5 Critical Reasons Why You Should Attack CFA Level II Right After Dec Level I

@policedog exact same situation here! I’m going to start studying today 😀

I wrote Level one in December and have signed up for level two in June also. So far I especially agree with #2, having the Level one material relatively fresh in my head has been a big plus. If I’d waited a year I imagine it would take a lot more time to get through the material because I’d for sure have to go back and review.

waiting 1.5 years is pretty long. I took L1 in June and already forgotten most stuff. Revising brings it up again quite quickly though.

Damn straight. Passed Dec 2013 after just missing out in June 2013, and going for L2 2014!!! No wasted time.

hey @sree_sentiments

Like I mentioned and detailed in the blog post, there isn’t really a down-side to taking the L2 as soon as possible, except for the effort needed. And your ‘wasted’ effort will be useful even if you fail – in your retry you’d have studied the material already and gotten yourself an advantage.

So to answer your question – it’s not that I believe there are X disadvantages to taking a long break, but rather I don’t see any advantage at all.

I did this, but was then totally burnt out for LIII and probably started too late. So watch for burnout, or enjoying the six months following June too much…

I also did my level-2 post the december exam. But it will take really lot of dedication if we start from here. Daily study of atleast 2-3 hours including weekends. By the time you have given you exam, you have almost completely burned out

Dear Christine, I too just passed Level 1 in Dec 2013. I crammed last minute and managed to past comfortably. However, I’m in a conundrum. I can clearly see in a lot of forums that Level 2 is apparently the hardest of all. So, I’m still deciding if I should do L2 this June. I can understand the advantages of doing it immediately however I have a full time job, I conduct extra-curricular classes and financially, doing the CFA is pretty expensive for me. So I want to make sure I have enough time to pass L2 without cramming last minute like before. My question is, is there any other disadvantages in your opinion in taking a long break (i.e. 1 year plus) before doing Level 2. Please shed some light. Thanks in advance!