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WOW! You’ve got only two months to go. How far have you covered in Kaplan’s books? I’m sitting for the June 2013 exam, am an FRM, and would like to know how many study hours a day should I be doing if I get stuck in a similar situation.
I am left with exactly 43 days, I wish it were two complete months. You have a long way to go. I would suggest you to start your prep as early as possible i.e if you are working full time with frequent overtime. You should put in at least 3hrs a day into studying and gradually increase your time as you approach exam day. I started my prep in the beginning of Sep and now I’m here thinking of revising my plan to get done. One reason for me to start late is also b/c I made an adhoc decision to write L1 in Dec. Hope that helps.
Thank you. It does.
Personally, I think economics is a pain in the *%$, but probability and statistics are not difficult topics. You should be able to go over them rather quickly. I am also registered for the June 2013 exam and have already started. I want to have ample time to review and cover topics that I have not mastered.
TwoNineSeven,
If you are taking the month of November off to study for the level I, then I would say that you still have time to pass this exam. You have done some reading already - and you have your accounting background to help you.
In my experience I would suggest that you need to start understanding where your gaps are in the material. If you haven’t studied an economics course or probability concepts before - then you will find that these can take up a lot of your time.
If you want to plan your study time I would suggest that you adopt a review method that will give you the maximum help with your studying. You could take a look at the SQ3R Methodology here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQ3R
I found it most effective after reading something if I could test myself about how much I understood, how much I could retain. So you could adopt the method above and introduce an element of testing through a test bank (or EOC questions).
You should find that if you take an active approach to your learning and retention you can build some confidence. Once you start to believe that your goal is achievable you’ll be surpised at how motivated you will become.
Good luck in your exam.
Thanks again for the motivation.
If you’re taking the entire month off from work you should have 0 problems. My suggestion is to do a ton of mocks, tally up the areas where you’re having difficulties (i.e. getting the most questions wrong) and go back and review them. Then more mocks 