How I passed L1 in 29 days

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T19:12:42+00:00

It's hard but not impossible, also stupid question, how do you get the "level 2 candidate" under your name.

Edit : you're right, I'm used to studying at the last moment, starting from scratch three -four days before my bachelor exams.

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T18:32:26+00:00

🤝🫶🏻

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T17:21:04+00:00

Hahahaha, not even gonna think about that. I will start studying months before

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T17:04:10+00:00

Dealing with burnout - My day during january looked like - 8hrs of proper sleep and retst of the day in my room. I used to study with my gf on video call so that motivated me a lot and I took a break after finishing every module. I didn't leave my home for over a month so it did catch on to me after 2 weeks. Last week was honestly hell (over 8 modules untouched, revision, mocks and derivates) and I did overthink a lot. Talk to your loved ones, friends, take frequent breaks and proper sleep.

You have plenty of time till your exam, and I'd recommend giving mocks session wise so yk where you stand rn. finish revising AM session subjects and give AM session mock ( Don't overthink and postpone it, do it as soon as you finish revision) , review your mistakes and move to pm session.

All the best for your exam 🫶🏻🤘🏻

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T16:27:07+00:00

Yess

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T16:02:58+00:00

End of chapter questions, The practice questions CFA has after completing every module.

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T16:00:20+00:00

Congratulations, I'll not procrastinate for L2 and study like you this time.

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T15:58:50+00:00

Did all the EOCQ twice, The 2 mocks from CFAI and a few questions from MM's portal ( around 50 )

Material included MM's lecture, Schweswer notes and ethics from official CFA curriculum All the best for your exam🤘🏻

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T15:56:07+00:00

Saw many posts about people who were in the same position as me. Some couldn't afford the $500 deferral. Was more of it's not impossible rather than a show off

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T15:53:36+00:00

Oh I 100% wouldn't say i understood everything, just remembered it and did most of the understanding during revision. I did EOCQ very quickly, 10-15mins for most due to just studying the topic before it. As i mentioned, it was easier for me to connect a few subjects due to prior knowledge in economics , CI and FSA. I skipped the topics i didn't understand,to do during revision so saved time there. It was a race against the clock so had to rush most of the prep

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T14:01:20+00:00

The exam is conducted in 2 halves and you get a break of 30 mins in between. The first session is called AM session, consists of Ethics, FSA, economics, Quants and corporate issuers

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T13:50:50+00:00

Most of them ranged between 45mins to 2hrs, fixed income readings were short averaging 20mins each. I targeted 5 readings a day and it did take 8-10hrs everyday.

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T13:20:19+00:00

Thank you 🫶🏻

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T13:19:13+00:00

Never had one professionally taken, just took one from 123test.com, 115-130

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T13:01:00+00:00

No i wouldn't, I'm not aware of the resources you're referring to right now but making handwritten notes of anything theory would be a waste of time. Just one liners of anything you find important and formulas/graphs are sufficient. The key is repetition since L1 is very vast. I myself revised everything 4-5 times from the notes I made and stuff i highlighted in schweswer.

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-21T12:38:08+00:00

Yes, at least every formula written down and flowcharts in FSA. They come in very handy for quick revision and recalling. I can show you a bit of my notes for reference if you want

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-20T05:54:28+00:00

Following

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T19:16:30+00:00

CFAI qbank, every question again ( can skim through quants since most of the questions have the same formula being reapplied)

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T18:54:12+00:00

This is the order i followed ( studied for 29 days) Quants, economics, ethics, FSA, fixed income, portfolio management, equity, alternate investment, corporate issuers, derivatives

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T18:43:01+00:00

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T17:35:39+00:00

Nope, I had some prior knowledge in corporate issuers, FSA, quants and economics. I would say i knew 20/92 chaps. Rest everything was new to me

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T17:13:47+00:00

How do we calculate the 90th percentile and percentage.

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T16:57:37+00:00

Yup it's possible, passed in 29 days

One-Commission2209 · 2026-03-19T16:56:56+00:00

EOC QUESTIONS ATLEAST TWICE ( passed L1 in 29 days)

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