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Thanks for the heads up, @shreeneewas @CFAcharterwannabe. I did start the Ethics portion on Jan 21st and I’ll tell ya, its definitely not my fave. The Schewser online classes actually start with Quant – TVM from week 1 and do Ethics on the last class, on week 16.
My biggest obstacle is knowing how long should be spent reading – I’m currently using the spreadsheet provided by @sophie and ‘guesstimating’ the amount of hours that will be allocated to reading each section, ie Ethics. How should I go about estimating how many hours & days each subject takes me to complete? That is my biggest dilemma right now – based on my study session last night, I realized I’m going at an incredibly slow pace really memorizing (or attempting to) each point within the LOS.
Let me know what you guys think regarding time management per section.
Up4Thanks everyone, for the words of wisdom. I feel much more relieved!
I can’t wait to get the material – I’m hoping the physical Schweser Notes arrive on Fri (no Sat delivery), otherwise, I’ll study the online material over the 3-day weekend.This is my first post – thank you all for being so welcoming!
Up4No probs @DextTheCFA! That’s what this community is about 🙂
I’m glad this community is incredibly welcoming – out in the “real world,” its difficult to really share my concerns as many of my colleagues and friends either have no intention to study for the CFA or know what it is, for that matter.
@CFAcharterwannabe I just got the books in today – opened the box and freakage nearly doubled from the time I posted on the 14th of Jan. Its slowly diminishing as the day goes on. By later today, I’ll have my study hat on and ready to rock Ethics.And now look at you – young, recent finance graduate with elective in derivatives and good grades. This puts you in very good position compared to others.
So stop any negative thoughts and only look at the positive side.
Good luck mate !!!
@shreeneewas Thank you so much for the words of encouragement – it’s more feedback than I’ve received in the last month. Sometimes its humorous how negative thoughts escalate when the pressure is on. Best of luck to you as well – this exam isn’t easy or everyone would be a CFA. Keep us updated with your progress!Up2Stuj79 said:
So long story short – You will be fine with 2015 Kaplan material is you make sure you study new/updated material from the CFAI curriculum.Thank you for the insight — I have indeed decided to use the 2015 Kaplan books to study for the level II.
googs1484 said:@DextTheCFA I would change your forum name. Just a suggestion unless you are a Charterholder. It would appear your name is implying as such.‘Dext’ is used as a verb in this case, and it is short for Dexter. No problem if you don’t get it — if you do, I’m slowly clapping for ya.
Up1Does anyone follow such guides below to determine what material has changed from one year to the next?
This would basically save me a couple hundred dollars, assuming that I’d be able to use STRICTLY CFAI curriculum for sections with changes year over year.http://www.finquiz.com/blog/2015/08/19/cfa-level-2-changes-2016-cfa-curriculum-updates/
https://irfanullah.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Level-II-2015-2016-Program-Changes.pdf
Up0It’s been really tough for me to buckle down like I did for Level I. To put it into perspective, I’ve been working on Quant since the beginning of November. It’s simply a motivation thing more than anything else. I’m sure there will be plenty of regrets in a few months…
