Exams in previous years were easier? CFAI recommended 250 hours as i remember. Or what else this phrase should mean? “A good plan is to devote 15 - 20 hours per week for 18 weeks to studying for each of the exams. You can use the final four to six weeks before the exam to review what you’ve learned and take online sample exams.” https://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprog/charterholder/program/howlong.html http://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprog/resources/prep.html 20 hours per week = 4 hours per day. Is it possible??
>>>> 20 hours per week = 4 hours per day. Is it possible?? 2 hours per day ( 5 working days * 2hrs ) = 14 hrs (morning 1 hr - after office 1 hr per day) 3 hrs each on saturday and sunday = 6 hrs. Should be possible !
I wouldn’t worry too much about the number of hours. Go through the books once, go through the essays twice, do sample exams and look through EOC problems, review Secret Sauce multiple times and you will be fine.
on a side note, I read about the 300 workout. I was like wow, this is redonculous. Then I realized you had to do it four times.
I put in close to 450 in the 4 month turn around from Dec LI to June LII while working full time and with a new baby. So it is definitely possible. (Disclaimer - there were times where I barely, and I mean BARELY held on to my sanity)
FRM2cfa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> 20 hours per week = 4 hours per day. Is it > possible?? > > > 2 hours per day ( 5 working days * 2hrs ) = 14 hrs > (morning 1 hr - after office 1 hr per day) > 3 hrs each on saturday and sunday = 6 hrs. > > Should be possible ! Not for me. I need some days off. Otherwise i’m starting to burn out, can’t concentrate, and have headaches and so on.
FRM2cfa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> 20 hours per week = 4 hours per day. Is it > possible?? > > > 2 hours per day ( 5 working days * 2hrs ) = 14 hrs > (morning 1 hr - after office 1 hr per day) > 3 hrs each on saturday and sunday = 6 hrs. > > Should be possible ! Last time I checked 5*2=10…maybe that’s just me
artvandalay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FRM2cfa Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > >>>> 20 hours per week = 4 hours per day. Is it > > possible?? > > > > > > 2 hours per day ( 5 working days * 2hrs ) = 14 > hrs > > (morning 1 hr - after office 1 hr per day) > > 3 hrs each on saturday and sunday = 6 hrs. > > > > Should be possible ! > > > Last time I checked 5*2=10…maybe that’s just me ^ I was thinking the same thing. Maybe 5*2 = 14 if you lost your sanity studying so hard
I guess he took a week instead of working week.
Theres no way i can do that, i’m not that focussed I do about 1.5 hours after work maybe 4 out of the 5 days, and try to do at least 2 hours on sat and sunday for about 10 hours a week. But like maratikus said, i will be done first schwesser run through by march 26th at latest, and will then have a solid 10 weeks to focus on EOC questions, sample exams, mock exams, and reviewing my notes. I won’t get 300 hours, but as I ramp up in April/May I should get close to 250. ALthough thats not the point. Everyone takes a differnt amount of time to learn this stuff,.
number of hours is totally irrelevant, I put in 170 hrs last year and failed with band 10, while my friend who put in probably 150 passed. I also know a guy who failed after putting in over 500 hrs… Many other factors come into play such as your background (both work and education), you efficiency when studying, you study strategy and list goes on… As someone else mentioned it takes everyone different number of hours to learn this material, so just do what has worked for you in the past. Cheers NVC
“20 hours per week = 4 hours per day” Is there some reason that you cannot study on the weekends? Anyway, who cares how many hours CFAI says you should spend studying?
They say recommended, agree with NVC, everyone is different
Ryhme, I’m on the same exact study plan. Hopefully it works. The key is practicing from late april all the way through. For me, I have to do the reading at least once for peace of mind but its really all bull sh!t. The only effective way to study is to practice taking the tests.
"number of hours is totally irrelevant, I put in 170 hrs last year and failed with band 10, while my friend who put in probably 150 passed. I also know a guy who failed after putting in over 500 hrs… Many other factors come into play such as your background (both work and education), you efficiency when studying, you study strategy and list goes on… As someone else mentioned it takes everyone different number of hours to learn this material, so just do what has worked for you in the past. " “They say recommended, agree with NVC, everyone is different” I 100% disagree. I think test success is extremely highly correlated with hours of studying put in. Yeah you may know some dumbass who studied 500 hrs and failed (if that’s true, he must have mental disabilities, cause there is no way you can put in that much time and not understand this material) or some smart guy who puts in 100 hrs and passes, but overall, the more hrs you put in, the higher you chances of passing are. It would be very hard for you to change my views on that.
I think so too. May be the gu who passed with 100 hours knows the material already. If you study more, eventually it sinks in. The EOC takes a lot of time to practice. Practicing old questions and exams take time. For me, reviweing the answer-what I wrote and what the actual answer should look like takes more time-which is more important and then reviewing the material.