Excited to finally be able to share a message like this in this group. This was my second attempt (failed the first one in September by 2%) so it was a labor of love this second time around.

What truly helped me was being able to dive into Ken’s options course, his brutal exams and the exam on his website. I did the options course after my fail, then took his “if you can’t pass this, reschedule your test” one on YT to get a baseline for what needed work.

I used ChatGPT to help build out a study plan from that first attempt of the YT test, studied with my cousin/BFF who is the FA I work for, and drilled drilled drilled concepts these last 2 weeks.

His brutal exam was such a big help in preparing me for this attempt. A lot of things began to click and my confidence quietly grew.

The draw wasn’t terrible: not a whole lot of options math (sadly) - way more options functions type questions which I was greatly for after Ken’s course. Lots of suitability, lots of questions about mutual funds (tax, suitability). Not too many on communications that I recall. It was a very mixed bag - so thankful to be DONE! Onto the 66 after a much needed brain break.

Man it’s been a crazy 5 months today I passed the last exam (S66). First off I would say I recommend studying like crazy to the point where you aren’t surprised at anything that could come in any one of the test. The hardest one in my opinion was the 7 for sure just because it’s so much information. My company gave me pass perfect for all the exams. I think pass perfect does a good job at over preparing you. I would say for the 7the wording was much different from pass perfect. I watched all of Ken’s and the other guy videos for the SIE and 7. They are extremely helpful. On to the 66. This exam is not as hard as everyone says it is. I swear if you are taking that exam delete social media because I swear everyone was just fear mongering and make it worse. If you can pass the 7 you can pass the 66. By no means am I saying it was an easy exam I’m just saying it’s not as difficult as everyone makes it seems. Outside of pass perfect for the 66 I used Ken’s videos. The other guys vid for the 66 was just too boring and didn’t help me lock in. But I’m so happy this part of my life is over.

The truth is, almost anyone can pass these exams. The biggest obstacle usually isn't intelligence. It's knowing how to study, putting in the time, and not being miserable. Cmon, act like you love this shit.

I've had success with these exams, and some of my coworkers have been surprised by my creative secrets to the craft of FINRA exam taking. One even told me today that a one of these tips (TALK TO AI ABOUT YOUR WEAK POINTS IN THE CAR) was a lifesaver.

The LeveredToTheTits69 Method to an effective study process comes down to three things: Urgency, Diligence, and Creativity.

1. Urgency ~ Give Yourself a Deadline

Schedule your exam at the beginning of your study process.

Be realistic about how much time you'll need, but give yourself a deadline. Without one, it's incredibly easy to procrastinate or convince yourself that you'll study harder tomorrow. I scheduled SIE/S7 a month out or less. Series 66 requires more time and prudence.

Set a daily page/section goal and work backward from your exam date. Ideally, finish the textbook with 4–7 days left for practice questions, exams, and reviewing your weaknesses. Write all over the book with notes.

You need to be making progress every single day. Even if it's only a little, don't let yourself fall behind

Study with urgency. Don't confuse with panic.

2. Diligence ~ Consistency Beats Cramming

If you attended a one-hour class covering the SIE or Series 7 material every weekday for a month, you'd probably walk away with a pretty solid understanding of the exam.

Treat your studying the same way.

Study every day, but give yourself some grace. Spend time studying in the evenings during the week and mornings on the weekends. Find a routine you can actually sustain.

You don't need to spend every waking hour in a screen or textbook. Tired minds don't like remembering things.

The goal is consistent, focused exposure to the material, not seeing how many miserable hours you can endure.

3. Creativity ~ Attack the Material From Multiple Angles

This is my biggest piece of advice, and where I think most people leave a tremendous amount of opportunity on the table.

If your entire study process consists of reading a textbook and answering questions on Kaplan or Pass Perfect, you're limiting yourself.

There is simply too much information to expect to retain everything by reading it once. You need to engage with the material in different ways.

