Work & CFA Studying (3 months left)

[archer90]

Hi all,
How’s everybody doing with their studying? Three months to go!
To those who have already passed Level I or feel confident with their current routine, I’m here to ask for your time management and studying tips.
I have the following material:
- Scheweser Books (with 6 full exams)
- QBanks; how should I correctly use these questions? Answer all of them every time I finish a reading/book?
Also, I work from 8:00 AM to 8PM. Work has kept me quite busy and has influenced what I’ve accomplished with my CFA studying (not much).
I have gone through Book 1 (ethics and quantitative methods) and I’m halfway through Book 3 (Financial Reporting and Analysis, just finished Inventories).
I really need your help with creating a detailed/strict schedule to follow in order to be able to manage work and the CFA. I know many people have done that and I really want to learn from other people’s experience. Only three months left and I feel like I’m not going to make it…
I would really appreciate any response. THANK YOU so much, everyone!

Mike

 

[rexthedog]

Bro, for level 1 just smash that online schweser Q bank. You learn by doing the questions over and over. Keep answering the Q banks, and for the wrong ones write down the right answer. Then try it again a few days later. REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT. That is it.

 

[archer90]

rexthedog wrote:
Bro, for level 1 just smash that online schweser Q bank. You learn by doing the questions over and over. Keep answering the Q banks, and for the wrong ones write down the right answer. Then try it again a few days later. REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT. That is it.

Actually, it sounds pretty straightforward! Should I test myself by topic or just get an X number of mixed questions?
I should still read through the material, right?

 

[rexthedog]

Everyone will give different opinions. Personally, I did small 20Q tests on each topic, trying to get good scores, then when I felt comfortable I started doing the whole topic with 50 questions. Score as you go, and showing correct answers as you go. So after each question you just write down the answer and maybe read around it on the schweser book. Dont be disheartened if you keep getting questions wrong. This is really normal, but I can assure you the quickest way to learning that material is through repetition of the Q bank.
I would advise reading the material but if you are stuck for time, then best to just get straight into question mode. Once you are comfortably reaching around 70% in these tests you should be more than comfortable in the exam.