Notes on studying for the CFA® exams
How to spend the hours, and how to read the numbers along the way.
- Your CFA mock score is a range, not a number
A 68% on a 180-question mock could be anything from about 62% to 73%. What that means for how many mocks to sit and how to read them.
- How to split your CFA study hours across topics
Exam weight tells you where the marks are. Your gaps tell you where the hours will earn them. A plan needs both, and a floor so nothing drops out.
- Spaced review for the CFA exam: keeping what you have already learned
The CFA curriculum is too long to learn once and remember. Why reviewing at the point of forgetting beats re-reading, and how to fit it into a study week.