shark777 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quick question - how do you know f2d hasn’t been > studying for the past 6 months? We’re not betting money on this are we?
So… who is making a market? 
f2d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > shark777 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Quick question - how do you know f2d hasn’t > been > > studying for the past 6 months? > > > We’re not betting money on this are we? If it could be proven then there is always a chance
shark777 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > f2d Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > shark777 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Quick question - how do you know f2d hasn’t > > been > > > studying for the past 6 months? > > > > > > We’re not betting money on this are we? > > If it could be proven then there is always a > chance Well, if you knew me IRL you’d know I’m not lying. Im about the laziest person in the world, and I always push things off to the last minute. You know I actually planned to study for Level 1 for 6 months? of course, 6 months before the exam came… I said eh, I’ll do it next month. Next month I said i’ll do it next month, etc… until about 10 days before the exam, then I decided I *had* to buckle down and do it. This time around I decided to save myself the grief of procrastinating it, and just plan to start it at the last minute. As far as proof goes? Not possible, unless someone’s been following me around w/ a video camera for the past 6 months :o
Unfortunately, laziness is not a trait that’s often rewarded in the field of finance.
McLeod81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately, laziness is not a trait that’s > often rewarded in the field of finance. haha not true, you can be very lazy and very lucky and get very well rewarded. Then you can can hire hard working kids like us to do the work and continue being lazy.
Black Swan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I’ll take a wait and see attitude. Sounds like > bleron’s back. Nice to see last year’s fellow visit:) I believe you could pass Level 3 this year as well. I do remember Bleron and his score eventually. Will see whether there is a miracle
f2d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah, those “remember a term” questions are the > hardest. Any question that involves calculations > are generally the easiest. > > I think this time around for the practice tests, > I’m going to deduct points for any question I > guess on regardless of whether i hit it or not > when going for my 80% target, since I’m not > comfortable with counting a 33% chance correct > guess towards my target You certainly know how to study, if you could go over all the exams and nail all the questions you have in doubt, with industry background, who knows, you might have a shot. Just don’t underestimate Level 2, it is different from Level 1, the concept is not hard, the hardest part is that you gotta remember them all at the exam day.
I thought I was a badass starting in April and being highly overconfident. f2d is my hero.
f2d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just 3 weeks left until exam day. > > Putting together my study plan now 
> > 2 Week cram down plan: > > 23-May Benchmark Practice Exam > 24-May Read Book 1 > 25-May Read Book 2 > 26-May Read Book 3 > 27-May Read Book 4 > 28-May Read Book 5 > 29-May Read Book 6 > 30-May Book 1&2 Questions > 31-May Book 3&4 Questions > 1-Jun Book 5&6 Questions > 2-Jun Relax > 3-Jun Practice Exams > 4-Jun Practice Exams > 5-Jun Relax > 6-Jun Exam Day > > > I figure I’ll put in 7 - 9 hours on each reading > day, 6 - 8 hours on questions days, and 3 - 4 > hours on practice days (1 morning and 1 evening > session per day, I estimate it’ll take me ~ 2 > hours a session). If my benchmark exam comes in < > 60, then I’ll probably add 2 hours a day. > > Expectations on practice exams will be 65 on the > benchmark, and 80 after studying. Unless you have some educational / industry background that has provided in depth knowledge of the L2 curriculum, the above time lines in terms of hrs per day are not realistic. You have not even allowed time for marking / debriefing practice exams. Writing is one thing, but you’re wasting your time if you don’t take the time to review the questions you answered incorrectly. My only suggestion to you f2d would be to (1) start now, not May 23 or (2) increase your hrs per day. If you’re intelligent and willing to work your a$$ off, I think you have sufficient time to pass, but if I were a betting man, I would bet that your hrs per day ends up significantly higher. Nonetheless, good luck.
are you risking 2 weeks of vacation time on this? if you fail, you basically could have been chilling on the beaches of a little island off the coast of brazil by the name of florianopolis, surfing in the day, drinking at night and hitting up the jacuzzi by the beach with 6 brazillian chicks and some capirinhas
doing capoeira also. don’t forget the capoeira. i need to go to bed… wired from soccer but not wired enough to log into qbank.
