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How To Pass CFA Level 1 in First Attempt

Imran Dean

27 Sep 2024

CFA, How To Study

As a CFA exam candidate, I've achieved the holy grail: I’m lucky enough as a candidate to have passed my CFA exams the first times I attempted them. As more than half of Level 1 candidates fail their exams every year, and being a 300Hours reader myself, I thought it might be useful for me to share my experience with you guys. In this article, I'll focus specifically on how to pass CFA Level 1 in first attempt. Hopefully some of the ...

CFA Scholarships: How to Successfully Get Them

Alexander Law

23 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Aside from the time commitment, there is a considerable cost to pursuing the CFA charter, especially for students. Level 1 enrollment and registration fees alone can be as high as $1,600, not including any third-party ...

FRM Pass Rates: How Hard Are FRM Exams?

Sophie Macon

22 Sep 2024

FRM

Current or potential FRM candidates often wonder what are the FRM pass rates like, in order to have a sense of FRM exam difficulty. This is also a common question we get asked ...

FRM Fees: What’s The Total Cost? A Solid Estimate

Sophie Macon

21 Sep 2024

FRM

​Here’s a proper guide on all the relevant FRM fees you really need to budget for both Parts of the FRM exams. First, we are going to dive straight into the total cost of FRM exams ...

How to Balance Work, Study and Family: 5 Valuable Tips

Sophie Macon

20 Sep 2024

Study Motivation

Being a working parent is hard enough, but what if you add on the challenge of studying for a finance exam to the mix? Some of us at 300Hours have rambunctious children, so we ...

2025 CFA Exam Cost Breakdown: A Detailed Estimate

Sophie Macon

19 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

When evaluating the benefits of the CFA charter, we quite often come to the discussion on whether CFA is a good return on investment.  Whilst the return part of the equation is subjective and trickier ...

6 Effective Ways To Manage Stress While Studying

Zee Tan

18 Sep 2024

Study Motivation

Stress has an alarming ability to infiltrate all aspects of everyday life. It can strike unexpectedly, often causing people to subconsciously react in ways that are quite out of proportion to their situation. ...

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