fired, starting to study now.

[itera]

Oh infinitybenzo is our resident mini-troll, don’t need to mind him much.

[firedcfa]

are you hiring?

[krazykanuck]

@firedcfa

^ hehe its okay, thanks to all anyway

managed to get 12 hours on one day, however 10 is the number on most days, I am disappointed, you would think if I have nothing to do I can get more than 10 hours, very ashamed of myself

Gona keep it rolling, ten thousand people pass level III every year, aint no reason why i cant be one of them.

Don’t feel ashamed for getting “only” 10 hrs in. That’s probably already more than double the daily amount most people put in. I’m lucky if I get 2 hrs in a day for level 2. Take a break every couple days too for an evening. If you haven’t deactivated your cell phone (I can’t remember your plan for avoiding the world), call your GF if you have one, go for dinner, see a movie, whatever.

For me, today I studied at my office watching the lights and AC turn off around me and went over flashcards. Tonight I’ll drink some wine and watch Mad Men.

Can’t study 100% of the time. You’ll drive yourself crazy.

[firedcfa2]

I did it guys. Thanks for the support.

[bchad]

@bchadwick

If you study 10 hours a day, every day, you’ll log 320 hours. If you’re someone who can absorb the material faster, maybe you can pass with only 200 hours under your belt. Either way, it’s worth a shot. You’ve already paid, and there’s a reasonable chance that you can pass and save yourself both a year and another registration fee - just understand that May is going to be a grueling month for you. And if you have a significant other, do your best to solicit their support.

No guarantees here, and it’s a tough road to slog, but it’s still worth the effort, since you’ve come this far.

I’d forgotten this thread, read its title, and thought OMG, you’re going to do L3 studying all crammed in one month. That sounds horrific, and long odds.

But then I saw my post above from the time that you started this thread, and I am happy to see that I was on the right side of history after all.

Congratulations, FiredCFA! You deserve your success!

Hopefully you will be a HiredCFA soon (if not already).

[simplykrazykam]

Congrats! That is quite a feat.

[FrankArabia]

ppl here around me who took the level 3 is awfully quiet right now…

[chibwack]

I didn’t notice the date at first so thought… 300 hrs, unemployed, and what, 10 months to study, and he’s worried? haha, congrats man!

[DoubleDip]

Congratulations!!!

[Inner_Evil_Voice]

Yeah baby! Congrats.

–collecting my winnings from our office pool as we speak.

[pdub]

heck of a story for an interview…

did you find a job yet?

[former_trader]

Congrats, keep us posted. If JDV can do it, you can also.

[mygos]

@mygos

Obviously you don’t have another job lined up…

You may start trying for another job right from today but there is little chance you can be sure of getting a acceptable alternative soon or by 3rd june… may be lucky to get one but no way of knowing how far it may become true…

So what else better alternative you have got other than restarting (as you will not be starting from zero after all!) …Whether any one else have been able to do it before or not really does not matter …each individual is different and may be you will be the first to say on this forum,"I did it in 33 days, peparing full time for it. You too can do it." Have faith in your abilty and trust in God - all will be well at the end.

… Good luck.

Congrats… so you are indeed the first one who can now proudly say , "I did it in 33 days, peparing full time for it. You too can do it."

What about your new job? Surely, you have one, if not, get ready for it… it is on the way… Enjoy and be happy.

[firedcfa2]

I am in a very low payin job right now, 2k a month and experience not worth much, but hey at least I am still employed in finance.

Again thanks to all the support guys.

[Turd_Fergeson]

that’s weird. the last post from ‘firedcfa’ was on may 13. the posts after results came out were by ‘firedcfa2’.

[firedcfa2]

lol, during the boot camp I destroyed anything that could take up my time including my AF account. I change the password to random chars and did the same for the email so that I cant reset it.

Thats how firedcfa2 rose from the ashes.

I like your speculative position, you would make a good auditor.

[bloodline]

Wow! such a nice motivating thread. So much to be learnt in just two pages.

congratulations FiredCfa, not for just passing, but for showing that impossible is nothing. Now i know definitely that despite all the warmongering threads about the Level 2 being a beast, it’s definitely doable. If you can do level 3 in one month, then I’ve got four times the amount of time you had to slay the level 2 beast.

[Palantir]

I feel like a lesser man.

Back to work!

[Black_Swan]

For what it’s worth, I knocked out LIII in about a month.

[ninja_economist]

@Black_Swan

For what it’s worth, I knocked out LIII in about a month.

Kudos to you if you were working fulltime. It took me one month for level 2 and two for level 3 preparation (put in more hours in level 1 than the other two combined), but I was a fulltime student and had nothing else to do except studying (and watching TV).