Course Study Plan Guide

[Srilakshmi]

hello everyone,

I am quite overwhelmed by the number of topics in FRM part 2. I am reading as many chapters I can and as many questions I can, but I would like to concentrate on a few topics that are of utmost importance. Can someone help understand how they decided to punt or give importance to the questions?

 

[bpdulog]

hello everyone,

I am quite overwhelmed by the number of topics in FRM part 2. I am reading as many chapters I can and as many questions I can, but I would like to concentrate on a few topics that are of utmost importance. Can someone help understand how they decided to punt or give importance to the questions?

I'm not really sure how to answer this, given that the amount of detail in P2 seems to be insane. FWIW I haven't been spending much time on the Current Issues section.

 

[savvitos]

Hi all, i am taking my frm part 2 exam and i was wondering except the bionic turtle if you have any quesiton bank suggestions?i saw the one from schweser but they dont sell it seperately only together with the notes which i dont need .

does anyone has any experience with the prepmaster ? is it good?

 

[Nicole Seaman]

Hi all, i am taking my frm part 2 exam and i was wondering except the bionic turtle if you have any quesiton bank suggestions?i saw the one from schweser but they dont sell it seperately only together with the notes which i dont need

does anyone has any experience with the prepmaster ? is it good?

Hello @savvitos

I've moved your question here so you can get an idea of the study plans that other members have created for themselves. Many of them only used the Bionic Turtle practice questions, as we provide over 4,000 practice questions in our study planner and in the forum to help our members to learn the FRM concepts in depth. We have also shared past GARP practice exams in our forum resources here, which are very helpful: https://forum.bionicturtle.com/resources/categories/frm-practice-garp.16/. I hope this helps!

Nicole

 

[savvitos]

zhanks a lot... but maybe i am missing something.. where are the 4000 questions? i am only using the ones in the study planner. do i miss something? help please!!

 

[Nicole Seaman]

zhanks a lot... but maybe i am missing something.. where are the 4000 questions? i am only using the ones in the study planner. do i miss something? help please!!

Hello @savvitos

All of our practice questions originate in the forum, and they are then compiled into the practice question sets in the study planner. We recently created a spreadsheet to count the total number of practice questions that we offer. There are over 4,000 practice questions between Part 1 and Part 2. This includes our mock exam questions and interactive quizzes. You are not missing any of our practice questions as long as you are studying all of the practice questions in the study planner. Here is more information about our practice questions: https://www.bionicturtle.com/bt-faq/many-practice-questions-included-question-sets/. I hope this helps!

Nicole

 

[Harrywinston]

Hello,

Can you please help me out in preparing a Bank PO study plan for 6 months?

Hoping you would do the needful.

Thank you

 

[Nicole Seaman]

Hello,

Can you please help me out in preparing a Bank PO study plan for 6 months?

Hoping you would do the needful.

Thank you

Hello @Harrywinston

Bionic Turtle is an FRM prep program. We provide materials for the GARP FRM exam, including many practice questions. If you are interested in FRM practice questions, you can view our study packages here: https://www.bionicturtle.com/features-pricing/. We are unable to provide individual study plans, as we are very busy preparing new materials for the FRM exam and providing in-depth support to our forum members.

Thank you,

Nicole

 

[[email protected]]

Hey David.....am starting with solving garp papers.....what would be your advise on till what year backwards should I solve......

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

Hi @meenalbaheti I probably would not go back more than three to five years. BTW, GARP's practice papers actually contain a material amount of redundancy (you will see several questions repeat). Thanks,

 

[[email protected]]

Thanks so much David

 

[Sandeeep9853]

hi, i am sandeep 28 year old i have done mba in finance specialisation in 2013 from orissa. an avg mba b. school. post that i started working in genpact as associate till now working here. in backend operation in insurance domain. now currently working with payroll domain. now it’s being 3.2 year. i found some interesting faqs about FRM. Now i am studing FRM exam is that help me get good job in risk management profile with good salary. i don’t have any similar experience in risk management profile. please suggest your valube and feedback.

 

[dvolsche]

Hey ladies and gents. I'm wondering how difficult I will find the FRM level 1 content as I decide how to structure my study time. A Little background about me......I hold two degree's, one in Economics and Pure Math, another in Finance.I also currently work in a sell-side research shop; staffed with a ton of Actuaries, Statisticians and CFA's (work revolves around quantitive analytics, not sure how to portray this better.)

