Past Years’ CFAI Mocks vs. 2013 Schweser Mocks

Because when he/she sees this post, he/she will accuse me of posting it and I will just say that no real persons have been identified and it was merely a coincidence that someone else was having the same discussion with his/her colleague 😉

Touche, @5000questions!

“Difficult” is subjective. You might find the financial reporting analysis really easy and I’ll just glare at you while I stare down my impenetrable FRA notes.

From what I understand after talking to fellow 300hour forum members is that Schweser is tilted towards being more calculative and CFAI is more comprehension. A consistent 70’s something in Schweser mocks is really good (you must have a strong understanding of the material)! I would suggest going over your mocks and looking over which type of questions you are having troubles with. Is it more theory of quantitative or a mix. You have time you should also do the end of chapter question that CFAI provides to get more used to CFAI styled questions.

That being said the inherent problem with old mock exams from anywhere is that the CFA curriculum has this really bad habit of changing and with IFRS and GAAP moving towards harmonization I’m sure some of the readings have changed. Using 2008 exams might be kind of dangerous and confusing?

@diya’s right. She covered all bases and I have nothing more to add!

But I would focus on your approach more given that the material is ‘newer’. Let us know how the CFAI mock went!

I agree with @diya – CFAI questions are just slightly different from Schweser. It’s good to get experience from both. I’m not sure if 2008 papers are sufficiently aligned with current curriculum though. You should definitely do recent papers however.

Of course, more practice is always better regardless of source, so you shouldn’t pass up on any Schweser material you get (or similarly CFAI mocks)!

One thing I’m curious though @5000questions – why do you refer to your colleague as he/she? Surely you know?!