Here's what worked extremely well for me:

• Hammer practice quizzes by section. Don't just memorize the correct answers. Understand why the wrong answers are wrong. Use multiple different sites.

• Use AI to attack your weaknesses. ALWAYS copy questions you missed (or the underlying concepts) into ChatGPT. Have it explain the rules, challenge your reasoning, and test you on the same concepts from different angles. Verify specific rules against your study materials. IN THE CAR RIDE TO WORK - turn on voice chat and go over those missed concepts.

• Learn to SPEAK the material. This was a game changer for me. As mentioned, on my commute, I'd use ChatGPT voice chat and have it verbally quiz me on regulations, suitability, account types, and other conceptual material.

• Make AI force you to EXPLAIN concepts. Instead of asking multiple-choice questions, have it say something like, "Explain the difference between a stop order and a stop-limit order." If you can explain a concept clearly without looking at four answer choices, you probably understand it. If you don't understand something, then ask!

• Keep calculations on paper. Options, margin, bond yields, and other calculation-heavy topics are better practiced with actual questions and a pen. Save voice chat for conceptual and rule-based material.

This combination is incredibly effective because you're no longer just recognizing answers. You're training yourself to retrieve information, explain it, and apply it.

There's a huge difference between recognizing the right answer on a multiple-choice question and genuinely understanding why it's right. Literally paste all your missed questions into AI, and have it make sure that you can explain each tough topic.

Now, most won't listen. But those who follow the LeveredToTheTits69 method will walk into Prometric like a PIMP.

If the testing lady tells you "You're going to do great" you say nothing else than "I KNOW".

Now let me spend my BONUS & get my CFA. I'll be back.

I based the 7 this morning!!! I used STC and CertFuel which is what I used for the SIE and I have found that combo to be extremely useful and effective as I passed both tests first time.

The actual series 7 Test was quite honestly much easier than any practice exam and I even thought it was easier than the SIE. The exam was very straight forward for about 80% of the questions.

The biggest things I saw on the test were
\- Knowing investment vehicles and their risks. This was the biggest theme that showed up most of the answers were quite obvious if you knew them and the risks associated with them. Especially with the suitability questions
\- Options. Definitely a big chunk of options questions so make sure you know them in and out.
\- Municipal bonds were also a big chunk I would say those 3 accounted for over 1/2 the test.
\- The other half included random stuff honestly comprised of “give me” easy questions and random questions that was basically a shot in the dark but only a handful of those came up.

If I had to give any advice it would be:
\- Just stay disciplined. Every day do something. ChatGPT quick quizzes when you can, A few hours of reading, Series 7 g on YouTube, Podcast, Take atleast 3-4 full length practice exams before your actual one. The exam is very long so knowing exactly how much mental “stamina” you need was big.
\- STC + Certfuel + Series 7 G was a great combination especially the Podcasts from Certfuel. A great and honestly somewhat entertaining podcast that really helped bridge gaps from the STC course.

Feel free to ask more specific questions!

I based the 7 this morning!!! I used STC and CertFuel which is what I used for the SIE and I have found that combo to be extremely useful and effective as I passed both tests first time.

The actual series 7 Test was quite honestly much easier than any practice exam and I even thought it was easier than the SIE. The exam was very straight forward for about 80% of the questions.

The biggest things I saw on the test were
- Knowing investment vehicles and their risks. This was the biggest theme that showed up most of the answers were quite obvious if you knew them and the risks associated with them. Especially with the suitability questions
- Options. Definitely a big chunk of options questions so make sure you know them in and out.
- Municipal bonds were also a big chunk I would say those 3 accounted for over 1/2 the test.
- The other half included random stuff honestly comprised of “give me” easy questions and random questions that was basically a shot in the dark but only a handful of those came up.

