How's your revision thus far? Been practicing questions every damn day. Hahaha. What's the likely passing rates for level 1?

I passed Level 1 in June 2011. I'm just going there to give moral support to my fellow coursemates/juniors from Noesis. How about your revision?

Level 1's passing rate is lower in Dec (compared to June). And Malaysia's passing rate is much lower than the global average (<= 20%). If you're well prepared, there's nothing to be afraid of.

This post has been edited by fino_abama: Nov 30 2011, 02:30 PM

demmm! i noticed too msia passing rate is lower than average!!

Yeap... Many people sign up and never study till the week/month before exam. Some never even prepare and go in to be slaughtered. Oh well.

In short, from the percentage that fails, a big portion of them didn't prepare well for the exam. Only a small portion failed because of random factors (e.g. sick, lack of focus, etc.)

So, hopefull you will be contributing to the pass % in June. =)

This post has been edited by fino_abama: Nov 30 2011, 03:29 PM

Thank you fino_abama. That was useful

So you're saying that CFA institutes do sell it without needing you to register for the exams?

Don't mind getting CFA books second hand but apparently for 2012 CFA exams, there are changes in syllabus.

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Added on November 30, 2011, 4:11 pmHey fino, were u taking CFA too? You seem to know quite a bit about the books used in CFA level 1. =D

This post has been edited by yenforyen: Nov 30 2011, 04:11 PM

I heard from someone that you can actually purchase the books from the Institute without registering for the exam. You can email them to ask.

There's a big revamp to the Economics section for 2012 syllabus and other topic areas. Best to get the latest syllabus if you just want to learn.

I'm in Level 2 now, so I know a thing or two about Level 1.

Been practicing Stalla's questions. But there are noticeably difference between CFA and Stalla's questioning style.

okay fino! thanks a bunch! which institute are you taking CFA from?

-solved-

This post has been edited by siew14: Dec 1 2011, 07:37 AM

Usually exam will follow the mock exam from the CFA Institute

siew, i think right, u said u were very slow.. but i think u're the fastest on the forum here so far rofl.. can't answer ur question yet.

btw, how are stalla's question different from the cfa books questions?

is it harder or easier

Noesis Ex Ed, located at Jalan Ampang (www.noesis.com.my)

Thank you fino and guys for the input. All the best for dec 11 candidates

hi bro,
actually, does cfa lv1 exams is as easy as the one in the textbook question??? xD
is the question straightforward enough???


xD ... sample size in cfa thread is insufficient large to say i m fast... lulz...

All the questions are derived from the textbooks. Straightforward or not, it's subjective. I will say most questions are straightforward but my coursemates might have different opinions. The only issue is the sheer volume of the syllabus.

fino, will they seperate the questions to different sections, or they just jumble all the questions in 1 paper?

Questions are separated by topic areas (ethics, qm, eco, etc)

haha alright, thx

Btw fino, are you sitting lv2 on June 12?

Yeapz! =)