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I made a mistake by doing finquiz mock exams. They are pretty difficult and there are many errors, so i ended up spending a lot of time at the end worrying about minutia that cfai would probably never test on and if they did its not worth spending 1-2 hours gaining a deep understanding on a question you have a 33% chance of guessing correctly.

I will graduate from a Finance undergrad program in April and will have the whole month of May to study the CFA level I. Has anyone here passed it this way? Do you think it would be enough? I started to study last month but the problem with this strategy is that I tend to forget the bulk of what I have studied previously hence it is not very efficient. Preparing for the CFA with Limited Time to Study Generally speaking it is doable to study for the Level 1 exam with only a month of preparation time but this will depend on your background / education and the amount of time you have to prepare. Coming out of a finance undergrad program it is wise to take a practice exam cold in order to see what level of preparation you already have coming out of school. Our users recommended skipping the CFA prep books and focusing on the Scheswer notes.

One user shared his advice below. JunkBondSwap - Private Equity Partner: Definitely use the Schweser notes and focus on the most heavily weighted topics (FRA, Ethics, Equity, Fixed Income, etc.). Learn more about this topic in the video below. Read More About the CFA on WSO • • • • Looking to Break into the Hedge Fund World?

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I agree with junkbond - definitely focus on the heavily weighted topics. I took a similar path last year and passed. I registered in January but I didn't feel the fire under my ass to study until about mid-April. I went through the shweser secret sauce, referencing the books on anything I didn't really understand, and making a formula sheet along the way. From there I took practice tests until I was blue in the face. I feel like my having 7 different practice tests to go through a couple times each was the key to my passing. Also - I would wait to do Ethics until last - and you can essentially learn Ethics from practice tests depending on how many different practice tests you can get your hands on.