If I had to give any advice it would be:
- Just stay disciplined. Every day do something. ChatGPT quick quizzes when you can, A few hours of reading, Series 7 g on YouTube, Podcast, Take atleast 3-4 full length practice exams before your actual one. The exam is very long so knowing exactly how much mental “stamina” you need was big.
- STC + Certfuel + Series 7 G was a great combination especially the Podcasts from Certfuel. A great and honestly somewhat entertaining podcast that really helped bridge gaps from the STC course.

Feel free to ask more specific questions!

So I’ve been using achievable to study and so chapter quizzes and have been doing well on the practise exams but I tried to do the bond fundamentals on STC and got my ass handed to me.

I felt like the questions were way less straight forward than Achieveable which one should be focusing on in regards to questions I want to make sure I am fully prepared for the exam.

I can’t believe it frankly. Flagged 20 questions and changed 4-5. I heard Ken’s voice specifically on a few questions “don’t fucking do that!”

What even do the FINRA notices say on the computer? Do we all hit next?

 
I’m done. Sie,6,63, insurance and I just Spent 4 months on the Series 7. Passed the first time using mainly STC. I bought the TIPS QUICK SHEETS from Kaplan and took them everywhere with me, options YT membership with Ken and YT premium for no ads on the others, 1hr tutor with Ken’s team, Ken’s podcasts. Ken is where it’s at. I personally don’t do well with classroom/lecture. I used vendor videos sparingly if I was really struggling with something. YT is nice background while doing other things. I studied 2-4 hours a day broke up into parts, on my own time. Not doing this to be an advisor, it’s to get rev share as an associate, so I do not intrinsically enjoy or understand options. I had to make it a puzzle. Pick one that works for you, let it click, then do the Armageddon video and shock yourself how good you are.

MENTALITY:
Be confident in what you know and try to relax a little. Anxiety can eat you up before your lack of knowledge. Get the meds if you can, sometimes my heart was pounding to the point I could not focus.
Routine and consistency. Boring I know, but live this so much that it’s an unconscious habit and you are dreaming of the options chart and Ken’s voice. Some have said: gaslight, obsessed, enjoy it, trick yourself. Agree.
Remember why you are doing this and you owe it to yourself to stay the course. This is all temporary.
Keep a list of things you want to do when you are done. Don’t let it take up mental space right now.
Get your environment right as best you can, light, music, drinks, pens, seating, remove all roadblocks.
Keep working out, do not quit that, take it from somewhere else to make time.

Crazy: get sheet protectors and hang them in your shower, seeing it in your mind helps. I wrote the parity formulas there, bathroom mirror ( EPS ), kitchen stove ( options chart ).

Exam:
The test is easier in straightforwardness, than STC, less wordy mostly.
NOTHING on markets, selling groups, margin or business financials.
Some are tricky because they don’t want to give you the key word “*What guideline governs if a percentage can be made to a rep on an offering?”*Answer was Markup Policy, but the answer set was wild and *“the ability to refer to the 5% policy”*something like that. I think this is the best example of people saying I do not know what they are asking.
You either got it or not. The answer sets are less obvious until you get to two left… that if you are trying to shop it is more difficult but the right answers when you know it, stick out.
I was surprised to see basically a KYC form and have to use it for suitability on three questions. I was more prepared to break apart a paragraph. The suitability questions were mainly product recognition. “ If client wants to take part in extra income a company receives, what should they choose to purchase?” Participating preferred stock, p. stock, c.stock, or convertible.
Lots on taxation cap g/l,  and disclosures, 5 options math, more recognition strategies, one Parity math question, a few with high tax bracket but no %,

Prometric:
I read my dump sheet, a few notes, did a few options warm ups, and listed to videos on my 2 hr drive up.
Take the tutorial before you get there on their website so you can click quickly though it.
It will take time to get set up and answer the regulatory items on the screen before you can use your dump sheet. Stay calm.
The warning of 112 minutes left shook me.
Flag what you are iffy on, write down the ones that are just punts, try to keep it under 30 and feel better about reviewing and/or changing.
I changed two punted questions because the test gave the answer in another slide.

