Prollie venture into CF or PE. Time to chalk up some experience for myself too. 

That's great. If I know any openings in IB CF, you want me to spam you on that?

congratz @fino_abama and @aaron1kee ! and others who passed...

good one !

Thanks bud! How did u do?

That'd be great! I'm looking at overseas opportunities too. How about you? Future plans?

congratz @fino_abama and @aaron1kee ! and others who passed...

good one !

How I succeed may not be applicable to you - as everyone has different backgrounds/experiences/study styles. Take what is worth though , if you like 

I started in Feb, reading through Schweser notes top to bottom in detail - done all the exercises of each topic included in Schweser notes. This process takes me 2 months. In April I was focusing on re-reading again the entire Schweser notes - but this time more like a speed read and I actually try to summarize/connects the important concepts of each study session in my head - only reviewing those that I could not remember well or unclear of. This is supplemented by Qbank extensively. I mostly only did intermediate and difficult questions (You can filter the questions by difficulty level,I did about 1000+ questions) and each question I did wrong was thoroughly reviewed (and revisit the entire concept, if necessary). 2 weeks before exam I focused on doing mocks exam and train up on speed of answering by mixing up the questions in Qbank (i.e. do not filter by study session). Two day before exam I chill the f*** up by exercising and sipping coffee in cafes, went hiking a nearby mountain in the morning. Last day I spent memorizing formulas/hardcore rules (like GAAP/IFRS differences) that's still not printed in my brain.

I didn't - read CFAI textbook (too much things to absorb, too little time) - didn't do any EOC/blue box exercise - didn't join any study group/class. Study time - after reached home from work @ 9.30/10pm - I will probably study till 12 am or 1.30 am, depending on my mood and the interests on the topic ... Saturday full day at cafe/library/office and Sunday just chill - or study if I have the mood.

By the way my background helps - I have a degree in Applied Maths - with most time of my honours year focusing on financial engineering. So - the L2 quant and derivatives topics are still pretty basic to me as I've done harder stuffs in uni. Being a little bit more math trained - I find picking up fixed income easy as well. I've spent most of my time then reviewing Equity valuation and Financial Reporting. (I did 0 reading in ethics. I just keep doing Qbanks question on ethics. By the way, I got <50% in this topic - so dont try this. lol)

I believe I passed really marginally - and it's somehow foreshadowed by my study style - I possible took the bare minimal effort required to pass the exam, given my background. If you decided to only read whatever supplementary notes out there (be it Schweser or ELAN or whatever that is), be reminded they are all a skimmed version of the real text - so you have to read as if every sentence in the note is critical information. No shortcutting on the shortcutted materials. Remember that ...

If there's tips I can give - it is this - try not to skip any topics/session. Try to know everything - and truly masters the 2 heavyweight topics - FRA and Equity. You will need to be very good in Quant, so that understanding Portfolio management becomes relatively easier - all the formula/methods become natural & logical with minimal memorization needed.

thanks for the tips..
congratz to all L3 passer, seriously , i m abit jelly right now as when i was taking L1 exam, you guys were L2 , 1 year later you guys passed L3 , fuuuu yet i just enrolled for L2 few days ago.    took 1 year break.. haha.

so i just wasted usd150 for the useless e-curriculum, damn! should have listen/trust to/the forumers in analystforum, cause they provide a link to bypass e-curriculum and it allows candidate buy the printed version instead. And i heard the printed quality is quite poor compared to last year. 

yeap.. confirmed is black & white as i received the curriculum in eve yesterday.. very dull. quality wise, poor, but i found that the curriculum is not that thick compared to L1.. haha...

You'll find out very soon

Where is the best place for me to buy kaplan schweser books/notes?
Any shop that carry schweser?

  we will see, after i go through the books...  but by looking at the table of contents and flipping through the books, seems interesting and funny formula/alphabet which i nvr seen before..
if i m not mistaken, katsuri or noesis does provide the books/notes. Whether you get grab it if you are not their student is another story as well, or perhaps need to pay for premium?

Worst case scenario is to order direct from kaplan or wait for torrent in the web. 

Congratulation to those who have passed your exam recently.

Congratulations on getting your charter

From a positive view, Level 2 goes in deeper and is more interesting compared to Level 1.

I am broke because of that

I actually enjoy L2 more than L3 
CFA charterholders don't go broke 

I actually enjoy L2 more than L3 
CFA charterholders don't go broke