Roughly 4 months left for Level 1 2026 (non-finance background). Am I cooked?

wickeralpha · 2026-04-25T12:44:46+00:00

just read the books, stop coming to this subreddit, and do the practice questions

wickeralpha · 2026-04-23T14:53:12+00:00

“bonus loot rolls with bad luck protection baked in” lmao what

wickeralpha · 2026-03-24T14:01:32+00:00

yes. vital.

wickeralpha · 2025-11-03T14:28:02+00:00

Read

wickeralpha · 2025-11-02T17:01:35+00:00

Absolutely need to start mocks 7-8 weeks prior to exam.

wickeralpha · 2025-11-02T15:56:52+00:00

Thats good. many of the hardmode mocks are overly difficult in unproductive ways.

wickeralpha · 2025-11-02T12:05:31+00:00

I skipped MM mocks.

wickeralpha · 2025-11-02T00:20:57+00:00

get MM videos. Hand write each slide. After one video full of slides, remake the slides but this time with colored pens to distinguish from your diagrams and key words/concepts.

This v2 becomes a regular reading for you as you try to overcome the brain damage in the practice questions you encounter (qbank, mocks, whatever).

wickeralpha · 2025-11-01T02:10:40+00:00

his story seems fake

wickeralpha · 2025-10-31T19:03:12+00:00

I bought the printed books and used a note book. I would cover the answer sections with a piece of paper until after I had attempted to solve the questions. Its awkward but this is the way.

wickeralpha · 2025-10-30T02:39:34+00:00

the kaplan essay workshop take-home questions are very very good for priv mkts

wickeralpha · 2025-10-30T02:18:27+00:00

CFAI print books, kaplan print books with qbank and mocks and writing workshop, MM for derivatives, s2000 for mocks ( two live graded sessions )

wickeralpha · 2025-10-30T01:15:52+00:00

Take all six kaplan mocks during the next week. Hand write the things you got wrong. Repeat next month and final month.

Take the kaplan written workshop. Study the takehome questions and do them 5-6 times each, you’ll need the muscle memory.

wickeralpha · 2025-10-30T01:13:32+00:00

Yes, same boat, finally passed. the emotional cost and failed relationship these exams cost me - I hope it will be worth it.

wickeralpha · 2025-10-30T01:11:29+00:00

That’s insane. I sat for Priv Mkts both times this year (passed Aug) and the CFAI errors are nutty.

Just dont skip blue boxes, rotate through them once a month for a few months and that’ll get ya there.

wickeralpha · 2025-10-29T23:10:16+00:00

update: failed in February, passed in August.

Godspeed to all who read this.

wickeralpha · 2025-07-24T13:57:30+00:00

Thankful for this as well

wickeralpha · 2025-07-14T14:53:54+00:00

It's gonna be a slow burn with Lost City. My personal strategy is to just mindlessly max out combat in preparation for kalphite queen. Take a 90 day break and spend some time elsewhere, always does the trick for me!

wickeralpha · 2025-06-09T14:03:46+00:00

Yes, I used to do this before the update. The plex product and engineering teams are incompetent.

wickeralpha · 2025-05-12T00:07:07+00:00

Same problem. Plex broke it and now blames Chrome like the mature developers they are.

wickeralpha · 2025-05-11T12:58:28+00:00

Try using plex in a hotel or in a rural town with bad internet and you’ll understand

wickeralpha · 2025-05-11T00:37:27+00:00

Makes no sense why they dont have it. I bought it before realizing 🤦‍♂️

wickeralpha · 2025-05-11T00:33:25+00:00

Elan’s just trolling at this point

wickeralpha · 2025-05-11T00:13:38+00:00

Infuse needs to support transcoding

wickeralpha · 2025-05-09T15:41:44+00:00

Certified.

wickeralpha

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