Any way to take CFA as a freshman or sohp?

i am just going to be a freshman this year and this summer i studied my bro's study note. it is not bad anyway. I want to take CFA® as a freshman or sophomore but the CFA® institute would not allow.

any suggestions?

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Brezeckyuck. i just heard "legends" about some kids finish their level 1 in the freshman year. sound like bs.

Total BS. You can take the CFA Level 1 in your senior year but not as a freshman. Plus, once you've had all those finance & stat classes it'll be a lot easier.

 

go hang out with your friends or something man, have a beer (or two if your feeling froggy) , get some strange ass, who knows

Gang, Gang, Gang
 

In my opinion you should not be thinking about the CFA now. You should spend your time getting A's, going out etc. Enjoy college!!

 

Check over the material once and a while, so come summer after 3rd year you can kill the June exam and have the level 1 heading into FT recruiting.

 

I don't see anything wrong with this. You should in fact be promoting excellence and diligence instead of immaturity, tardiness, and mediocrity. It's his personal choice, instead of criticizing him hows about being constructive and giving him a legit answer. Students who achieve more earlier on create a higher bar for competition to reach and hence higher standards overall, are you intimidated?

 
CNB90I don't see anything wrong with this. You should in fact be promoting excellence and diligence instead of immaturity, tardiness, and mediocrity. It's his personal choice, instead of criticizing him hows about being constructive and giving him a legit answer. Students who achieve more earlier on create a higher bar for competition to reach and hence higher standards overall, are you intimidated?

MacMaster business majors REALLY intimidate me.

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 
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CNB90I don't see anything wrong with this. You should in fact be promoting excellence and diligence instead of immaturity, tardiness, and mediocrity. It's his personal choice, instead of criticizing him hows about being constructive and giving him a legit answer. Students who achieve more earlier on create a higher bar for competition to reach and hence higher standards overall, are you intimidated?

MacMaster business majors REALLY intimidate me.

Your spelling skills make me shiver.

 

wow, what a dork how are you going to study? notes? Schweser i hear sucks.. someone suggested CFALevel1Videos.com

somehow videos are supposed to be better? maybe for tutoring purposes

 

peterexam,

Based on the 2 posts you've made so far about 'CFALevel1Videos.com', I'm compelled to think that you're one of those twats who are using forums to advertise your products. If i am right, you should screw off and stop spamming. If i'm wrong, my apologies.

Cheers

 

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