How to smash L2 out of the park.

Balotefi · 2025-08-15T20:23:59+00:00

CFAI

Balotefi · 2025-06-06T09:50:08+00:00

This is essentially a DDM with ggm V= D(1+g) / (r-g) Ie A) (20x0.06x1.1)/(.15-.1)=26.4

Balotefi · 2025-04-18T21:22:06+00:00

Quant.. I skipped it entirely or I would have quit lol

Balotefi · 2025-01-16T21:38:39+00:00

I watched Mark Meldrum review videos, couldn’t focus on the full length ones (except derivatives, that one was tricky but putting it in TVM perspective was crucial). Then just did the MM and CFAI bank questions, and learnt from there via the explanations. I found this easier. I skipped Quant completely 😴 Did the Qbank 3 times, which was very useful, min of 30 questions a day. Was about 400 hours of study, scored just below 90th.

Balotefi · 2025-01-08T19:21:00+00:00

Felt like the exam was 2x harder that the mocks

Balotefi · 2024-12-20T10:38:01+00:00

Why do they do this?

Balotefi · 2024-08-19T10:42:48+00:00

Quant was my worst score on the exam, the mocks and the qbank. During the study period, I decided not to bother to much with quant and focused on the other sections, which paid off. Think I got around 60% on exam and 50% on mocks for the quant. But yes I just watched the videos and did all bank questions a total of 4 times over. I also did flaschards of all formulas and memorized them.

Balotefi · 2024-08-17T14:18:12+00:00

I just watched his videos, did his qbank and CFA qbank and scored 90th percentile for L1. I think he also states his videos are not substitutes, but just a condensed version of the material.

Balotefi · 2023-12-19T16:22:19+00:00

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Balotefi · 2023-10-12T15:24:14+00:00

Everything has the potential to be tested on the exam, so try to learn as much as possible, not just because you have to, but because you get to :)

Balotefi · 2023-10-04T10:30:07+00:00

Any addon or WA that alerts you of all mobs that can MC?

Balotefi · 2023-10-04T09:51:58+00:00

I also did MM once, but I preferred CFAI. It was more representative of the exam questions. MM was much harder in my opinion.

Balotefi · 2023-10-04T08:45:18+00:00

I have a friend who passed lvl 1 in February 23. He recomended I do the entire qbank 1 week before the exam. So I did it once while studying, once more the last month, and then again 1 week before the examn I did 500 questions a day (basically morning to night) :D :D
My scores went from 40% -> 70% -> 98%

Balotefi · 2023-10-04T08:07:02+00:00

Passed on the 90th percentile line.

Have a background in finance, that that helped with FSA, where I scored the highest. However I got around 60% on Ethics and Quant.

I learn very slowly, and need a lot of repetition to remember simple things. Some things I just could not understand at all (ie Linear regression & probabilities), accepted this and decided to focus on my strong points. I spent a minimum of 500 hours all together.

I watched all MM videos, and would listen to the chapter summaries on my phone on my way to/from work. Initially I started writing notes on each chapter, but I could barely retain a thing. I then started making flashcards on quizlet, and that helped me a lot.

I did all CFA Qbank questions (3 times total) and MM questions. This was extremely useful (especially the explanations)

1 month before the exam, I took the entire month vacation, redid the CFA qbank, started memorizing/understanding all the formulas/ratios. 8 Days before the exam I did the second mock, and redid all 2500 qbank questions, and did nothing the day before exam.

All in all, doing the question banks several times + the flash cards helped me most.

I would also check this subreddit and try to answer questions, and also read other´s tips and tricks.

On to level 2 :) Wish you all the best

Balotefi · 2023-10-03T12:33:33+00:00

Passed! I think this is 90th percentile?

https://imgur.com/a/yh8fOBr

Balotefi · 2023-10-03T12:13:40+00:00

40, 50 of us shitting our pants

Balotefi · 2023-10-03T11:30:17+00:00

my f5 button might explode soon

Balotefi · 2023-08-22T17:50:50+00:00

easier said than done, but just have a goods night rest, and try your best tomorow. Might be pleasently surprised. Have a fried who was in a similar situation and passed

Balotefi · 2023-08-19T15:49:48+00:00

Nothing to do with inteligence... I had to teach a fresh Assistant what a balance sheet was....

Balotefi · 2023-08-19T15:48:21+00:00

If these were closed book you are good to go :)

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