Perrymecium

I crack myself up with my bad puns and double meanings. I spent the day getting caught up with where I should be and now I’m officially up to date on my blog. Expect better updates from now on.

Thought: Never look back. Nothing lasts forever.

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
Session 3: Mathematical statistics studying (2 hrs)
Session 4: Mathematical statistics midterm (2-4P)
Session 5: CFA studying (1 hr)
Session 6: CFA studying (1 hr)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 4/5
Insight: 3/5
Ingenuity: 2/5
Timing: 3/5

Total: 15/25

I spent most of the day doing statistics homework and preparing for the CFA exam. It is slow going and I am not making the progress necessary to succeed. It is officially time to worry.

Thought: Hard work is worthless if you do not believe in yourself. You can do it!

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
Session 3: Mathematical statistics homework (2 hrs)
Session 4: Mathematical statistics studying (1 hr)
Session 5: CFA studying (2 hrs)
Session 6: CFA studying (1 hr)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 3/5
Insight: 2/5
Ingenuity: 4/5
Timing: 3/5

Total: 15/25

Now that I’m back in Berkeley, it’s time to get back to business. The next big deal is the CFA exam in three weeks, which I am not prepared for. Although I’ve been doing well in economics, statistics, and law, my knowledge in finance continues to lag, so I’ll need to cram that knowledge in.

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
Session 3: Mathematical statistics homework (2 hrs)
Session 4: Mathematical statistics lecture (2-4P)
Session 5: CFA studying (2 hrs)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 2/5
Insight: 3/5
Ingenuity: 2/5
Timing: 2/5

Total: 12/25

Today was another non-productive day because the vast majority of it was spent driving from Los Angeles to Berkeley.

No academic sessions

Education: 0/5
Focus: 3/5
Insight: 4/5
Ingenuity: 2/5
Timing: 1/5

Total: 10/25

The entire day was devoted to competition.

No academic sessions

Education: 0/5
Focus: 5/5
Insight: 5/5
Ingenuity: 5/5
Timing: 1/5

Total: 16/25

I spent the entire day driving down to Los Angeles and was quite exhausted at the destination, so I was unable to do very much studying at all. Our group ended up watching Quantum of Solace, which I thought was a pretty bad movie. I was particularly outraged at the lack of injuries and the never-ending series of chase scenes. Maybe it was eye strain from driving for so long, but I felt like it was all very dizzying.

No academic sessions

Education: 0/5
Focus: 0/5
Insight: 3/5
Ingenuity: 4/5
Timing: 1/5

Total: 8/25

This weekend is Western Collegiates and most of the day was dedicated to preparing for that. Miraculously, I got the rental car a day early and it took a few hours to sort out how to fit 7 people and gear into a large SUV.

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Daily Cal
Session 3: Mathematical statistics homework (2 hrs)
Session 4: CFA studying (2 hrs)
Session 5: Japanese studying (1 hr)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 3/5
Insight: 4/5
Ingenuity: 4/5
Timing: 2/5

Total: 16/25

Now that the major tests are done with, I spent most of the day thinking about my strategy for Western Collegiates.  The planning for the trip itself is not well done, so I had to take some time to help with that too.

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: CFA studying (2 hrs)
Session 3: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
Session 4: Mathematical Statistics studying (1 hr)
Session 5: Mathematical Statistics lecture (2-4P)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 2/5
Insight: 3/5
Ingenuity: 3/5
Timing: 2/5

Total: 13/25

I took the CMA exam today and failed it by two questions. I mixed up the basic economic concept of appreciating currency and I did awful on the financial section. I was trying to think of ways to spin this as not too bad, but I wanted to pass this test quite badly and it didn’t happen. This was a big disappointment, a fairly humbling experience.

Thought: Lack of preparation caused this.

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Daily Cal
Session 3: CMA exam (1-3P)
Session 4: CFA studying (2 hrs)
Session 5: Korean studying (1 hr)
Session 6: Mathematical statistics studying (1 hr)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 4/5
Insight: 2/5
Ingenuity: 2/5
Timing: 4/5

Total: 15/25

I took one last shot at cramming. Things don’t look very good - I took a practice test and it was very very close.

Thought: Mind the gaps.

Session 1: Nintendo DS brain training
Session 2: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
Session 3: CMA studying (2 hrs)
Session 4: Mathematical Statistics lecture (2-4P)
Session 5: CMA studying (2 hrs)
Session 6: CMA studying (1 hr)

Education: 3/5
Focus: 4/5
Insight: 4/5
Ingenuity: 3/5
Timing: 3/5

Total: 17/25