Anyone else graduating this weekend?

[slow99]

Jeez, that's almost fifty hours a week! Good luck, man.

Taking off of work the week before helps ... Thanks.

[Slowhand]

Best of luck, level 3 CFA in 22 days here.

Good fuckin' luck, dude.

One of the guys that does the videos for the Becker CPA review course also does the Becker CFA stuff, and he keeps inserting little comments to the effect of "after you pass the CPA, you get to come join me for the CFA course." No fucking thank you, at least not for anything remotely resembling the immediate future. The CPA exam is really just annoying and a matter of doing enough studying; the CFA strikes me as genuinely difficult.

[Sean88gt]

No, level 3 is it. I pass and I'm a CFA charterholder and done with studying and tests for good. I've been studying since January so final push is on - shooting for 150 hours over the next 3 weeks.

What is the avg. pass rate? All self paced?

[slow99]

Good fuckin' luck, dude.

One of the guys that does the videos for the Becker CPA review course also does the Becker CFA stuff, and he keeps inserting little comments to the effect of "after you pass the CPA, you get to come join me for the CFA course." No fucking thank you, at least not for anything remotely resembling the immediate future. The CPA exam is really just annoying and a matter of doing enough studying; the CFA strikes me as genuinely difficult.

Yeah, it's very difficult. Not so much at level 1 as 2 and 3, but hell even level 1 pass rates are in the 30% range now. Some of the most intelligent guys I've ever met have had a really hard time with levels 2 and 3 and some just given up and quit the program (which meant quitting their careers too). I think it's something like 5% of candidates who initially take level 1 actually finish. Oh well, best of luck with the CPA, it's no cakewalk for sure.