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Thank you guys for your reply.
I suppose that seems like my plan. To use CFAi as a supplement.
Really my skepticism stems from my GMAT experience. I absolutely hated Kaplan. They employ 90% percentile instructors and the quality of the review material was subpar. Can anybody shed any light on the quality of the CFA Kaplan material…Basically my question is, what is the most efficient investment I can make, such that I pass level-I on try-I and im in good shape to prepare for level-II ?
> @servelv said:
> I started with CFAi books for this June (just wanted to experience it by myself!), but I will switch to third party providers.
> I only did Economics with the curriculum. It is really clear, detailed, but really wordy as well. Since I have a pretty good academical background in this field, I was able to directly highlight the concepts and move on really fast (1 reading per day in average).
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> However, since I will be clearly less comfortable with FRA & Quant (and most of the rest actually), I will use mainly third party providers in order to go directly into the concept, and use the curriculum only if I’m struggling and need a more detailed explanation..> @CFAcharterwannabe said:
> zatar: well everyone has a different opinion on this. A lot of people such as myself are using third party material like schweser as the primary source and then the CFAI books as a supplement. If i have any problems in an area while studying from kaplan, i refer to the CFAi material cos its really detailed and explains things a lot. But its supposed to be really time consuming which is why people choose to use kaplan. It depends on your methodology of studying and what you are comfortable with but for level 1 people usually do this. so good luck making ur choice and good luck for everything 🙂Up2@sophie – Thank you for your reply. You are right, I am in a decision paralysis mode. Given that preparation for this exam is a sizable investment, I just wanted to make sure I am safe if I used 3rd party prep, almost exclusively, before I started prep.
Thank you all for your replies. Certainly helpful!
