Kaplan Schweser’s CFA Level 1 study notes are the most popular third-party prep provider. They condense the CFA Institute’s 3,000+ pages of official curriculum into roughly 1,500–1,800 pages of digestible, bullet-pointed notes.

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For candidates unable to afford SchweserNotes, the CFA Institute and other organizations offer official or low-cost resources:

  • Open Educational Resources (OERS)

  • Community-Driven Study Groups

  • Schweser’s Free Offerings

  • Open-Source Finance Books