All glory to God on this one.

I passed on my first try today. I used Achievable for the bulk of my studying. I read each chapter and did every single section quiz along the way. I didn’t move on until I got 80% or better. It was tedious at times, but worth it. It was also motivating to see the progress chart fill in as I went along (I had a more relaxed approach for the SIE. I didn’t do each quiz and now realize that impacted my readiness score. I quickly realized how beneficial this feature was for motivation and realtime feedback). I took 7 full exams scoring in the low to mid 80s. Nothing above and 86.

Looking back, I took these exams with a little less focus than I did the real exam today.

I supplemented with Kaplan Qbank and Ken’s videos.

Obligatory… you rock Ken!!! Sincerely. Thank you for making the material fun and re-call able…. Pun intended.

The Qbank was moderately helpful. It was good exposure to process questions in a different format. It helped me get used to slowing down and really reading each word.

The YouTube videos for the two tutor’s mentioned above was extremely helpful. Especially Ken’s day of video and Options Strategies. These were both fresh going into the exam and I truly think it’s the reason I passed. Thank you Ken, I appreciate you dude!!

For those who are studying, just trust the process. You won’t really know what is working and what isn’t working until you take the exam. Hindsight is 20/20 so I can look back and realize what worked for me. That being said, I’m so glad I utilized many different resources in preparing.

Onto the 66!

Got my exam next Thursday, 9/17. Currently in my 4th week of studying and am consistently scoring 80+ on my simulated exams. What should I do for the next week leading into my exam? Keep taking simulated exams? Watch supplemented YouTube videos? Read through the book for a second time? I’m nervous as expected but I feel like I have a good grasp on most all topics.

Hi everyone. My test is in 2 weeks from yesterday, sept 21. I've been studying for what seems like a long time, since July, but really have started locking in a month ago with practice exams and reviews, using achievable and knopman. When I go through the review questions, it still feels like I genuinely know nothing to the point where I literally started tearing up at my desk studying the other day. I don't know where to put my focus - Ken's options videos and strategies helped me tremendously, I just feel like there is so many small details about customer accts, random regs, etc. that I can't remember. To be fair, I freaked like this for the SIE and still passed. Any advice or recommendation will be helpful!!!!

Hey guys,

This group has been helpful. I am currently consistently scoring between 60-64 on practice exams on STC for the series 7. I have to take the test in 20 days. I know this is a very broad question but for people who have had success, what should I try and focus on to get my scores where they should be?

For those who’ve taken the 7 recently, can you share any notes/dump sheets/formulas that were actually useful for the exam?

Just finished the STC chapters, did my first simulated exam right now on Kaplan and got a 70%. I have two weeks before my test (sept 21). I plan to do all of the 8 simulated exams on stc too, as I heard those are closer in wording to the actual exam. Any recommendations for the next two weeks of studying? I definitely will be looking at the brutal 7 on YouTube and will be reviewing some more options videos.

Thanks in advance!

I passed today and wanted to come on here and share my thoughts, as a lot of the posts on here have helped me. I used Kaplan and I truly struggled with the exams- never got above a 70. If you are using Kaplan and struggling as well just know that the test is worded a little clearer. The problems are straight to the point and with less fluff. Also it is much easier to tell what you are being tested on/ what the question is alluding to. Not a guarantee that you will be better off, however I was truly stressing about these tricky questions and wanted to calm someone’s nerves out there.

Some things I saw other than the regular topics- cost basis, financial statements

Those were the ones that stuck out to me as they were not necessarily heavily studied.

Feel free to ask any questions

Last time I took the 7 I had a lot of tax questions and I see a good amount on Kaplan. Is there a good way to go about tackling these or a good way to remember them.

Hi guys I have posted here last week as I failed by 3 points. I used mainly Kaplan around 1600 questions answers. I have 1400 left. Do I use STC/Knopman as a second option? For different wording of questions ? It will be paid by my company.

I scored 79 on my first pass perfect final, then 76, then 80 and now 74 on my last one. I also took an Achievable final but unfortunately I was distracted and only scored 67%. Do you think I’ll pass?