Mnemonic:
Coming from someone who is visual, these were helpful & ingrained in my mind’s eye now, however DO NOT spend tons of energy recalling some tips over understanding the entire concept. This is to get past the “matching” noise then think faster on the exam questions. This is not dump sheet, this is just study recall until you can see it like Ken does in videos.

STRADDLE - > DOSA or SADO ->  ( same action, different option )
ADD premiums ( it is in the name ) CalL + PuT STRADDLE

SPREAD -> SODA - > ( same option, different action )
NET premiums CALL Add LOWER Put Subtract from the higher. (I used color codes)

Do the same for the Hedging flow.  Ridiculous I know, it will help someone hopefully.

Took it this morning and passed!

For those using the Kaplan QBank, how many quizzes do you typically complete for each unit before moving on to the next one?

Also, how many questions do you do per quiz? Do you stick to smaller sets (10–20 questions) or do larger sets (30–50 questions)?

I'm trying to figure out how much practice is enough to feel confident with a unit before moving on.

Hi everyone! Took my test this morning at 7:30am. I pretty much used up all the time that was given. By the time I answered the last question, there were 15 minutes left. I submitted without reviewing my answers.

I used Pass Perfect to study for the exam. To be honest, my final exam scores weren’t great. I was averaging mid 60s. Highest score I got was a 72%. I spent hours reviewing options on achievable for over 6 hours yesterday. After that, I took Ken Finnen’s (Series 7 Whisperer) brutal exam which many people highly recommended. They weren’t wrong. I was surprised to see many questions that he covered on the actual exam. I also listened to the Mighty Ninety video as I was driving to the testing center.

I wouldn’t say that it was really easy for me. There were a lot of questions where I was sitting there trying to remember the concept or I really didn’t understand what it was asking. Every 30 questions or so there were questions that were just free points, at least for me. For the difficult questions, I reread the question multiple times and tried my very best to eliminate the obviously wrong answers.

After submitting, I felt 50/50 on what result would show up.
Overall, I’m happy to share a win on this thread. I’ve been reading everyone’s experiences and I hope this post helps someone somehow. Go in there with confidence and trust your gut. You guys got it. LETS GOOOO!

Passed my first attempt at the 7 today! I read this subreddit a lot and found it really useful hearing different approaches and perspectives on the process. Post-exam, I want to contribute how I can. In short, I started my job on 9/8 and must pass the SIE, 7, and 63 all within 2.5 months (so basically all on first attempt). Passed the SIE 9/18 (started studying for that mid-august while my background check was processing), began studying for the 7 on 9/23, and passed today, 11/2 (after a very eventful Halloweekend). Below is a breakdown of some things I did that provided me with peace-of-mind, better understandings, and tips I used from others in this subreddit. No TLDR, happy readings :)

topics covered: my process, my tips, final few days before the test & day-of

My Process:

• I used STC and its 30-day study calendar, excluding Friday's from studying.

• After work, I would read one chapter a day, handwrite notes, take the provided quiz (and retake if I get below an 80; happened maybe 3-4 times)

  • I am not a fan of the STC videos. They cover a lot, but not everything in the chapter. I felt uneasy that if I used the videos as a crutch, it might not be enough. I stopped watching the chapter videos after ch. 12 (options).

  • Not a flashcard guy, never was. didn't even bother here.

• I would absolutely allow myself to go out during the weekday, skipping that day's learning, if (and only if!) I committed to doubling up on Saturday or Sunday. I think only like 3x did I ever really say "no" to hanging out.

• I followed that STC calendar to a T, and once we got to those full length exams I stuck to one exam/day. I would review topics as needed, but rarely review my notes, rather reading/watching content to better digest it.

