Merfolk17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ouch…busted… > http://www.analystforum.com/phorums/read.php?11,63 > 1165,631953#msg-631953 > > so i’m guessing you didn’t learn your lesson the > first time around? Ahahahahaha, very sleuthy.
Yup… Philosophy
An open secret, friends… I don’t want to lose $ this go-around…so basically I need to ace this bugger…
Relentless, With the risk of sounding negative, it may be too late. I don’t think that there is going to be enough time for anyone (who starts studying right now) to be successful when exam day comes. I don’t care how much finance knowledge one has and how smart one is. It is simply not the kind of exam that you can study a month or two before - simply my opinion. I have been through it one time, and even though I put lots of studying in, and had graduated with a Finance degree a few months before, it did not help. I think too many people don’t realize how difficult the exam is, unless they have taken it. The people I know who passed put more than a month and a half - two into it (I started three months before the exam the first time). However, since you paid for the registration fee (which I know you will not get a refund back), I would say, do your best. If you don’t pass, this will only help you in December. That is more optimistic, there you go! Good luck!
etcfa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Relentless, > > With the risk of sounding negative, it may be too > late. I don’t think that there is going to be > enough time for anyone (who starts studying right > now) to be successful when exam day comes. I don’t > care how much finance knowledge one has and how > smart one is. It is simply not the kind of exam > that you can study a month or two before - simply > my opinion. I have been through it one time, and > even though I put lots of studying in, and had > graduated with a Finance degree a few months > before, it did not help. > I really disagree with this. If you have a good background, this exam isn’t all that hard. When people ask how long I studied for LI, I tell them some number between a month when I opened my books and 25 years when I started learning this stuff. > I think too many people don’t realize how > difficult the exam is, unless they have taken it. > The people I know who passed put more than a month > and a half - two into it (I started three months > before the exam the first time). > > However, since you paid for the registration fee > (which I know you will not get a refund back), I > would say, do your best. If you don’t pass, this > will only help you in December. That is more > optimistic, there you go! > > Good luck!
You may disagree all you want Joey, but I am so sure that if you were to do a poll for all those people who took the exam and passed the first time, the percentage of those who had studied the amount of time you did, is probably very very small. The average person (even with knowledge in Finance) will definately need more time than that. Just because you have a few cases here and there, does not mean that it works for everyone.
Joey, you’ve become my champion…thanks…I hereby rescind my challenge to a duel…thanks buddy! Look, if I can cut down on one of my jobs, I might be able to put in the hours (250 minimum? right?). If I can’t, I know I don’t have a chance in hell. I’ve gone through CFAI 7 and some of 8 and last years ratios and quant 2 and i tend to get most of the multiple choice questions right. If the issue is the hours, I have a chance of logging them over the next 7 wks. If the issue is putting in time over a few months, it doesn’t look good. But, to be honest, I have a bad long-term memory, I cram for everything… My academic background isn’t finance, but I’ve taught myself accounting and trade actively.
Threads like this provide much needed comic relief leading up to this exam…I’ve been LMAO. Thanks guys!
etcfa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You may disagree all you want Joey, but I am so > sure that if you were to do a poll for all those > people who took the exam and passed the first > time, the percentage of those who had studied the > amount of time you did, is probably very very > small. The average person (even with knowledge in > Finance) will definately need more time than that. > Just because you have a few cases here and there, > does not mean that it works for everyone. The point is I didn’t study for a little time - I studied for 25 years (which is longer than many of you have been alive). It really depends on your background. For example, I had taught “Options and Futures” a couple of times which meant I studied derivatives not 5 minutes. Bleron here a couple of exams ago made an obnoxious point of studyng for a week. Now LII is a different story and LIII is an even more different story. I studied pretty good hours for those.