Besides the actual time required to learn the material how difficult of a time do ya'll think I'll have with the FRM? Any insight is greatly appreciated

 

[a_ishrat1973]

Hi David This was my 1st attempt and i got second quartile in 3 topics (Foundations of Risk Management, Quantitative Analysis, Valuation and Risk Models) and fourth quartile in 1 topic Financial Markets and Products. Please let me know what should i do to pass the exam in May 2018

 

[lRRAngle]

Hi All,

Addressing this question to FRM candidates.

I am just curious about your study method:

When answering practice questions do you generally use resources, notes, formulas or do you try to solve it from your memory without referencing the study materials ?

cheers

 

[murrayf]

From memory after I have made my notes. Some questions are Bionic Ninja Turtle level, and there is no choice but to use the study materials.

 

[Sumeet. Mehta]

Hi David
I will be reappearing this May and have about 100 hours. My November score is 3433 (4 in QUANTITATIVE ). I am looking for a study plan that would help me pass. I have no background in finance and have little exposure that I got through the finance courses in my MBA.

What I did for - Nov 2017 Exam
I spent 3 months , 5-6 hours daily for this one. I started with the BT notes but without a strategy or plan, ended up spending a lot of time in the Foundations reading trying to understand the basics. After the 1st month I started looking at more resources because BT notes seemed to be difficult to understand. I tried the free BT videos on YouTube but based on the few videos I saw, I felt that they were presentation rather than explanation of concepts and thus equally difficult to grab the concepts (I would guess it was because i never read the core readings). I found FINTREE videos really helpful and got them from a friend which is what I used for the next 2 months. I watched the videos, with the aim of understanding the concept and then read the material (I also started using SCHWESER notes instead) and used BT mainly for the questions. I remember I was just trying to get through the questions instead of really finding where I lacked and trying to work on it. The material was just too much and I felt that going through all the material was more important.

Looking forward to suggestions from David and other test takers.

Thanks in advance.

Sumeet

 

[Passer-by]

Hi, I have some questions about how to use study materials.

1. What is the relationship between the Instructional videos and Study notes? Is it sufficient just watching the videos?

2. Is there any order to start with? Is there any chapter being a prerequisite for other chapters (need first to have the knowledge in order to understand)?

3. There are 2 exams each year, when do you start to update, and when do you finish the update? Is material used in Nov exam the same as May exam?

Other question: if candidate is not allowed to bring their own paper, where could one draft for those calculation and quantitative problems?

Thank you!

 

[emilioalzamora1]

Hi @Passer-by

quick reply. I think there are already tons of great threads/discussions here in the forum to guide you how to tackle the exam.

1. No, study notes are way more important. Videos are just there to back up things up and make topics which are more tedious or more difficult to grasp easier to comprehend/track.

2. No order to start with. But it is fair to say that the topics with the most weight should of course be prioritized.

3. The curriculum change made by GARP from year to year has no big bearing on David's material. In other words, even if GARP makes some changes here and there the currently available material will let you pass the exam even in 2019. Of course, you should look at the new chapters added by GARP but it is not necessary to wait until David comes up with his set of questions. Most changes to the curriculum are rather qualitative in nature (qualitative readings). To sum up, all the training material available here in the forum allows you pass with flying colours.

4. There is plenty of space in the official exam paper to makes notes, do calculations etc.

 

[Nicole Seaman]

Hi, I have some questions about how to use study materials.

1. What is the relationship between the Instructional videos and Study notes? Is it sufficient just watching the videos?

2. Is there any order to start with? Is there any chapter being a prerequisite for other chapters (need first to have the knowledge in order to understand)?

3. There are 2 exams each year, when do you start to update, and when do you finish the update? Is material used in Nov exam the same as May exam?

Other question: if candidate is not allowed to bring their own paper, where could one draft for those calculation and quantitative problems?

Thank you!

Hello @Passer-by

I moved your question to this thread, where many of our members have shared their study plans and tips on studying for the exam. This should help you to create your own study plan. Our materials are organized in the order of the GARP curriculum, and we follow the learning objectives to ensure that you are studying relevant content. Both our study notes and instructional videos follow the learning objectives, but many people find that David's explanations in the instructional videos are very helpful in understanding the concepts more in depth. Some members choose to study the notes first and then watch the instructional video, while others watch the videos and then go through the study notes or question sets. It is up to you to decide which order works best for you as an individual.

GARP does not change the curriculum between the May and November exam. They only change the curriculum once each year in January. We begin to update the study planner in January, and we continue to update the materials right up until the November exam.

You may find this FAQ page helpful also: https://www.bionicturtle.com/bt-faq/getting-started-purchased-materials/.

Thank you,

Nicole