How long should it take to learn the skills needed for IB?

I'm a recent high school graduate who will attend community college in the fall, and transfer my sophomore year to USC or Berkeley. Let's say I study modeling, technicals, M&As, valuation, Excel, accounting and financial fundamentals for a total of 10 hours a day. How long would it take to be able to grasp the basic fundamentals of these topics? I will continue to be working on these topics during my college career. But, it will not be enough since NETWORKING is the golden standard for the IB profession.

How long would it take? I will also work on my writing and punctuation since I'm horrible at it.

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Jeesus there are much better things to do then study valuation, ect, for 10 hours a day. I'm not saying not to, but 2 to 4 hours a day is enough.

 

Is this satire? No need to study all of that for 10hr a day. While you’ll be a bit behind compared to your peers who have been at the universities since freshman year, if you work hard during your time at CC outside of the class to pickup material then two years at either uni is plenty time to be a well rounded candidate

 

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