You know what else you could do to help you study? Start fucking studying. Deal with the fact that you’re probably going to fail this exam in June. Start studying for Dec '08 and this time don’t waste time jacking off. Take the practice exams, read what you need to read, take the exam. Study soon and study correctly. Think of the money you’ve paid for the Dec 07 exam and the June 08 exam as a lesson. The reason people are giving you a hard time is because quite simply, you are a douche. No one cares how much you have to work and about what kind of difficulties you’re having with your life. We all know despite what you’re saying here, you’re still going to go out to clubs because the weather is nice, play with your nintendo wii, hang out with your friends and hold each others cocks as you talk about how difficult the CFA exam is. There’s a member on AF who not only works full-time, but she has a husband to take care of (meals, cleaning, laundry, etc.), as well as a 3-year old baby. You will not get compassion from people here. No one is going to hold your hand, kiss your forehead and say, “don’t worry, it’s the effort that counts.” If you don’t like it, forget the CFA and go work at a non-profit dedicated to protecting your fragile fucking feelings. Grow the fuck up.
Someone needs a hug.
Awesome, kant!
This thread is great. I agree with kant wholeheartedly. You want to work in finance and you’re complaining on an online forum about how people are treating you? Get F$%^&d man. Get off this forum and start studying. As I believe jalmy put it earlier…there’s no magic formula. Nobody here can tell you whether it’s possible for you to pass or not. Some people need to study a ton, others not as much. Some people get lucky on exam day, some people don’t. If you have specific questions post them, but threads like this are totally useless. And if this is the second time you’re trying to cram in all the material with roughly a month to go…you really are a douche. Re-evaluate your priorities.
Kant, thank you for speaking our collective minds.
I am sorry. I just believe in treating people with respect at all times. I guess that makes me an alien out here. I am not going to do your parents’ and your church’s work for you and teach you how to be gentlemen (M. Kant, incidentally, you might enjoy a look at Groundwork for a Metaphysics of Morals…a %%$ good read, they say, and as relevant today as ever. Freud’s Group Psychology and the Structure of the Ego may be instructive to others interested in learning about destructive group dynamics.)Fyi, some of the finest human beings I know work at non-profits. I may worship Mammon myself but not indiscriminately so. To those who have been kind and generous with advice and support, I salute you! To the rest…you may have passed this exam, but you have a hell of a bite in the #$$##% coming at you from life itself. Ciao
Is this the last we hear from relentless or will there be more… Don’t touch that dial. Lets collectively find out how this saga will unfold.
Amazing how someone can come into a group of people studying for months and say “I need to do some minimal amount of work to earn the same thing as you have worked many months on” and then complains that he is not being treated with respect. Anyway, FWIW, I deeply respect the work that lots of you have done. I din’t mean to sound disrespectful above, but that post bordered on it.
Hahaha… had fun reading this thread… a good break before going back to books…
to be fair, he did say he’d quit his job at starbucks to make time for studying…
Wanna know something pretty funny? My friend who’s “studying” for this exam (she hasn’t read the books, just watched the vcd’s and only started getting serious about a week ago) went to an energy reader to really drink a magic tonic for this exam… no joke. she described it as an energy elixir which harmonizes your energy and makes you ready for testing… i’m dead serious. jalmy8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > relentless Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Wilier, that’s a good point about the time > > factor… > > > > Mcpass, I have the cram-sheet…it looks > useful. > > > > I have heard about people cramming for Level I > in > > three weeks and succeeding…would be > interested > > in hearing from these folks and finding out how > > they did it. > > > > I have never made “unfounded comments” about > how > > committed I am…I am committed, just with > limited > > time. Not that I should even have to say this, > > but I work two jobs, one overtime, and have > grad > > school deadlines on top of that. I am usually > on > > my feet about 18/19 hours/day, and that > includes > > most weekends, with a seriously ill family > member, > > so FYI it’s less about leaving things to the > last > > minute than trying to get time off from work so > > that I can fit the exam in. However, that is > > beside the point, because people should always > > treat one another with manners, even online, > even > > on the job, at all times. That’s the way I was > > raised and those are my values. Period. If > > someone has an issue with that, he is welcome > to > > show himself, come out and duel with me like a > > gentleman. > > > > I hope this is the end of the negativity. > There > > are gonna be a lot more desperate crammers > coming > > on here over the next few weeks and I hope they > > will be treated with compassion. > > > Do you really want to know how people pass by > craming for 3 weeks? It’s pretty simple, they do > as many practice questions as they can, read as > much as they can, and get lucky. WTF do you think > they do? Drink some magic tonic? > Why don’t you go back to studying…you might find > some compassion in FSA - you did tell us how much > you “enjoyed” it.