So here is my CFA story (so far), I passed Level 1 and 2 only using CFA curriculum and I did not feel the need to change my strategy for Level 3. But I have now been unsuccessful twice with Level 3.
Now, after evaluating my result, I have narrowed it down to lack of practice. I felt I should have invested more time solving questions and attempting mocks. So I request if members here can offer me some suggestions of prep providers that will ideally suit my strategy.
I prefer a self-study model, would still want to read from the CFA curriculum but am a bit dissatisfied with the quantum of questions on offer in the CFA curriculum. Based on my research, I can see that Bloomberg prep suits my needs but I am open to suggestions here.
Thank you
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I can only speak to my personal experience - for me Chalk & Board is truly great. I used them for L3 and I never felt more prepared for any exam level. I ended up taking 120 pages of high quality notes from their lectures and I at most only took 10 pages of notes on L1 and L2. Also the Chalk & Board mock exam study sessions were crucial to my success at L3 in my opinion. I will always recommend them to anyone asking about L2 or L3 in particular, or retakes. Cheers and good luck you got thisđź‘Ť
Many mocks are the key I think to L3. I ended up taking 4 from Schweser, 1 CBT from Kaplan, 2 from CFA Institute, and 2 weekend sessions with Chalk & Board. It sufficed in my case. There are many high quality prep providers I can imagine. My experience is with Chalk & Board and it was quite successful.
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I used Kaplan for level 1&2 then just the curriculum for level 3 but bought “level 3 key” which shows you how to quickly answer the AM and highlights the relevant past mock Q’s for each section.
After the first cancellation my approach was to review my notes, do the relevant topic AM mock Q’s across c10yrs worth of papers, then hit the CFA qBank section Q’s.
Hit a review half way through that process to refresh on topics covered then did full mocks in a single sitting as well as timed mocks before the big day in the last couple of weeks. Also used a Bill Campbell mock which was hard but great for learning.
Might share my notes here if they’ll be useful for the Nov exam 
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Not sure if you can purchase these separately but worth inquiring:
Kaplan AM constructed response QBank is good for practice in exam style format but the regular PM Qbank is useless
IFT Qbank for AM & PM are good and in exam type format
IFT Mocks are pretty decent
Kaplan AM mocks were hot garbage
Kaplan PM mocks were fine
BCIII mocks teach you how to answer concisely but are more challenging
These are the prep providers I used and passed.
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I would recommend MM. I personally did not read the curriculum, and only relied on his videos . In terms of practice, I’ve only used his mocks and CFAI questions. It was a pass on first attempt and I really owe a lot of the success to him.
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Do you still have the notes.
Thanks a ton Tez.
It has been great help.
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