How Much Time Off Work Before Test? - Latest CFA Level 1 Discussions

This topic has 11 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated Sep-17 by ralu14.

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- Sophie Macon
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  27 Sep 2017 at 7:01 am
  
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  I’d say 1 week is a happy medium. You wouldn’t want to waste too many holidays for this, and studying 12 hrs a day right before the exams can be counterproductive.
- mbnmichael17
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  27 Sep 2017 at 7:16 am
  
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  Hi all, what do you think would be an adequate time to take off work before the test for someone who just finished all of the material?
- hairyfairy
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  27 Sep 2017 at 8:04 am
  
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  I’ve always taken 2 weeks – my firm gives it to me though.
- Sophie Macon
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  27 Sep 2017 at 8:48 am
  
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  Lucky you @hairyfairy‌ – nice one for scoring that!
- vincentt
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  27 Sep 2017 at 9:24 am
  
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  @hairyfairy‌ wow that’s extremely generous! I had to take time off from my annual leave 🙁
- mbnmichael17
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  27 Sep 2017 at 12:25 pm
  
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  OK – and here I was thinking that a few days was enough! It’s not a matter of taking time off, the firm will give me the time, it’s just judging what will not burn me out before the exam.
- Sophie Macon
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  27 Sep 2017 at 3:22 pm
  
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  @mbnmichael17‌ – a few days works fine too. Point is to take a few days off, and it depends on the stage of the preparation really. It’s different for each person 🙂
- Zee Tan
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  27 Sep 2017 at 4:30 pm
  
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  A week works fine. 2 weeks is great, but I don’t think you should be pushing 100% for the full 14 days if you do get 2 weeks off…
- Dan
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  27 Sep 2017 at 6:37 pm
  
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  If you are done already with all the material, 2 months before the exam, I don’t think you need any time off!
- MM12
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  27 Sep 2017 at 7:33 pm
  
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  My firm gives me 5 days, but I like to spread them out a bit instead of taking a full week off for dedicated studying. So this year I’ll have the final two days before the exam off, and then a couple of days in each of the two weeks before that.
- mbnmichael17
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  27 Sep 2017 at 11:14 pm
  
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  There’s just so many questions at the end of the CFA books and I need to make sure I know all of them. And of course there is the mock exam. Yipee.
- ralu14
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  29 Sep 2017 at 7:29 pm
  
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  My company doesn’t know I’m doing this since I didn’t tell them. I’m taking 2 days before the exam off and also 1 day in April that I would take off anyway. From what I read here I should be taking more time off. I’m still going through the material and plan on finish all of it beginning of May. Should I consider taking more time off?
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