How many hours did you guys spent for preparing Lv1, Lv2, and Lv 3 exam?

CFA Level III
#1

I spent

around 250~300 hrs for lv1 and passed Dec 2014 with 0/5/5

around 600~700 hrs for lv2 and passed June 2016 with 1/3/6

around 800~900 hrs for lv3 and waiting the result

#2

Level 1- 350 Hours (2/4/4):Passed Dec 2015

Level 2- 250 Hours (1/3/6): Passed June 2016

Level 3- 325 Hours (TBA)

#3

LI - 370 (0/1/9) - pass Dec 15

LII - 370 (2/3/5) - pass June 16

LIII - 540 (TBD)

#4

L1 : 250-275 Pass June 15

L2 : 275-300 Pass June 16

L3 : 310 (TBD)

#5

L1: appr. 250

L2: appr. 280

L3: appr. 300

#6

And I passed lv3 June 2017.

#7

Passed!

#8

about 1500 hours over 7 exams and 9 years!

#9

L1: 300

L2: 250

L3:200

3/3

#10

L1: ~ 300

L2: > 400

L3: < 300

#11

L1 - around 250-300 hrs

L2- 300 hrs

L3 - almost 500 hrs (this paid off for me)

#12

L1 - about a week of studying because I had most of the background.

L2 - 300+ (Had to take it twice)

L3 - 125-150 hrs over a three week period

#13

L1 (Dec 14): < 200 hours, pass

L2 (Jun 15) < 200 hours, band 10

L2 (Jun 16) ~150 hours, pass

L3 (Jun 17) ~150 hours, pass

Study smart and I think you can knock off, quite literally, half the time most people take to pass.

#14

2003 L1 : 7 days flat. Probably 80 hrs

2004 L2 : Failed. 7 days flat. 80 hrs

2005 L2 : 2 weeks. 120-150 hrs

2006 L3 : Just attended. The last week before exams had my Grad school exam at UChicago

2016 L3: Band 8 Fail. 8 days and around 80 hrs - no mocks

2017 L3 : Pass. Around 140-160 hrs. 4 AM mocks. 2 timed and 2 not timed. All mocks in the last week. No PM mocks.

Investment professional since 2000.

#15

^Hedgee, I’m gonna make you a double…extra patty going on the grill, right now.

#congrats

#16

Thanks mate

#17

2017 L3 : 250 hrs in total including time spent on Mocks and review of mocks.

#18

L1: 350

L2: 430

L3: 650

#19

L1 (Dec 13): 150, fail band 10

L1 (Jun 14): 300

L2 (Jun 15): 350

L3 (Jun 16): 400

Kinda didn’t want to risk it after the first fail so I cranked it up and got it done. Hats off to the people who do it in under 200 hours, I just refused to get another failure email. Worst day.

#20

No finance background when I started.

L1: apprx. 250 hours, passed 0/4/6, Jun 15

L2: approx. 350 hours, passed 0/1/9, Jun 16

L3: approx. 400 hours, passed AM0/2/8 PM0/1/8, Jun 17

I’m done with this journey.