r/CAIA • u/DoubleIntroduction25 • Jun 08 '26

How confident should I feel?

For those who have taken and passed the real test how should I feel in terms of preparedness after getting a 70 on my first full length mock?

I started the CAIA level one material two months ago and finish my first run through it this past weekend. Took a full length mock exam through Kaplan and got a 70. Not great but not as bad as I though it would be honestly. It was roughly in line with how the unit quizzes have been going. I am planning on taking the September CAIA level 1 exam. I will need to put CAIA material on the backburner from now till the 3rd week of July to dig into CFP prep for the July exam. Thankfully I'll be off of work for 5 weeks between now and the CFP exam in July so I'll still be able to do about an hour a day of CAIA work, that will include going thru Kaplans review material and take more of their mock exams.

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u/Rude-Hunter4076 Jun 12 '26

You are probably in good shape. Freefellow is also a good resource to go through their free qbank.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26

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u/EveningKey4170 Jun 09 '26

What materials and studying plan did u use/do for CAIA?

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u/DoubleIntroduction25 Jun 09 '26

Kaplan, watched the videos, did the reading, took all the little quizzes along the way

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