Been studying for the last few months. Now it is time for hard focus. My plan is to focus on FRA during days (lunchtime/mornings) and Equities at night. If I do well on those sections and equity, I beleive I will pass. The other sections, I will work on during the weekends as well as questions. My wife will hate me during the next month, but it will be worth it. 31 days, we can do it. What is your plan to pass the exam? -Hopeful
Doing pretty much the same as you, but as I am leaving things a bit tight, im going to use audio for ethics, which may bite me in the ass
Just completed a full run through of FRA and Corp Fin, starting Equity tonight and that will be my main focus. Doing CFA EOC problems, cross referencing Schweser as needed. Will move onto Ethics right afterwards. All others I’m okay with as I took the test last year, and will re-read Ethics in full in the last week.
*Will move onto Stats right afterwards…it’s been a long few months 
EOC questions for the next two weeks (and reviewing summaries). Then sample exams and re-reads of weak areas. I listen to audios walking to and from work, and while doing cardio. The ethic audios are worthwhile, especially as refreshers. I try to use every medium of studying possible, so i have no excuse not to squeeze in a few minutes here and there.
Drikning beer, watching hockey, playing video games. Hopefully I will pass.
J/K I am in paniac mode and just doing as many problems as I can get my hands on.
EOCs for a couple/ few weeks with mock exams towards the end. Secret Sauce during lunch along with formula sheets. Elan 11th hour during work (don’t tell my boss). Focus of course on Equities and FRA but need to stay on top of the others especially fixed income as I need to stay on top of the concepts. I watched Schweser econ video last night and it actually helped a lot and was a nice change from reading and problems. My biggest issue is not with the material but with managing burnout. My brain is starting to crash big time! Any suggestions on managing the burnout?
I am going to listen to Schweser audios in my car, re-read all of Schweser notes, take full practice tests on saturdays, read 11th hour, study forumulas, read secret sauce, and put emphasis on ethics, FSA and equity. I have already studied over 300 hours and I will probably put in another 100 before June 4th. There’s no reason I shouldn’t pass.
brainwasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > watching hockey hopefully I have only one more year before I can start watching playoff hockey again.
I was taking nights off from studying to watch the blackhawks but now that they are out I have stopped watching games on weekdays. I need this month to end (hopefully with me never having to go through this hell again). LincolnLogs…I am having the same problem with burnout. I am putting in the hours but stuff is not sticking lately nor do I feel like I am learning, just making the same mistakes over and over. The one thing I have found that helps is to make sure you switch up your study pattern. i.e. when you get sick of doing Schweser practice questions, switch to CFAI EOC. If you can’t handle doing practice tests, try going and reading material straight from the CFAI text (its dense, but some of it is actually interesting). The other thing I would recommend is that if you don’t understand something at this point don’t kill your self trying to learn it. Dedicate an hour to trying to get it down and move on and try the topic again a week later. Derivitives were killing me, but slowly after sporadically coming back to it everything is sticking now. Good luck guys.
Thanks brainwasher I agree and have started to switch it up more. My problem is just recalling the concepts due to over study. My brain is very foggy right now and I can’t think clearly. I get all the concepts and have great retention of most of it with exception of valuing forward rate agreements and swaps… I may not ever be able to do those correctly on an exam. Fish oil and vitamins have been recommended and I’ll give them a try.
The Schweser audio CD’s make me want to bang my face against the desk. So boring.
plan is to fail hard! lol
beingthatguy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Schweser audio CD’s make me want to bang my > face against the desk. > > So boring. Oh dear god I know!!!, I wish they would have gotton a women to read them, would of been more subtle, that guys voice is so harsh and dry, and if your in a realy quiet room with volume up load enough you can here him scratch his face, and his stomach rumbling its so offputting Could be worse, could have to listen to my own voice, now that would be depressing
I am not even done with reading through the Schweser materials (didn’t even bother with CFAI). It’s getting too close to exam day that I think I will just watch the videos instead of finishing off the readings. Just need 70%.
I forgot every single thing about stats and economics… ugh! Review is even worse than the first run!
Could not stop laughing out loud. Good play! pedpenny Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > beingthatguy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The Schweser audio CD’s make me want to bang my > > face against the desk. > > > > So boring. > > > Oh dear god I know!!!, I wish they would have > gotton a women to read them, would of been more > subtle, that guys voice is so harsh and dry, and > if your in a realy quiet room with volume up load > enough you can here him scratch his face, and his > stomach rumbling its so offputting > > Could be worse, could have to listen to my own > voice, now that would be depressing
gonna play russian roulette and if I live, i will give the exam a try 
try to make some mock exam. read summary and CFAI ethics. At the end of the month my hubby hates me for ignoring him and the mess in the house. at least I will try to have enough quality time with my little baby, before she only knows me as a milk supplier;).