Hi there,
I’m about to begin on Tuesday. Using Schweser books, QBank and videos.
Planning on doing two hours reading/questions before work and an hour of videos afterwork Mon to Fri.
I guess a lot of you are one or two months in already.
Any tips you’ve picked up?
Best tip IMO, stay off of Analystforum. It is a time-suck.
check in AF every now and then for ur question and answer would be a better choice
I like your inputs in this forum. Could you please give the poster and us the advice. Thanks
^ lol…i have no words of wisdom to give…but staying off this forum is a good start.
Word, homie. I find myself wasting waaaaay too much time on here when I should be studying.
I am starting tomorrow (Jan 1) as well. Surprisingly, I feel somewhat energized to start studying… but I know that burnout is always a risk for me. Last year, for level 2, I started to burn out around late April. For Level 1, burn out started mid May. I hope Level 3 material is indeed “easier” to learn! Good luck everyone.
When I seriously start studying for CFA, I become a nerd so I check this forum during my study breaks as I dont know what else to do!
Hate to say it because I like this site ( I am sitll on it after finishing), but in order to pass L3 I had to bail on this place. The constant chatter about certain topics had my mind going in too many directions. For both L2 and L3, the times I passed (after failing both) were years where I checked out of AF.
I don’t even look at the technical questions, or the questions that involve curriculum. I just vent and troll. But I seem to spend too much time venting and trolling.
hey alladin my man, how are you doing?
I fear coming back to this place to be honest. Brings back all the good and the bad memories. still no updates on the investigation. are you taking lvl 3 again this june bro?
Im with sumz. It’s L3 and now Im a full blown nerd. I used to be pretty cool.
you…are alive?! must be christmas miracle mate…have you called those bums up regarding the investigation? As to L3 for me i am not retaking it,at least not this year!
Alladin out.
One day less to be studying.
Hmmm not too many actual tips there.
I am planning to do the questions from both Schweser and CFAI.
If I only read the actual notes from one of these which one do people think is better?
haha. i am still trying to be that kinda nerd at the moment. I pretty much took break from CFA last year so I am nw finding it hard to get into full study mode. How are you doing so far?
Started with SS3. Read the CFAI notes and watched the Schweser videos. Will try and do the Schweser questions tomorrow. Not too bad so far. A lot more interesting than Level 2!!
My advice so far, don’t read ethics. The questions are the same from June 2012 L2. What’s funny is that I have done a couple of them and said “This question is stupid. I remember getting that answer wrong during practice last year because this question is stupid.”
The ethics material is the exact same every year from Level 1 to Level 2 to Level 3. It is straight out of the handbook, 10th edition. It will continue to be the same every year, in every level, until they change the handbook.