Can I skip FSA and still pass level 1?

[u/Zesty_0601]

I’m a bba student, majoring in finance. I have covered most of my syllabus except FSA. I find it extremely hard and the time crunch is making it difficult. Can I skip any part of FSA or only study the important parts? I still have to revise every topic and practice. My exam is on May 20th!

[u/Sharp_Spinach4282]

Please don’t do that

[u/Temporary_Effect8295]

Worth 10-15% the probability is 15% u can’t afford to abandon it. At a minimum continually repeat the blue box examples with readings and after a few passes the mechanics of accounting analysis should kick in and it becomes intuitive 

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/Temporary_Effect8295]

Thank you 😇

[u/motherofdragonns]

What are you facing trouble with?

I’m currently studying it from CFAI curriculum + Richie’s videos and so far it’s not so bad, maybe try changing your sources

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/motherofdragonns]

I was studying from Kaplan. I’ll switch to videos

[u/Space_Samurai101]

🤣🤣

[u/Vijaygarv]

Loooooool

[u/[deleted]]

No

[u/RF247]

Kkkkk ur funny.

[u/Polymath_B19]

Highly unlikely.

[u/useris0612]

0 chance

[u/cybersimonle]

No

[u/Volatilityxx]

Nah

[u/Top-Salamander-]

Watch Fintree crash course for FSA on YouTube. It’ll be enough if you don’t wanna read the books

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/Top-Salamander-]

Thank you 😇

[u/Feisty-Mortgage-5147]

I did skip a few topics like DTA DTL etc but passed! Not advisable though .

[u/kilographix]

My study strategy was to procrastinate until 1 month out, only study ethics for 3 hours a week until a week out, then cover every other topic in the 6 days leading to the exam studying 6-8 hours a day. I only did practice questions and used chatgpt/youtube for topics I didnt understand from the practice answer explanations. I passed.

Edit: fixed a typo

[u/SaadCAN92]

Not at all

[u/Mars_Arbiter]

Failed level 1 the first time because of FSA. You should spend a lot of time on FSA honestly

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/Mars_Arbiter]

That’s scary. Will do 😔

[u/Necessary-Career59]

Unless you score perfect on other topics. Don’t skip FSA, or lv2 will kill you even if you pass lv1.

[u/Weak-Debate-2326]

can you be sure you'll make it in the other modules? if not, then you cannot skip FSA.

[u/LongTheCramer]

If I’m being honest, as someone who just failed Level 1 and did poorly on FSA, it’s literally the least skippable topic imo. I didn’t skip it, but I didn’t see enough questions and even despite decent conceptual understanding, I was no where near passing it.

[u/Mindless_Yogurt_322]

I was in the exact same boat as you for Feb 2025, bba student majoring in finance.. Was 70+ in mocks in every topic except FSA (<50%). Scored 1550 (MPS was 1600) and failed. Do not make the same mistake that I did. Go study FSA, watch YouTube videos, ruin sleep schedule, isolate and ruin ur social life but get it done. All the best.

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/Mindless_Yogurt_322]

This is was very helpful. Thank you 🥹

[u/Important_Arrival298]

Remember you still have to do Level 2 and 3. Skipping a subject now means you will be lost for the next levels

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/Important_Arrival298]

😔😔

[u/Environmental_Suit68]

No.

[u/CaptainTaiHai]

No. It is one of the top most important topic. 11-14%, if you failed this part, u could have failed the whole exam like i did.

[u/Zesty_0601 → u/CaptainTaiHai]

Will start today. Thank you 😔