For personal reasons my plan of staritng to study got delayed form January to now… plan is to read through all schewser 5 books from now untill april 10th, then do all CFAI cirriculum questions and read secret sauce april 11 to may 15th and f inally take the last three week before exam from may 15th to June 4th off and do practice exams… you think it’s passable in that time frame? hoping to get 3hrs/day of studying mid week days and 6-8hrs weekends.Thoughts? any suggesstion where to spend more time, which material…?
Hate to be brutally honest but don’t waste your time or money. This can maybe work for Level 1 but not for 2 or 3. (More than) half the battle is learning the exam, particularly the AM essay session, EVEN if you know the material cold.
Doable, but we are not all equal. Not everyone can do it and pass, and not all who study for 6 months pass either. But worth a shot. I’m far behind as of yet myself, planning on taking 15 working days off from work before the exam.
Ahh you have company…I am just starting now…given the amount of hours you are putting in think it’s doable. I would leave sometime to re-read material (ideally you make condensed notes on the first pass) as you certainly won’t retain a whole lot just from the first reading
I think you should go for it. I haven’t even completed the first pass, and hoping to put in 240 hours from now until June 4th. If anything, you’ll be better prepared for next year.
It’s doable for sure. On Level 2, I changed my study plan so dramatically I basically began studying in mid-March and was >70 in all but AI. Granted I realize we’re talking Level 3 and not Level 2, but starting 12 weeks out is definitely possible for some.
If you think you’ve got what it takes and have already paid out the registration fee, then what the hell, might as well give a try because it can be done.
I am left behind as well. Just read behavioral finance and half of book 2 from schweser. What if I put in 4 hours over weekdays and 20hours on weekend and take around 5 weeks off during which I can easily study 12horus a day?
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Hey mate…you’re definitely cutting it a bit fine, but with that amount of time off work, and with total dedication to it over the next 69 days I’d say it’s definitely possible.
Lets say realistically out of those 12 hours a day, only 8 are what we would call “productive” (I don’t believe anyone can be fully productive for 12 hours a day for 5 weeks straight), then that gives you around 280 productive hours.
Add on the 4 hours a day and 8 hours a day of weekend study from now until the 5 weeks off, that gives you around another 145 hours making 425 in total.
In total, I’m only aiming for 400 (any more is a bonus) and have been studying since December.
So what you’re suggesting isn’t beyond the realms of possibility at all.
The main difference you will face, is much, much less time in between study sessions where the info you’ve learnt kind of gets “assimilated” into your brain and thought patterns. Studying two hours a day for a week is better that studying for 14 hours on one day. You see the material again and again with time to think about it inbetween.
Youve lost that luxury somewhat…but just be aware of that and you can definitely, definitely still smash this thing. It’s going to be a horrible 2 months for you…but rather that than have to wait a whole extra year to do this thing.