Do not punt. There are no shortcuts.
Guys, guys, guys…
If i do indeed fail on band 9/10 (high 50s low 60s mocks) which I beleive that I will…I am starting to study for this beast on November 1st. And will (most likely) not be punting anything. The reason I started this thread, is because i was curious about other candidates feedback regardign the lesser weighted topics and what they can kind of gloss over.
cant gloss over everything. Thought they were going to weight some topics less and they did not this year. Was a lot more evenly weighted than i thought. Glad i prepared the way I did, feel solid at 4 weeks out but who knows.
Sometimes the best offense is a good defense, so yeah, punting (“prioritizing”) is a good strategy with the bloated L2 curriculum
Punting and prioritizing do not mean the same thing though. Naturally you should prioritize at L2. Punting implies giving up or ignoring the topic completely.
Who put you in charge of what “punting” means in this context?
Correct. 100% agree. This is due to the fact where one of the 5-10% topics can have 2 item sets. It’s just too risky. You really can’t afford to lose points in L2 because the number of questions is half that of L1, where it was okay (and sometimes even encouraged) to punt some of the less weighted topics.
Read the entire topic again, or any other topic regarding “punting” at this board and get back to me.
I will after you answer my question and get back to me.
Technically, I suppose that you can punt any topic that isn’t going to appear on the exam.
Your question is absurd. No one put me in charge. It’s obvious what people mean when they refer to punting. It has nothing to do with prioritizing.
I find that the 5-10% subject weights pertain to the more easy material you’ll find on the exam. My two cents is to not turn an “easy” topic into a hard one because you glossed over the material.
You can miss around 40 questions and still pass. Punting on a few of the fifty or so readings is not unreasonable. I didn’t fully punt on any readings, but I punted on parts of several readings. I punted them because they either required rote memorization and calculations that I didn’t find intuitive, or I just wasn’t intetested in the topic. I’d say the exam had four or five questions that I intentionally punted on. I immediately recognized them and just moved on. It didn’t cause me any grief. I finished both AM and PM with over an hour to spare.
Did you pass?
I obviously won’t know until they release the results. If I failed, it would be because I apparently made a large number of “unforced errors”, as they say in tennis. We’ll see. I think I did fine, though, all things considered.
Really? What is it called when one decides what subject to punt over another?
Hint: prioritize |prīˈôrəˌtīz, ˈprīərə-|
verb [with obj.]
designate or treat (something) as more important than other things:
Good luck on your essays if you make it to L3!
If you browse the forum you would see people usually punt swaps and pensions, knowing full well they are top priority and they WILL appear in the exam. So punting isn’t only a matter of priority but also difficulty/understanding. You may have plenty of time left to the exam but realize your brain just doesn’t cut a specific topic.
*white flag*
My bad. The way I interpreted what you meant was that the person punting a topic was still going through it but giving it less priority. I’ve always seen candidates refer to punting as: “I’m not looking at this at all.” Which yes, I suppose is obviously still prioritizing the curriculum in general. I was looking at it bottom-up, not top-down.
And even though your good luck was sarcastic I’m still taking it because my essays are currently being graded.
I attempted the “punt strategy” last year & failed (band 9). Late start due to a Dec pass & limited prep time (200 hours) due to demanding work hours. I completely punted quant & PM and believe it was my downfall. You can “beat” the test numerous ways but the issue with tossing out complete segments is how it eliminates your ability to underperform elsewhere. To my surprise, i failed corp finance & fixed income and therefore couldnt overcome failing 4 sections.
Thanks for being open to another point of view… good luck (really) with your essays…