i vaguely remember reading that Bleron had a masters in applied math from columbia and took some classes in string theory that puts Bleron in a fuzzy IQ range of 145 and up (3 standard deviations above the mean) - i would guestimate that 150-155 would be a more fine-grained IQ range for Bleron Bleron failed L2 massively
Nature of things always have luck involved. This is why people win lottery every day. So it’s true that you can be both lazy and successful (and you can also be smart and unsuccessful as well). I wouldn’t hedge all of my risk on outliers though. That’s why I work hard everyday towards my goal. Sometimes I got it, sometimes I don’t. That’s the nature of things. Nevertheless, whether OP passes or fails wouldn’t make a difference to me (and probably shouldn’t matter to other people as well).
sublimity Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i vaguely remember reading that Bleron had a > masters in applied math from columbia and took > some classes in string theory > > that puts Bleron in a fuzzy IQ range of 145 and up > (3 standard deviations above the mean) - i would > guestimate that 150-155 would be a more > fine-grained IQ range for Bleron > > Bleron failed L2 massively What happened to that guy?
eltia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nature of things always have luck involved. This > is why people win lottery every day. So it’s true > that you can be both lazy and successful (and you > can also be smart and unsuccessful as well). > > I wouldn’t hedge all of my risk on outliers > though. That’s why I work hard everyday towards > my goal. Sometimes I got it, sometimes I don’t. > That’s the nature of things. > > Nevertheless, whether OP passes or fails wouldn’t > make a difference to me (and probably shouldn’t > matter to other people as well). You’ll make a good investor with that independent attitude (not being sarcastic).
Re: Where’s Turkish Posted by: bleron (IP Logged) [hide posts from this user] Date: August 29, 2007 04:13PM houston - i didnt make it, and wasnt even close. below 50 in quant, fixed income, portf mgmt, and not to mention FSA. Completely slaughtered it. caspian didnt make it either I think. oh well, lets go for 70+ on everything…
When I was in university for my bachelor degree in Applied Math, which is way harder than all CBOK, I had a friend who was just going through study material 3 - 4 days before exam, did not visit any lections, any seminars, just watching TV, playing games, drinking beer and so on… So, just an ordinary guy in everyday life. He always was getting the highest mark, always - I never could understand how. Some of the things I just could not get the meaning of and had to remember - he was explaining it on front of proctor, solving all hard problems and so on. So, I do believe this kind of people exist. I can not envy them cause I strongly believe everything is balanced in our life and pluses are offset with minuses, but I am really glad for them. Otherwise that would be kind of boring life if we wouldn’t be able to see stars. As for me - I will do my hard work with my tired eyes, neck, back and brain but I will pass this exam. No pain, no gain. Let the force be with us :)))
Yurik74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I was in university for my bachelor degree in > Applied Math, which is way harder than all CBOK, I > had a friend who was just going through study > material 3 - 4 days before exam, did not visit any > lections, any seminars, just watching TV, playing > games, drinking beer and so on… So, just an > ordinary guy in everyday life. > > He always was getting the highest mark, always - I > never could understand how. Some of the things I > just could not get the meaning of and had to > remember - he was explaining it on front of > proctor, solving all hard problems and so on. So, > I do believe this kind of people exist. > > I can not envy them cause I strongly believe > everything is balanced in our life and pluses are > offset with minuses, but I am really glad for > them. Otherwise that would be kind of boring life > if we wouldn’t be able to see stars. > > As for me - I will do my hard work with my tired > eyes, neck, back and brain but I will pass this > exam. No pain, no gain. Let the force be with us > :))) nice way of putting it. I wish this dude luck as well if he isn’t a troll.
Just took the morning session of the ‘benchmark’ exam: 41 / 60 questions correct (prior to adjustments) 39 / 60 after taking points off for the ones I straight up guessed on and got right: 65% Pretty much in line with what I expected. Concerns so far: -I noticed that each item set of 6 questions tends to focus on 1 very narrow piece of the curriculum. Dunno if this is just because it’s QBank or if it’s actually like this on the real deal. It would suck to get hit with 6 questions on one tiny piece that you don’t know on the real exam… that’s a pretty big blow to your overall score since there’s only 120 questions total -I’m a bit weak on a couple areas I thought I was strong on. There’s a couple concepts I ran into on the FSA questions that I’m not familiar with.