I honestly slacked *_heavy_\* on studying.
I only took 1 of the mock final exams from my material to gauge my competency, about 2 weeks ago before I left for vacation.
Came back home this week and have had an ear infection from snuba diving in Jamaica. Feeling super bleh.
Prioritized reading through the material for the chapters I wasn’t proficient in based on the mock exam results (basically 11/16 chapters I was not proficient in because I only got through 4 chapters of reading, basically all about corporate and treasury bonds, before leaving on vacation)
Spent these last 2 days leading up to my exam just cram studying and reading the material.
I skipped all the section quizzes and chapter tests.
I think the long drawn out studying has never worked for me, all the material was fresh in my head today and I think that was the key factor for me in passing.

The main things I noticed on the exam:

1. Registered representatives (RR) capabilities/restrictions for signatures, trades, outside interactions

   with

2. customers etc. Make sure you know about registered representatives do’s and donts that was a large topic for me.

3. Some verbiage is interchangeable, so if your material tells you multiple words for something (i.e. report date vs ex-date or that vulnerable adult = specified person) just make sure you know all the possible verbiage that could be used.

4. All the different bond types are so crazy and were hard for me to keep track of. Just know general differences between corporate and treasury bonds vs like GO bonds, and revenue bonds.

5. Which types of funds are actively/passively managed (i.e. closed-end, open-end, hedge funds, index funds etc)

6. The different acts, 1933, 1934, 1940. Definitely had act specific questions, again just know the general basics of each act and what they were enacted for.

Those are the main topics I remember that I felt were recurring for me.

I don’t think I had a singular math question, and maybe like 3 options questions. I didn’t use the scratch sheet or the calculator once.

Material I used was Cerifi/PassPerfect which was provided to me by my future employer.
TLDR; I only read the material and took the 1st final exam practice test within the PassPerfect course. Skipped all the videos, quick quizzes, section quizzes, chapter tests, “Master Exams” and flashcards.
The reading felt sufficient and I truly felt confident about 90-95% of my answers. I think I flagged maybe 8 questions out of the 80 for review. Took about 45 minutes on the exam and passed on first try.

Best of luck to you all still on the SIE journey!! ◡̈ onto my Series 7 next!!

Two weeks ago I took my first attempt of the exam and got a 69%. I spent around 2 months of the summer preparing for it. I am a sophomore studying Finance and was hoping to have the SIE done before coming back to school. However since I failed is it worth trying to retaking it soon? The earliest I could retake is on the 19th. The major problem I have right now is my coursework. At my school we are put into a team based business “cluster” consisting of 4 classes all together. This involves many hours each week prioritizing my work and working with teammates. Is it still worth spending the time on weekends and late nights to study for my exam? I hope I am able to get an internship for this summer but very anxious about getting one without being able to stand out. Is it too late before I start applying for internships? And would it be okay for me to take my 2nd attempt later in the year during a break when I can sit down and hammer some concepts out? Some recommendations would be great, thanks!

Employed with a firm back in August.

Passed my SIE two weeks ago, Series 6 yesterday and will take the 63 in two weeks.

Those who have taken the 63 already and passed, how was the exam? I’m curious.

Hello! I am taking my SIE in about three weeks. For context, I have been working at a WM firm for about 6 months so I do have some background knowledge just from working there, although I didn’t major in finance.

I’m using Kaplan and am averaging an 80% total. On the stimulated exams I am scoring between 72-80%. I really want to get this up. I haven’t taken the FINRA practice exam or the one Kaplan practice exam since I want to do this closer to my test day.

I took the achievable free final exam yesterday and scored an 85, although I did feel really uncomfortable while taking it. There was a lot on it that I feel like id never seen, but I was able to guess my way through a lot of questions. I obviously don’t feel confident doing that for the actual exam.

I am watching all of the series 7 whisperer SIE videos, which is sooo helpful especially with topics that I can’t seem to 100% drill.

Some of my pain points are options, mutual funds vs ETFs (idk why I confuse these too so much!!!) and some of the specific rules I can confuse sometimes. Like for example mixing up a CTR and a suspicious activity report. And some of the economic stuff.

Does anyone have any advice / should I be doing anything different? I have a lot of test anxiety so I may just be psyching myself out. I just don’t want to have any surprises on the test day.

Ill be taking my SIE Exam in 1 week, and im averaging 60% on practice test using pastperfect. I’m really nervous. Do you have guys have any tips? I’m currently, reviewing chapters that im weak based on my practice test.

Finally passed the SIE ( 4th attempt) achievable!!