Anyone here who is preparing for level one? What your recourses and strategy?

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On L2 but for L1 I hit Meldrum videos then used Kaplan for practice questions and exams. Studied for about 4 months.

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Been using Kaplan. Doing the readings and doing as many qbanks, quizzes, etc as possible.

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On L2 now. I only had time to study for L1 in 3 months. Just keep ripping the Kaplan + CFA Q bank. You probably don’t need to do all of them, I did and it was an overkill but I passed with flying colors

Kaplan Schweser or there’s another Kaplan studies?

Very time consuming process. Start start studying early and often!

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