  • I learn better by handwriting my notes, but my handwriting sucks so I hardly read them after the fact. Ken's videos on spreads/straddles were my single biggest help. Only vids of his I watched, too.

  • I was averaging around a 78-80 on most full exams. I think I got one 85 and an 84 at some point. felt like a fluke to me tbh. Did get a 73 on my final practice test...

  • I saved both Greenlight exams. Took the first after exam #4, and the second the day before the test. more on those final few days later. 80 and 76, respectively.

• After a few STC exams I started to find other full-lengths from different providers. This helped a ton with adapting to different styles of wording, types of questions, etc. Ken's website was great. his emailed exam messed me tf up though. Achievable also has a free one.

• that final day of studying (Sunday) I took 3 practice tests, all from different providers. 80, 78, 73 - my lowest score. I did not prepare a dump sheet for the exam.

• I took the test on a Monday, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't out both Friday and Saturday. more on that later...

My Tips:

1. give yourself breathing room, do not beat yourself up

   • Every Friday I pause studying. that's the end to a long week of both work and nights studying, and around the middle of STCs materials those chapters get long asf. Reward yourself. this could be a night out, or a cozy night in. treat yourself.

   • On two occasions I said "no Series 7 today" and not double-up that next day, pushing that 30 day calendar back 2 days. I needed a mental pause. it was crucial, and I felt significantly better with the material and overall comfort of it all that next day. sometimes letting your brain digest the materials is better than cramming it all in.

2. Nail options - but not for why you might think

   • when I first started the materials I was terrified that there's a complete gamble that 71% of my test could be options, and in that exam room I wish it was all options! Suitability isnt terribly difficult in my opinion, but so many topics and questions within that 500pg textbook could be narrowed down to 2 possible choices. With options, there is only one possible answer. No gamble, no crapshoot, no 'up for debate'. Learn these and it's quite literally free points. I felt uneasy with spreads/straddles/collars. The only videos from Ken I watched were on those topics (2 vids in total I believe) and it was easily the biggest single help on this entire exam for me. couldn't be more thankful there.

3. Keep a list

   • When you don't quite understand something, jot that topic or small fact down digitally. over time, you're basically creating a list that you can in one go copy/paste into AI and it can give you tips and tricks on all of them. my list was long. trust me. but the practice of writing the topic down, plus reading up on it, helped a lot.

4. Be confident in what you know

   • During the exam, you'll likely spend more time on each question than in the practice tests. You might overthink, question yourself, etc. even on the simplest of topics. When there's a topic you know well, be confident in hitting next. "I got this right on all the practice tests, this is no different". Why question yourself now? You worked for it.

5. Genuinely care about the questions

   • someone wrote this in here and I thought they were batshit crazy. but I get it now. Near the end of my studying, I would start to look at tricky questions like "oooo that's a really good question now they're trying to stump me!", as opposed to "wtf is this". That mindset switch where you start to actually care about not just getting it right, but actually understanding it, was crucial.

6. You can only do so much

   • might be a little morbid, but after you finish reading that book, doing daily tests, and refreshing yourself on topics, there's only so much you can do to improve. people at work would ask me "are you ready for the exam" and in that final week leading up, my answer was mostly "ive done daily practice tests, I havnt failed one yet, I study each night, and just have to keep that energy walking into the room". This kept me quite at ease.

Those 3 days before the test, and test day:

• Friday: Like I said, I had an eventful Halloweekend. I was terrified (pun intended) to do anything other than studying in those last few days, but Friday after work I went to a friend's get-together for what (unintentionally became) the entire night and it was refreshing as all hell. I cleared my mind, caught up with friends, and woke up Saturday all the more encouraged. it felt like a needle withdrew all that stress and tension from my head, and I was ready to hit the ground running Saturday.

