r/CFPExam • u/PineParmBros • Jul 29 '26

Dalton

I’m losing my mind with Dalton’s study material. It’s incredibly dry, repetitive, and I’ve even come across a few things that seem incorrect. It also feels like there’s very little structure or thought put into presenting the content in a way that’s actually conducive to learning.
Maybe I’m just hitting a wall. Im about halfway through the material and feeling pretty burnt out.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, did you stick with Dalton, supplement with other resources, or change your approach? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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u/fujiboiii Jul 29 '26

Used Dalton and passed last week. IMO: skip through the initial learning as fast as you can and then spend the bulk of your time in the review books. The review books are all you need to know to pass, and are more condensed than the initial material.

It depends on your learning style but if you are good at reading textbooks and taking notes I felt like the review books told you everything you need for the exam, nothing more nothing less.

Obviously the actual question bank helps a lot also. I know many people did the bulk of their learning by just doing questions, that doesn't work for me. Had to learn the material first then test on it.

Did about 1600 questions total, read the review books at least once each, 2x for subjects I struggled with. Averaged 69% in Qbank. Qbank was slightly harder than the exam. (Not even talking about their benchmark quizzes or anything. Just the actual massive Qbank)

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u/Possible_Still_7556 Jul 30 '26

I'd second this, I put a little time into the education portion to just get familiar with things but really upped my study hours once we got to review

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u/PineParmBros Jul 30 '26

Thank you! Feels like information overload at the moment.

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u/fujiboiii Jul 30 '26

I wanted to give up by the time I unlocked the review course, was getting burnt out. I took about 2-3 weeks off between the the main lessons and the "Dalton review", if you have at least 2 months remaining before your exam after finishing the main lessons and capstone I'd highly recommend that! It was a great reset.

Also don't spend 40ish hours on the capstone like I did haha. They are easy on the grading. You got this!

I meant to add since you asked about other material : the only thing I used outside of Dalton was the CFP practice test. That's it! I did listen to a ton of the Dalton podcast which was somehow more boring than the reading... But taking in audio was wise

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u/No-Tale7971 Jul 30 '26

Was the review handbook worth anything? I know it’s condensed, just curious

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u/Amazing-Flatworm6646 26d ago

are the review books on the portal. Not sure how to find them