I too stuck to the CFAI books and failed last year! Spent a hell lot of time & effort (and borrowed money!) along with working later hours at work. I thought I had it all mapped out, but I got band 7! Re-attempted with with Schwesers, got just a week off from work and sailed through this time! Also solved 3 3rd party + 1 CFA mocks! To all those who couldn’t make it: Don’t you give up! It’s a really challenging course and it’s perfectly OK to give more than 1 attempt for a given level! I can imagine what it feels like! True courage is not in succeeding every time, but in how you react after you have failed! Sorry, don’t mean to preach, but can’t help empathizing! Item Set Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70% - Alternative Investments 18 - * - - Corporate Finance 36 - * - - Derivatives 36 - - * - Economics 18 - - * - Equity Investments 72 - - * - Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - * - Financial Reporting & Analysis 72 - - * - Fixed Income Investments 36 - * - - Portfolio Management 18 * - - - Quantitative Methods 18 * - -
SFA Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A guy (who had passed all three exams using > Schweser alone) once told me that if you use CFAI > texts you can get away with about a 70% retention > but if you rely on Schweser you must be able to > retain 100% of that material. Although more time > consuming, CFAI is clearly the better (i.e. safer) > option. Fully agree. 70% of the whole is better than 100% of Schweser who doesnt cover everything.