Hello everyone, I hope the summer was enjoyable for you and I assume if you're taking the Level 2 exam for the first time next June, I'm sure it was very enjoyable. Congratulations to all that passed L1 back in June, I hope you'll be joining me for the next stage of this adventure.
After passing L1 back in December, I decided to take this year and devote some much needed time to myself and my kids. I'm sure I could have passed L2 right away, but I'm in no particular rush. With the economy the way it is now, I'm finding it's almost impossible to switch careers unless you want to just completely start over which I just cannot do at this stage in my life. I still hold out hopes of making the switch, but for now it's a secondary goal.
Enough talking about me, let's talk L2. I got the materials a month ago and I've been perusing them at a very high level, just to get a sense of what's ahead of me. The good news is that I've seen a lot of this material before so from that perspective, I'm not too worried. The bad news? This item set format presents a brand new set of challenges, one that doesn't lend itself well to the methodology I followed in L1.
I plan on starting the studying this week by going thru Ethics and answering some questions. From now until the New Year I'll try to cover all of the material but nothing too deep, and then hit it hard come January. I will be using Stalla, but will not take the live class this time and will just use the material and lectures. I'll also obtain the Schweser material and use it to supplement Stalla.
As I go thru the material my post rate will increase so stay tuned.
After passing L1 back in December, I decided to take this year and devote some much needed time to myself and my kids. I'm sure I could have passed L2 right away, but I'm in no particular rush. With the economy the way it is now, I'm finding it's almost impossible to switch careers unless you want to just completely start over which I just cannot do at this stage in my life. I still hold out hopes of making the switch, but for now it's a secondary goal.
Enough talking about me, let's talk L2. I got the materials a month ago and I've been perusing them at a very high level, just to get a sense of what's ahead of me. The good news is that I've seen a lot of this material before so from that perspective, I'm not too worried. The bad news? This item set format presents a brand new set of challenges, one that doesn't lend itself well to the methodology I followed in L1.
I plan on starting the studying this week by going thru Ethics and answering some questions. From now until the New Year I'll try to cover all of the material but nothing too deep, and then hit it hard come January. I will be using Stalla, but will not take the live class this time and will just use the material and lectures. I'll also obtain the Schweser material and use it to supplement Stalla.
As I go thru the material my post rate will increase so stay tuned.
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Hey I am glad you have decided to go back to Level II, I passed Level I back in June and found your entried on L1 very useful. Look forward to seeing your postings. I have looked through Quant and CorpFin, the former one is much hard than LI and the later one is not bad at all.
Cool...I am in this also ! Hope we get through.
Usually, I have observed that Ethics is one of the last items that people undertake - especially in the last week or so. There is no thumb-rule for any sequence. It depends on how much you want to do.
Personally, I feel that starting studies for analyst exams too early may lead to losing the tempo later. But hey, it depends on personal style too.
I read ethics pieces on the subway for 3 months in my short 15 min ride because they were light-reads.
Hi there! :)
Been wondering what made you decide to go with Stalla instead of Schweser? thanks