! this will give me the edge in my career! the GOLD Standard in finance”
CFA Charterholders: “it’s alrite, helped a bit. nice to get out of the way. the only real takeaway is you at least have a minimum base of finance knowledge and proof you’re willing to work hard and sacrifice for your career. But it doesn’t guarantee any better performance or generating more returns. And you tend to forget a lot of stuff.”
 
iteracom wrote:
The general progression is this:
CFA Candidates / Almost-Candidates: “Rah-Rah!! full steam ahead! this will give me the edge in my career! the GOLD Standard in finance”
CFA Charterholders: “it’s alrite, helped a bit. nice to get out of the way. the only real takeaway is you at least have a minimum base of finance knowledge and proof you’re willing to work hard and sacrifice for your career. But it doesn’t guarantee any better performance or generating more returns. And you tend to forget a lot of stuff.”
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I think this is true, but incomplete. There’s another step in between:
Level 3 Candidates: “I’ve already put 1,000 hours into this dadgum test. It would have been less, but I failed Level 2 with Score Band 10, which set me back another year. Now I’m on Level 3 and still have another 300-400 hours of study. So I’m going to put about 1,200 hours of study into this test, and may never see any benefit for it. Nobody’s been interested in hiring me so far–why would that change after Level 3? Maybe I should have put this much energy into studying in undergrad or studying for the GMAT. Then I could have gone to a school that Iteracom would have approved of. Then I’d REALLY have something that could propel my career forward.”
 
I’m at Level 3: I don’t really care about the charter anymore. Going to B-school next year. Not sure I care about that either. Basically, I just want to ski, surf, and bang the occasional hot chick.
 
iteracom wrote:
The general progression is this:
CFA Candidates / Almost-Candidates: “Rah-Rah!! full steam ahead! this will give me the edge in my career! the GOLD Standard in finance”
CFA Charterholders: “it’s alrite, helped a bit. nice to get out of the way. the only real takeaway is you at least have a minimum base of finance knowledge and proof you’re willing to work hard and sacrifice for your career. But it doesn’t guarantee any better performance or generating more returns. And you tend to forget a lot of stuff.”
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Haha, pretty much summed it up.
 
ChickenTikka wrote:
I’m at Level 3: I don’t really care about the charter anymore. Going to B-school next year. Not sure I care about that either. Basically, I just want to ski, surf, and bang the occasional hot chick.
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This.
 
ChickenTikka wrote:
I’m at Level 3: I don’t really care about the charter anymore. Going to B-school next year. Not sure I care about that either. Basically, I just want to ski, surf, and bang the occasional hot chick.
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Why not MBA this year? Btw how old are you? Have you got your GMAT done? How much? I’m also going to apply for next year too, after get this CFA LIII done.
 
iscrisisgood wrote:
ChickenTikka wrote:
I’m at Level 3: I don’t really care about the charter anymore. Going to B-school next year. Not sure I care about that either. Basically, I just want to ski, surf, and bang the occasional hot chick.
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Why not MBA this year? Btw how old are you? Have you got your GMAT done? How much? I’m also going to apply for next year too, after get this CFA LIII done.
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I am 38 years old and I have already done MBA in my 20s.
 
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