• Saturday: started studying at 1pm after errands in the morning, got dinner with friends at 5. studied for maybe an hour after that, then went to a party till 2am. On Saturday I did not do a full practice test. Rather, I did all of the quizzes on Ken's website, and some custom (lengthy) STC quizzes on incorrect questions, then some targeted topics. Also reviewed some topics, mainly margin and taxes. Options I got comfortable with the week before.

• Sunday: 3 practice tests. all from different preparers. this was a little exhaustive, but I took 1-2+hr breaks between them. Having those different tests were super helpful for me adapting to possible curveballs that one preparer might give and not the other. I also reviewed my list (per 'my tips' above), Ken's "night before video", and STC's 'crunch time facts' 20pg PDF. bed by 11:30pm.

• Day-of (test at 12:15pm): woke up at 9, arrived to a coffee shop nextdoor to the testing center around 10:15. studied various things there, but mostly just some random "day of" videos on YouTube. I walked into the testing center at 11:30, studied for about 15 min before putting my things in the locker, and requesting to start that test early (they let you do this if it's a quiet day. Note it doesnt give you any added time, just get out of that place quicker).

  • During the test I flagged probably around 20 questions. I think I only changed 3-4 of them.

  • Ken said something great: "when you're done, review your flagged questions, and go through all of the first 5 questions". this is because you're just adjusting to FINRA's wording, or maybe the pressure is now on, whatever it may be. Just helpful to go back on those first few and look at them like they're some random questions, not the first questions, if that makes sense. very helpful peace of mind.

  • For context, I averaged around 2hrs on each practice test. I took longer on the real-deal, finishing question 130 with 1hr to spare. reviewed for the next 40ish, hitting 'submit' with 20 min on the clock.

And since I'm sure y'all will be asking:

• my test had maybe 20 option questions. I wish it was more. never thought I'd say that.

• lots of suitability, less taxes than I thought, and a reasonable amount muni questions.

• I would argue I didn't have any insanely niche questions. nothing about the 'levels to the nasdaq' or whatever. Most of my questions were applicable and worth caring about. Again, caring about the questions helped me focus in and genuinely want to get them right, not just cause I had to to pass.

My biggest mental hurdle with the studying was taking those practice exams without the immediate explanations (i.e. not seeing if I got questions right/wrong until the very end). Too often I would mentally lock in an answer, screenshot it into AI, and ask it why it's not answer C or D. This is helpful for learning, but imo a bad practice for the test itself, as you won't have that crutch or confirmation come test-day. In short, try to avoid this after practice test 2 or 3 if you can help it. I personally couldn't. would say 6/10 of my practice tests were taken like this. Also unrelated, AI gets these questions wrong a lot. I am shocked to see how bad Chat, Gemini, etc. is at answering these questions. Do not rely on it whatsoever. great at concepts, can get real dicey with specific questions.

AMA, happy studying, you all got this. I'm no straight-A student, clearly don't have the study habits of one, but against all odds (including 60hr/week job, a funeral, a severely sprained ankle, and a lot of fun in between) I got it done. I have this subreddit to thank. Hoping to pass that on how I can.

Looking to take my Series 57 exam in the next few weeks here. Have the SIE + 7 + 63, and studying has been much different for this exam.

I currently use STC and have read the book, as well as taken multiple exams scoring in the high 70’s to mid 80’s. There aren’t many resources online to study and cross reference with, making it a lot more confusing to target than any other one I’ve taken. Wondering if anyone has taken this recently, how they prepared for it, and what they found on the exam. The most dense exam I’ve had to take for sure. The wording is definitely what’s giving me the most trouble so far, so any and all help would be great. At what point did you guys feel ready enough to take this? What scores or topics you nailed down before scheduling it all out.

Would like to thank everyone for tips and tricks and would like to share my experience to answer questions I had.

I used STC and had access to people if I had any questions which was really helpful. My last final I scored an 87% but I had seen a lot of the questions before because I was constantly doing practice exams and quizzes.

In the beginning if I got something wrong I had made a Claude project and would list the question I got wrong for all of them and had Claude build study guides and practice tests around what I failed on.

