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I’m only just finished Fixed income and I have done no exams!!! Do I have any hope? I have two weeks off before, was hoping to do Derivatives and Portfolio management in 2 days and then pure exams until Thursday before the exam. Sounds like I am miles behind!!!

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I’m in the same boat as @Mattyc, have a yound daughter 7 months old and attempting Level II. I’ve found it incredibly hard to devote the required time to study, particularly on the weekends when all you really want to do is be a parent but you know you need to study. My guilt has been too strong to stay late everynight and I find myself getting in for 7am and doing 1.5hours in the morning, trying to do 45 minutes through lunch and doing another 1.5hours at night when my wife and daughter are in bed. The only problem is that CFA, Level II in particular requires long stints of time to make much progress, you really need to give it 3 – 4 hours at a go and you can make good head way on the material. As a result I am staring down the barrel of not having even been through the full course yet (Still Derviative and PM to go) so it is unlikely, but not impossible that I will do enough to pass.

In summary my advise is that it is doable but you have to make a call that CFA study is as important as parenting, which to date I haven’t been able to swallow!!! Anyway its not over yet 2 big weeks to go anything could happen

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