CFA® Level III Review Workshops

Level III Live Online Essay Writing Workshop

This workshop helps pinpoint the key deficiencies in your writing style and shows candidates exactly how to improve their approach to essay writing for the Level III CFA Exam. Armed with this valuable information, candidates provide better-structured responses on exam day.

The workshop utilizes 20 exam-like, constructed response questions relevant to the current curriculum. Workshop participants receive the questions and answers as well as coaching from Kaplan Schweser's instructors on how to answer such questions successfully under exam conditions.

After the live online workshop has taken place, an OnDemand recording will be available for you to view anytime, anywhere.

Before the Writing Workshop

• Candidates receive 5 questions to be answered prior to the event. These questions are available to students in the online LMS 7 days prior to the date of the Essay Workshop.

Day of Essay Writing Workshop

• Workshop participants receive coaching on how to score and improve their answers to the 5 questions completed prior to the workshop.
• The workshop instructor provides guidance and tips to then answer another 5 questions under timed conditions. Each question will be followed by a specific discussion of how the candidate paper would be graded and expert tips on how to improve your score and manage your time effectively.
• The workshop includes question and answer sessions as well as group discussions of the answers.
• An online chat feature and a moderator are available for candidates to ask questions throughout the day (online workshop only).

After the Essay Writing Workshop

• Candidates submit their answers to an additional 10 essay questions within 2 days of the workshop.
• Within 7 days, candidates receive individualized feedback on their answers from a team of qualified CFA charterholders to help each candidate understand what their essays were missing and why they lost points. This team of graders has expert training by Kaplan in standard-setting, Level III CFA exam grading techniques.
• Essay questions will be reviewed and scored to help each candidate understand what their essays were missing and why they lost points
• The Online Essay Writing Workshop is archived and remains available OnDemand for candidates to review leading up to exam day (online workshop only).