I’ve read through the Omaha thread and it sounds like this Marc person is an L3 God. But I was wondering if any poor soul out there has been to both for L3. Which did you prefer?
I went to the DFW review, which is like Windsor I think. Bottom line is that Marc is as you said, a L3 God and any time you spend with a different Schweser instructor is more or less a waste of time, considering you could be studying blue boxes instead. The Schweser curriculum and teachers don’t quite do enough for level 3.
As far as I know, Creighton is pretty much run by MArc and he teaches the entire time. Go there.
I didnt go to any of these, but I saw some of Marc’s videos… they’re nothing special. Unless someone is paying for you to go and your time away from work, I’d just stay at home doing old AM exams.
Schweser notes + Schweser practice exams + all 3 previous AM exams = maximized dollar value and marginal benefit of time spent studying
Funny you mention it. When I was deciding, I was faced with same dilema. From his video, he seems he wasnt that good. I could not understand what the hype was all about. But i went to omaha anyway. Money was bit of an issue since I had to pay eveything on my own but my company was shutting down and I had no reason to stick around and waste my time in office.
Marc seems different person when you see him live… He gets you going and doesnt make you bored/tired through out his sessions.
But keep in mind that its not the magic formula. You have to prep before you go to the bootcamp.
I thought it was worth it…
I did DFW. The best thing I got out of it was an intensive review of the Individual IPS material & Marc telling me to do the blue boxes & EOC questions in the actual CFAI books, and the old AM exams.
If you just start from day one integrating the blue box examples, EOC questions, and old AM exams into your study plan, I doubt that Omaha, DFW, or Windsor will be that helpful. If you just study Schweser and don’t work any practice exams prior to going, then all three of those courses will be really eye opening because a lot of the material reviewed will seem new (since they are teaching it from EOCs, blue boxes, old AMs, etc.).
Overall, I found the DFW course useful as it was a concise review of all of the material & I had not looked at any blue box examples prior to going.