If you ever have the chance to do an accelerated MBA program, while preparing for a first attempt on a CFA exam, while commuting 4 hours per day, I would advise you not to do it. My ideal schedule during the week is as follows. I wake up at 5 am. I am on the road by 6 in order to make it to class by 8. First class is over at 11am (each class is 3 hours long). Then I have roughly 90 minutes for lunch before the next class. The second class is done by 3:30 which gets me to pick up Jordan by 6 pm. Then I have to get Jordan to bed by 8 pm, and walk and feed the dogs before inhaling dinner for myself. Do the math and that means I get about 90 minutes during the day where I can lunch and study. Maybe another 30 minutes or so at night before I go to bed. That assumes that I have no group assignments during the week - which I do. This isn't a blog about MBA programs so I will simply say that I haven't been able to devote the time I had budgeted to review though I have been able to devote some time. If I can't meet my own standards do I deserve to meet theirs?
On my practice tests I have come pretty close to passing, getting aroun 60%. That leaves me about one essay question and one item set from a likely passing score. I have been doing poorly one ethics during the practice so if I improve there, that might be good enough. Thus far I have been relying on Schweser for my practice exams, but that ends this weekend. This weekend I am taking a mock exam offered by CFAI for the item sets. For the essay portion the CFAI has posted the actual essay questions from the previous 3 years on their website and I have intentionally been avoiding the 2009 questions in anticipation of this weekend. If they are heavy on the early sessions and light on bonds and derivatives, I should be able to do well. I will update at least one more time before the exam.
My schedule admittedly was built in with a little cushion in proficiency, but the point is that now I can't
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