when I decided to study for the CFA it was mid January 2009, ordered the books from Schweser, and started studying in February 2009.
the day i registered in the CFA site, I knew I had to give up everything (social life, family, fun, rest, food etc)
My schedule was as fallow:
week1- Economics S4
week2- Economics S5
week3- Economics S6
week4- FSA S7 and S8
week5- FSA S9
week6- FSA S10
week7- Ethics S1
week8- Quant S2
week9- Quant S3
week10- Fixed Income S15 and S16
week11- Equity S13 and S14
week12- Corporate Finance S11
week13 Portfolio Management S12
week14- Derivatives and Alternative investment S17 and S18
Date:
started 8Th of Feb 2009, reading the material from schweser book, watched Schweser Video CD's, solving end chapter questions and solving Qbank questions and finished by the 16Th of May 2009.
My study timing was:
5pm till 10:30pm Sun to Thursday
9:00am till 3:00pm Fri and Sat
I took the last 30 days off from work (May) and my timing was :
7:30am till 10:30pm
I think I consumed more than 500 hours!
CFAI Books:
Didn't use the CFAI books only referred to them for ethics and solved ethics questions.
Final 30 Days before the exam:
I spent the last weeks till June 6 2009(exam day), reading "Shweser Secret Sauce" as a review tool and solving Mock Exams as much as I could.
Health:
I lost around 12 kilos and faced strange medical problems due to stress and pressure
Result:
Got my result on the 28Th of July 2009 with a PASS under my name it was all worth it, I was the happiest Girl on the planet! Glad that all that study has paid off.
