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naomi said:

Looking to get into Private Banking or Wealth Management.

^ CFA is definitely going to help on this. ^

I think the age thing is a fallacy, usually peeps under 25 are trying to get a job, so obviously CFA would help. You’re trying to break into PB and PWM so CFA would help regardless of your age. But it is at least three years off your life so you’ll have to weigh the costs and benefits.

CIMA is useful for finance director roles etc but not sure how useful it is in PWM.

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Me when I’m having my one beer after a hard day’s studying:

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If it was my money I’d personally get more mock exams at that price.

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Yes please, thanks @tkann!

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What’s the answer @Matt_AnalystPrep

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On track, with kids – respect.

BobBarkerPlaysPlinko said:

I budgeted 2 weeks for derivatives, studied, realized I am beyond clueless, and skipped it.

What are you going to do with derivatives – throw completely or you’re going back to it? I’ve considered skipping topics. So far sticking to everything but may have to abandon this strategy soon.

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IIRC I started after the summer holiday season. Worked for me, I pushed really hard once I started though.

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@avannoord how did you find Mark Meldrum? I’m thinking about using his materials next year.

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Do we have to be in the same area? Isn’t it an online package?

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jasdev said:

This sub-forum feels a bit dormant this year, seemingly all the activity has moved to AnalystForum and r/cfa on reddit.
Just posted this for anyone morbidly curious: https://www.analystforum.com/forum/s/cfa-forums/cfa-level-iii-forum/91370748

I’m L2, but feel like I can comment on this. I read all three forums, mostly lurking.

I like this forum. When I do post, I prefer to post here rather than Analystforum or reddit. This comment summarizes why I don’t like posting on the other two forums: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFA/comments/b9s3u4/plea_to_all_the_commenters_on_this_subreddit/.

I didn’t really get useful responses to my questions especially when I was in L1 and a noob but this forum was more helpful than the others. I find the ‘bro-culture’ around most CFA groups to be tiring, where everyone mostly fronting or trolling. Of course there are some helpful people in the other forums too, but the snide comments in my experience are very off-putting for us newbies.

I read your update, hope you make it to the finish line safely!

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jasdev said:

it was easier to find CFA related memes here initially 🙂

Literally the next thread: https://forum/.300hours.com/discussion/3534/anyone-else-really-intimidated-by-the-essay-paper

My first L2 attempt, not going well right now tho. I think I left studying too late and I’m only just starting to look at questions (I know you just did a practice paper, but I’m literally only looking at EOC questions now). I’m screwed, i know.

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BTW, does anyone know if both pens and pencils are allowed in the essay paper?

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I scored 40+% on my first practice exam, and went on to pass, so go figure 🙂

It’s normal to have a bad first test score. Assuming you’re a Dec candidate you have 4 weeks to bring this up. I found these posts helpful.

• Tips: https://www.300hours.com/articles/how-to-improve-your-cfa-mock-exam-scores#.Xbv7PJP7TOQ
• Some data on what the benchmark of practice exam score should be: https://www.300hours.com/improve-cfa-practice-exam-scores/#.Xbv7QZP7TOQ

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I just opened my books about 20 minutes ago and you guys are already talking about essays?!

Amazing find on the past papers, I’ve been looking for them.

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