10 study days until exam day... study plans ??

JuniorCk8 · May 22, 2013, 11:08pm

Clark\_CFA\_Candidate:

JuniorCk8:

not reviewing Equity 4 times, it’s my 4th pass through the info. ive been studying since October and nobody with even above-average intellect can remember even 50% of the detail 3 months after looking at it… it’ll be my 2nd “review” of Equity, going through flashcards with formulas/concepts and doing the EOC questions in CFAI book…just trying to keep it all fresh.

i completed the CFAI mock last week, plan on doing all of Kaplan’s and probably hitting most of 2012’s CFAI mock in sections that are still the same.

in doing mocks, are you doing them by vignette? doing them by 3hr lots and keeping time? i’m assuming you’re not spending a whole day doing a whole mock…obviously another day is spent just reviewing that at least.

thanks for the input though… i’m not the best study strategist.

Ah, I just noticed, you’re the same person who, just one day ago, said you are only getting 55% on your mock!

You can read books for 9 months about how to ride a bike, but if you want to actually learn, you’re eventually going to have to get on that bike and fall down a bunch of times.

monkeyCFA · May 22, 2013, 11:32pm

1 mock session during the day, review the wrong answers and schweser flashcards at nit- until around next weds at which point I’ll prob shut it down for the last couple days- quicksheet reviews at most

JuniorCk8 · May 22, 2013, 11:46pm

Thanks for calling me out!! haha…

I know. That’s been my problem, not wanting to do a ton of problems until I feel I know it, but I understand the value in just doing mocks and probably going to focus on those 70% of the time until 6/1

thegeneral101 · May 22, 2013, 11:55pm

Get a damn 30% on the mock and learn your mistakes. I agree, its the only way to really test yourself. What the heck are you afraid of? I’m only being harsh because I was thinking the same way for a while…but its definitely better to power through with the mocks. DO IT!

MGurn · May 23, 2013, 1:25am

I’ve done 4 mocks, now reviewing some qualitiative stuff form notes that I’ve been missing and drilling questions on bad subjects for a few days. Will do one more mock this weekend and review PM/Derivatives and spend all next week memorizing equations, drilling FRA/Equity/Ethics questions.

I also will not be doing any studying Friday before the exam

twiles · May 23, 2013, 2:24am

Hi Sheerazi, would you mind sending me a copy of the 2012 mock exam?

tim.wiles@cbre.co.nz

cheers