Hi @David Harper CFA FRM @Nicole Seaman
Given we're just over a week away, I'm trying to decide how to spend the little time remaining to get the best bang for my buck to try and pass the part II exam.
So I'm facing a tradeoff between quantity and quality where my impression is that your more recent materials are more closely targeted to the current curriculum (which makes sense
) but there may not be as many of them.
So specifically in terms of the mock exams, if we had the choice between taking all of them once, or taking the most recent half of the exams twice, which would you pick? (e.g. do exams D, E and F twice each, vs doing them all once.)
I saw the post below about there not being a specific magic to the order of the exams, but am I correct in thinking they're created in alphabetical order (A first, F last) so the later letters will have more recent questions (i.e. exams D, E F are the most recent)?
https://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/mock-exams.7997/#post-31258
Edit: To add some context I had a mixed experience with the focus review videos, because I found the review of the relevant topics useful, but for those which were no longer relevant I had to worry about whether I'd just forgotten about them (that does happen more often than I'd like
) or they were no longer in the curriculum. So then I 'd have to spend time looking through the learning objectives. I realize this "Is it on the test" approach isn't good for my long term education, but from now until 6pm on the 19th of May all my effort is focused on passing - after which I'll resume a less stressful approach to life-long learning (hoping I do pass )
Thanks!
Karim
Given we're just over a week away, I'm trying to decide how to spend the little time remaining to get the best bang for my buck to try and pass the part II exam.
So I'm facing a tradeoff between quantity and quality where my impression is that your more recent materials are more closely targeted to the current curriculum (which makes sense
) but there may not be as many of them.So specifically in terms of the mock exams, if we had the choice between taking all of them once, or taking the most recent half of the exams twice, which would you pick? (e.g. do exams D, E and F twice each, vs doing them all once.)
I saw the post below about there not being a specific magic to the order of the exams, but am I correct in thinking they're created in alphabetical order (A first, F last) so the later letters will have more recent questions (i.e. exams D, E F are the most recent)?
https://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/mock-exams.7997/#post-31258
Edit: To add some context I had a mixed experience with the focus review videos, because I found the review of the relevant topics useful, but for those which were no longer relevant I had to worry about whether I'd just forgotten about them (that does happen more often than I'd like
) or they were no longer in the curriculum. So then I 'd have to spend time looking through the learning objectives. I realize this "Is it on the test" approach isn't good for my long term education, but from now until 6pm on the 19th of May all my effort is focused on passing - after which I'll resume a less stressful approach to life-long learning (hoping I do pass )Thanks!
Karim
to get G and H prepared and published before the exam. Regarding the focus review videos, we do realize that they are older, and they are on our list to update this year. Unfortunately, there are so many materials to prepare, that we have no choice but to prioritize some over others. This means that some of the materials are not updated for the May exam. I hope that helps!