Most Effective Least Time Consuming Way To Study for FAR

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  • December 28, 2013 at 5:47 pm #182666
    lynnt004
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    Hi,

    For those of you that have passed FAR what was the method that you found most effective and least time consuming.

    I.E. Did you watch lectures first, then do problems, then take notes etc.

    How long did you spend studying each chapter/how did you study for each chapter?

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  • December 28, 2013 at 5:52 pm #499383
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    Least time-consuming: read the Wiley book and do MCQs. 😛 I didn't use lectures at all, but even with a lecture-based curriculum, my impression is that the most boring but most efficient (time-wise) method is to read the book they send and skip the lectures. However, if you can't learn well from reading a book, then this would be highly inefficient since the time spent vs knowledge gained would be a really bad ratio!

    So, honestly, the last time-consuming/most-efficient method is the one that is best for you personally to learn. Do you learn more watching lectures, doing MCQs, reading books, taking notes, or something else? Figure out what is the best return on time for you and focus on that in your planning. (Like, if MCQs are the most efficient, you'd still better watch lectures or read the book, but maybe you'd just read/watch and not take notes so that you could get done more quickly and switch to MCQs, if they were the most efficient way for you to learn.)

    December 28, 2013 at 5:52 pm #499447
    Anonymous
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    Least time-consuming: read the Wiley book and do MCQs. 😛 I didn't use lectures at all, but even with a lecture-based curriculum, my impression is that the most boring but most efficient (time-wise) method is to read the book they send and skip the lectures. However, if you can't learn well from reading a book, then this would be highly inefficient since the time spent vs knowledge gained would be a really bad ratio!

    So, honestly, the last time-consuming/most-efficient method is the one that is best for you personally to learn. Do you learn more watching lectures, doing MCQs, reading books, taking notes, or something else? Figure out what is the best return on time for you and focus on that in your planning. (Like, if MCQs are the most efficient, you'd still better watch lectures or read the book, but maybe you'd just read/watch and not take notes so that you could get done more quickly and switch to MCQs, if they were the most efficient way for you to learn.)

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