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Pastimes : The CFA: Conversations, Ideas, and Approach
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To: ftth who wrote (7)10/25/1998 3:07:00 AM
From: HeyRainier  Read Replies (2) of 70
 
I have 2586 pages remaining from the assigned readings. I actually tallied up the pages, plus I added my own supplementary text, Financial Accounting by Harrison & Horngren, which added 357 pages to the above total.

As large as that number seems, you'll be surprised at how tiny it gets if you just apply your studies in a consistent manner. There are 67 days left in 1998, including Sunday, October 25 (today). The exam is on June 5, 1999, the 156th day of the year. The end of May leaves us with 151 days for the year, which is the date I will consider to be the study deadline. Add to that the remaining 67 days of this year, and you get 218 days left to study.

2586 pages divided by 218 days leaves you a daily assignment of 12 pages a day (and that's with the additional text I included!).

Of course, I don't plan on studying up until the last week of the exam. I plan on giving myself a month of free time to review everything I covered. So I subtract the days in May (31), and that leaves me with 187 days (67+151-31). 2586 divided by 187 days equals 14 pages a day.

It doesn't seem so bad now, does it? It's amazing what a little consistency can do. I'm on pace at about 15 pages a day, but I'm actually trying to accelerate it to 20 pages a day.

The lesson here is: Start early! And be consistent!

RT
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