Assuming the avoidance of intensive cramming, how long does it take someone with no financial background to study for CFA level 1?

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I think I spent fewer than 150 hours on my entire degree

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Level 1 isn't that bad even if you don't have much background. You can pass without studying too hard, but it will really catch up with you on level 2, which is more concept based. Therefore, it's worth putting at least 150 hours into it if you've never seen much of it before. Just don't get bogged down in quant and accounting.

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The CFA Institute recommends 300 hours per level, but level 1 is much easier than the other two. 1 is definitions, 2 is concepts and 3 is application, broadly speaking. I passed level 1 as an Econ major with a few credit hours of accounting in school and maybe 50 hours of studying, but I wouldn't recommend it because I had to go back and relearn a lot of concepts when studying for level 2.

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I only know so much about the CFA, but only 150 hours? I've heard people recommend at least 200 for those with fin backgrounds. And isn't quant and acct a good chunk of the exam?

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Quant and accounting are maybe 35% of the exam, if I remember correctly, but they come first in the curriculum. My point was don't get bogged down to learn every detail, you need to keep moving to get through everything before exam day.

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The quant stuff is the fun bit though

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