Thursday, June 4, 2009

T-minus 2 days and counting

Well, my mind is a big bowl of mush right now. I have been cramming like crazy this week and I still am not done. I have reviewed the mock exam from this weekend and most of the material, but I still need to review derivatives and ethics by sundown tomorrow. However, I must admit that I am pretty confident. Of course the mock exam helped, plus I have gone over just about ever item set in the texts so I know some of the tricks they might use. I believe that the key for me is to over perform on equity and FSA. Those two areas are a minimum of 30% of the exam and I believe I can get better than 80% there. I don't think I will have too many weaknesses unless they ask really hard on the PM and an item set on time series for quants (my two biggest weaknesses).

My plan is to leave here tomorrow morning and drive to Tampa for the exam. I will be able to study all evening while being left alone. I will be in a mindset that won't be too appealing to the family anyway. As far as I can tell, the test wil be given at a high school or college near the airport. I am up by 7. Shower and check out of the hotel by 8. In the seat by 8:30. The test runs from 9-12 followed by a two hour lunch and an afternoon session from 2-5. Chances are I'll finish both sections early (most people in level 2 don't need a full 3 hours). I'll post next week on how it goes.

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