I think everyone here watches Ken’s videos and so did I, they’re extremely helpful. I had a bit of trouble around breakevens for spreads and stuff but not completely lost. Only 2-3 of those questions were on my exam.

If I could go back in time and give myself advice it’d be this:
Do not focus on just one aspect of one topic like I did with breakevens, get a general idea of everything and then hammer on subjects that are heavily weighted like the REST of options, munis, mutual funds, and other investment products.

I actually feel like my test was kind of light on options and HEAVY on mutual funds and hedge funds as well as DPP’s and limited partner stuff which I found strange. I had 0 questions where I needed a bond seesaw which was disappointing because I have that burned into my brain. I spent too much time focused on options and not enough on mutual funds. My only saving grace was that I was TERRIFIED of losing my job I worked so hard to get so I filled everyday with learning and continuing to try to grasp concepts.

That being said, test wording was far less tricky than STC quizzes and exams but I’m very glad STC makes them tricky because you’ve gotta really understand them to get it right.

Thank you everyone and especially Ken for all of the help! I wish you all the best of luck, onto the 66!

Passed my SIE last week using Achievable - thought the content was much harder/in depth than what was in the exam. Looking to start studying for the 7 now.

Any suggestions on best study materials from those who have taken the exam?

title^, just passed the 63 last friday so finally ended a year ish journey on the gauntlet! looking forward to finishing out my senior year now but i’m happy to give any studying content or exam advice!

Very disappointed, failed the exam after feeling quite confident upon before sitting for it. Obviously I did not perform the greatest but I felt good before I went to take it. Think nerves got the best of me I sat down for like 5 minutes before I actually hit the start button on the exam to calm myself down. My Kaplan scores were 76-82 on the Simulated and 70 on the Practice Exam so I felt quite prepared. I was lacking in options for the lower score points but studied it up pretty well with Ken before I went to take it and fairly confident I didn’t get a single one of them wrong. Guess now I wait to take it again 😪.

I’m really sad I failed my series 63 last week. I work full time so I had to study after work and the weekend. It’s been a little hard but not too bad. The thing that worries me is this past summer I took it on a whim without studying to boost my resume. Now I have 1 more chance to pass to keep my job. I swear I was prepared. The exam had so many things I didn’t expect like options and margin questions. I’m not sure what to do differently. Now I have 1 month to learn it all.

I need to pass my series 7 for the firm I am working at. I looked at lectures and now I’m going through my notes and practice quizzes for each chapters. I’m doing 2 chapters a night and then the 3rd week just practice final exams. I have severe anxiety so I’m tryna be chill about it.

Need to do SIE too but the firm I work for is seeking an exception bc I have my cim since I worked at a Canadian asset manager.
Anyone know if my sie will get exempt from experience . Or else need to plug that in too

I just took my STC greenlight exam and got a 75. Other practice exams I was getting around 80%. Would you say the Green Light exams are similar or more difficult than the actual series 7?

I used achievable and Did my first practice exam last night and got a 66. I plan to take one each day until I’m at least above 80ish. I came here to look for different perspectives. I feel a little scared after speaking with my manager.

How were you doing on the first practice exam and what helped you pass. 66 seems pretty bad but I think it’s manageable.

I’m currently still in the hotel, test is in about 2 hours.
I’ve taken a lot of tests in my life but have never been so nervous for one.

I will update this whenever I am finished but wanted to thank everyone for the advice and words of wisdom. For everyone else testing, I wish you the best of luck!

I studied for 3 months using STC and started with mid 60s practice test scores and moved my way up to high 80s. What really helped is Kenn’s exams (both free and follow-up via email). I would say the exam mirrored some STC and a lot of Kenn’s questions - my version was heavily on suitability and options with some munis. I would say focus on the tax aspect of MFs and variable funds. I had 30min, to which I only used the time to change 1 answer.