Selecting the CFA review program that is right for you is a critical decision. A large portion of worldwide CFA candidates achieve scores that are on or near the borderline between passing and not passing. The margin between success and failure is slim. Choose the wrong CFA review program, and you may add a year or more to the amount of time required to earn your CFA charter, or you may never earn it at all. CFA Institute data reveals that less than 1 out of every 5 candidates who fails the Level I Exam ever bothers to resit for the exam. Use this matrix to facilitate your selection of a CFA program.
Consideration
RGQ&Co. CFA Review Programs
Other Program?
Instructor's CFA training experience1
Average of > 20 programs/year since early 1990's
Instructor's commitment to your success
You are taught by the owner
Convenience of location2
• Midtown Manhattan, 3 blocks from Grand Central Station • Downtown Stamford
Will the course be cancelled?3
No—we have no minimum class size
Ability to make up and repeat classes4
Candidates may do so at no cost without limitation
Free intensive-review program
Yes5
Class size6
10 to 20 candidates
In-class review notes
Q-Notes7
Self-study materials
Entire family of Schweser products at discounted prices
Group discounts, repeating candidates, full-time students, RGQ&Co. alumni, candidates withdrawing from other programs10
No-cost deferral
Yes11
Commitment to your success
If you do not pass, you can take our intensive-review program for next season for $250, or a full-semester course at half price12
Sales force
More than 85% of our students are RGQ&Co. alumni or candidates who they refer
Endnotes 1This is one of the most important considerations in selecting a program—programs are taught by instructors, not institutions. There is a steep learning curve required for adapting broader knowledge and instruction skills to the unique requirement of CFA exam prep training. What is the CFA exam prep training experience of the program that you are considering? Many organizations promote a program without even naming or contracting with the instructor(s).
2Reduces risk of missing or coming late to class, and facilitates departure.
3Other providers will advertise a course, then cancel it due to insufficient enrollment and attempt to get candidates to enroll in one of their other classes, sometimes leaving candidates without a desirable class if the alternative program that they would have selected is full.
4The chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Success on the exam depends upon being able to score points across the entire curriculum.
5Candidates in our weekday and weekend programs may, at no incremental cost, use the intensive-review program to make up sessions that they have missed, repeat the sessions that they wish to re-enforce, or obtain a final review of the entire curriculum to ensure that they have enhanced their recall of sessions covered earlier in the program.
6Conducive for successful learning environment. Large class size is a common reason for lack of comprehension, reluctance to ask questions, and significant attrition as programs progress.
7PowerPoint presentations to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of live instruction courses. Most candidates annotate the Q-Notes and use them as their primary "cheat sheets." Follow the link to obtain Q-Notes excerpt.
8Attend a class at no cost or obligation to experience first-hand what makes our classes unique. Refer to the schedule for times and locations.
9Since the CFA Institute has designed the Curriculum so that sessions are not interdependent, and because you can take advantage of our entire family of CFA review programs to make up or repeat sessions at no incremental cost, you can select the program at any time that best meets your scheduling and learning needs.
11If you decide that you cannot or do not wish to sit for the Exam, you may roll over your enrollment to the next Exam period at no cost, provided that you notify us in writing at least 5 weeks prior to the Exam.
12This is an unqualified offer that is not dependent upon meeting a certain attendance requirements, submitting homework assignments, or other qualifications.
