Level II’ers, I am asking a question in this forum because I think you guys could be of most help–I hope I don’t get yelled at that I shouldn’t be posting here. Anyway, I’ve taken the 3 Sample CFAI exams and scored 61, 70, and 65, respectively. I feel like I made some dumb errors on the third one and could have gotten a couple more right. With my remaining 9 or 10 days, I hope to accomplish, in this order: 1. Three Schweser Book 1 exams 2. Ethics from CFAI book (second time) 3. Schweser Secret Sauce (second time) 4. Next Wednesday – take the two Mock CFAI books and treat it as one exam, as my final gauge 5. Next Thursday - Do some final questions: the 30 sample questions provided by CFAI on their candidate resources site, some/most of the end of reading CFAI questions marked as ones that were on previous exams, and all the ethics questions from CFAI book. 6. Next Friday - wake up at noon, relax, read quick sheet & end of schweser books formulas, watch tv, relax, read quick sheet & end of schweser books formulas, drink a beer, go to sleep Does this sound like a good formula for the remaining time? Also, how should I feel about my scores so far on the sample exams?
Lookin good IMHO! Towards the end i would focus on Ethics and FSA again since they are typicaly the most heavily weighted topics. I was scoring in the 60-65 range on the CFAI Mocks before i took the exam. I never broke 70,but did pass Level 1. Whatever you do, do NOT let up. Push yourself hard and only do light review the day before the exam. I went to a movie the night before the exam and tried to get my mind off it. good luck!
I think your plan looks good as well. The Mocks are very good indicators, the 30Q sample test from CFAI is pretty worthless. I reread Ethics the day before the exam and was happy I did, its easy reading but keeps it fresh, I just read that, looked at quicksheet, and relaxed. I carried the Sauce everywhere the last week, just paging thru it seemed to keep things in my head, always reaffirming things, trying to talk to yourself about a topic when you see it in the sauce and then reading thru it to see if you really know what you are thinking it is…you will do fine, be confident, go in and knock it out, then see how quickly you can go from sober to severely intoxicated.
Can i ask a related question about the exam (also a L 1 candidate)… Is there any strategy based onthe fact it is 2 separate three hour exams? Did the morning exam differ topic wise from the afternoon ? Obviously i will be ready regardless of these answers but just wondering if anyone has any insight based on the separation of the exams ? thanks
It is the same topics in both sections. Dont bring your books on exam day. Keep your brain fresh. The more tired u are, the harder the exam is. Interesting
zero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can i ask a related question about the exam (also > a L 1 candidate)… > > Is there any strategy based onthe fact it is 2 > separate three hour exams? Did the morning exam > differ topic wise from the afternoon ? Obviously i > will be ready regardless of these answers but just > wondering if anyone has any insight based on the > separation of the exams ? > > thanks There is, i remember when i wrote level 1 and even level 2, while going through the exam i recall that they didn’t ask any question on a particular topic which they are for sure to test, then i review it during the hour you have. it’s much harder for level 2, cause it’s aguessing game still. but for level 1, i remember reviewing things during my lunch and it’s on the afternoon exam.
Thanks whystudy, I figured that may be the case. I am not going to let it affect me too much and I figure i am going to be very tired after the first 120 questions and will enjoy the break as lily1229 implied i should…
SkipE99, thanks for sharing your “below 70” experience. I’m still below 70 and it feels good to know it is still possible to pass.
what kind of marks should we be getting on schweser sample exams (book 6) to be in good shape to pass level 1 exam? thanks
Id do the CFAI exams sooner rather than later… my advise is to do the exam and try to replicate the exam experience as much as possible… ie get up early and do the test, break, test. take a break then grade and review your weak points. Use the qbank to create specific question sets that test your review of the material and then get some sleep and do it again… I passed L1 1st try and I did the above in some form or another for two weeks. I had just graduated and had no other obligations.
Here’s some advice. Don’t stop studying between now and when your results are posted. If you slack off and don’t pass, then you’ve wasted 6 weeks of valuable preparation time between now and June. If you end up passing, then take a break.