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Hi Marc, thanks for the response. Given the exam is about 3 weeks later, does that mean you’re recommending early April for practice questions, and mid-May for mocks?
You mention good mocks are hard to come by. I have the CFAI mock and Kaplan Schweser Volume 1. Do you recommend more, and who do you recommend? Thanks so much again!
Up4I joined one recently – it’s a pretty good discussion but I find it a bit difficult to jump in and out of quickly.
Up4found the link, but I think it might be full. https://chat.whatsapp.com/13yQdtg27854vLdBkIJm5R
Up4There was an article written a while ago that addressed exactly this, https://www.300hours.com/how-to-accurately-self-grade-your-cfa-level-iii-essay-questions/#.W4zjiZNKi88
Up4This should be possible on both calculators. Treat each semi-annual period as a unit of ‘n’, i.e. if the question states a 3 year period then n = 6, i = semi-annual interest, enter the rest of the info and calculate as normal.
Up4I think 90, 95, 99, I don’t think 68 is needed to be memorized. The rest should be provided if needed.
Up3No official word yet. More details probably when the actual curriculum is used.
Up3They definitely don’t provide a full table.
I think they provide a small limited table within the question if it is needed. If it’s standard values (i.e. 1%, 2.5%, 5%) I think you are expected to remember.
Up3My humble contribution (just replace ‘law’ with ‘CFA’). I watch a lot of HIMYM between study sessions to destress…
Up3Congrats! Enjoy your little man!
Up2Qbank is very very different from the vignette style questions though. Getting more practice exams might work better.
Up2I can give a bit of advice. I have two young children and still in the CFA process, although my timing is not exactly the same as yours.
There is no predictability with a newborn, but it should be possible with your timeline. As you’re the dad, you do have the flexibility of setting some kind of schedule. At the start, mommy will need a lot of rest in between so I would take some of your parental leave then.
Set a schedule that works for you and your wife, where a few hours a day you’re studying (and perhaps be on call for feeding etc so that mommy can also get some rest).
Newborns sleep a lot so you should be able to study OK for the first three months of baby’s life (which brings you to December exam day).
Your baby will be 5-8 months old for CFA June 2020. That will also be a challenge, maybe even more than this exam cycle. There is A LOT of different ways and beliefs in bringing up a baby so your mileage may vary. No judgment as everyone is entitled to their own way as long as baby is happy. I am a firm believer in routine and sleep training to make sure I have time to study, so if you want to go down that route make sure you start training baby now to set yourself up well for June 2020.
Up2janpeter said:However, just wondering would it make sense to try and ‘front-load’ the work and be ready for the exam before the baby comes?I don’t think there would be a point to that. If you get ‘exam-ready’ by october you would have fully forgotten everything by december.
You WILL have to study through your kid’s first few months of life, but they really do sleep a lot at the start so you might be lucky and not have too much difference.
One important tip that I forgot to mention though, is housework. The baby will take up much of yours and your wife’s time so make sure you cook a ton and freeze (or prepare to do a lot of takeaways), and either don’t bother about things like tidying up or have someone come regularly to maintain.
Up1I’m just finishing up Ethical standards, my last one. Tempted to just scan and finish and get on with practice, I’m getting quite confused with all the must-dos and record keeping and so on. I feel like with this topic I’m better off practicing rather than reading the theory.
Up1I was an associate member for a year, I joined for networking as well. It wasn’t very worth it for me, but I don’t think I put in a lot of effort into events and volunteering as recommended.
Up1Good luck everyone! 45 minutes to go…
Up1Me too, thanks @tkann!
Up1Anyone interested in a similar configuration for Level 2?
