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| Author | Topic: Should I register for level 2 or wait for another year? |
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| vinit1987 @2019-12-17 12:03:44 |
Hey all! This last Saturday I sat for Level I and I'm trying to decide whether or not to take 3 weeks off before start studying for Level II or wait for June 2021. I know this can be a recurring thread, but I would like to know your thoughts of this. My one concern for this is that I don't want to burnout. For Level I, I started with around ~15 hours a week for the first 1-2 months. Then I ramped up to 20-25 hours per week for the last 3 months. I studied most of the time with AnalystNotes, and some more challenging readings (Derivatives, Fixed Income, PM) with the CFAI textbooks. I think my one major problem was that I took extensive notes for every reading (that I didn't review either) and I realized of this mistake at the end, at the beginning of October. So my questions are: Should I go and start studying (after a break) for Level II or wait until June 2021? If so, what strategy should I have for Level II? How different is compared with Level I? Any recommendations of prep providers for Level II? I really liked MM for Economics (I didn't have any Macro in my undergrad, so I picked him because I had only 2 weeks to study Economics). Should you have any other advice, feel free to comment please! Thanks in advance! P.S.: Please consider that my native language is Spanish. |
| renmo92 @2019-12-25 22:19:11 |
Don't wait. You need to begin preparing for L2 immediately. L2 isn't even comparable to L1 - believe you me. Skip ethics and start by reading quant, and then equity. That way if you must repeat level 1 you didn't completely waste your time on topics that won't strengthen your understanding of topics that appear in level 1. |
| mohit007 @2020-01-28 21:57:53 |
Without knowing more of what might be going on in your life, my knee jerk response is that you should attempt Level 2 in June 2020. Why do next year (2021) what you could do this year (2020)? |
CFA Discussion Topic: Should I register for level 2 or wait for another year?
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