Thank you for reaching out! Those are great questions.
2-3 Months before exams:
When I was studying for the CFEs, I would study for an average of 1-2 hours before or after each work day, and then another 8-16 hours during the weekends. I started studying about 2-3 months before the exam and spent about 15-16 hours of studying/week at the beginning.
1-1.5 Months before exams:
The closer I got to the exam, the more I would study: about 24 hours of studying per week a month before the exam.
2-3 Weeks before exams:
I took time off of work two weeks immediately before the exam, and I was studying for about 8 hours daily: 48 hours/week. I always took one full day off to decompress.
I recommend dividing the topics up on your calendar to create a study schedule. It's a balance between spending time learning the topics themselves, and practicing case studies. My weekends were more focused, and that's when I spent time learning difficult topics. Weekdays were dedicated to practicing the short case studies.
I hope this helps! If anyone else has any suggestions or would like to upload their study planner to share with the community - feel free to reply to this post. This forum allows file uploads (at the bottom left corner of the Reply box).
Hi Roshini,
Thank you for reaching out! Those are great questions.
2-3 Months before exams:
When I was studying for the CFEs, I would study for an average of 1-2 hours before or after each work day, and then another 8-16 hours during the weekends. I started studying about 2-3 months before the exam and spent about 15-16 hours of studying/week at the beginning.
1-1.5 Months before exams:
The closer I got to the exam, the more I would study: about 24 hours of studying per week a month before the exam.
2-3 Weeks before exams:
I took time off of work two weeks immediately before the exam, and I was studying for about 8 hours daily: 48 hours/week. I always took one full day off to decompress.
While I don't have a study planner to send over to you, I do have a Study Topics Excel, that you can download and edit yourself from this post/link: https://www.cpasolved.com/post/cfe-exam-topics-and-tips
I recommend dividing the topics up on your calendar to create a study schedule. It's a balance between spending time learning the topics themselves, and practicing case studies. My weekends were more focused, and that's when I spent time learning difficult topics. Weekdays were dedicated to practicing the short case studies.
I hope this helps! If anyone else has any suggestions or would like to upload their study planner to share with the community - feel free to reply to this post. This forum allows file uploads (at the bottom left corner of the Reply box).
Thank you so much! This helps:)