Well guys and/or girls, I appreciate the excellent advice. I asked one of my teachers who holds a charter to sponsor me for the student scholarship, and he said yes. And I set up an independent study with another professor worth 3 credit hours just to study for this next semester. Looks like it is going to happen. Now I just have to figure out which study materials to use. What is everyone using?
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sundusg_ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hes just saying that because hes my lover. I am a > genius, you must study with me Obviously a lie, no smart girl would ever talk to me.
Schweser is the most popular one, but if you are broke then just go with the CFAI texts
Schweser from personal experience it takes half the time to read compared to CFAI texts and i think it’s really hard to concisely review most/all the material with CFAI texts never tried Stalla, but i dont remember hearing anyone say that Stalla is better (from ppl around me) and i think the most important thing with CFA level 1 exam is to be done reading everything about 1.5 months before exam day and then review like crazy for a month then for 2 weeks, take work days off to do the practice exams and fill in the weak areas cheers, from hottest guy in cfa forum
i used stalla and the lectures are great. also read some of the schweser notes as a benchmark and found them not as concise compared to stalla.
Stalla is the best.
Schweser #1
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Schweser does a great job of highlighting the major points. However, the CFAI textbooks have all the details (“trick questions”) that appear on the test. If you can afford Schweser, then go for it! If you don’t mind reading from a computer screen, it may be cheaper to simply order the Q Bank CD. By the way, CFA has e books for 2010 that just came out. Only $50 and worth a look in my opinion.
All of this is good information. I picked up the ebooks already. I honestly think I’m going to get the December 2009 Schweser material from someone local. I really don’t want to spend x amount of dollars on the 2010 stuff. The 09 stuff couldn’t have changed that much, and if it did I can always cross reference it with what the CFA sends me, right? I looked a few other threads, and it seems like most of it’s the same.
I found a cool iPhone app for studying and meeting CFA members - as well as bringing in stock tips etc. I think it is going to go live pretty soon. www.ultimatecfa.com