A workable weekly structure
- Use shorter weekday sessions for lectures, notes, and formula review
- Reserve longer weekend blocks for questions and difficult chapters
- Schedule revision and mocks before the final weeks become crowded
- Keep buffer weeks for travel, month-end work, or unexpected deadlines
Start from your actual background
GARP reports that candidates study about 240 hours on average, with wide variation. A professional already working with financial products may allocate time differently from an engineer entering finance or a candidate returning to quantitative study.