Passed 1st Attempt!
STC prepped and passed both the SIE and S7 within 6 weeks!
SIE 3 week prep
STC videos - typed notes in OneNote for each video
STC book - read and highlighted each chapter
Pop quiz, repeat and 4-5 practice quizzes
Felt prepared going into the exam and flew through the exam. Felt over prepared leaving the exam.
S7 4 week prep
STC videos - typed notes in OneNote for each video
STC book - read and highlighted each chapter
Pop quiz, repeat and 4-5 practice quizzes
**Added** STC options and suitability crash course & purchased the Kaplan Q bank separately, adding another 4-5 exams here. Watched a few of Ken’s videos which make some of the concepts click so easy!
Felt prepared going into the exam but S7 was not a breeze like the SIE.
-way more mutual funds than i anticipated
-many tendered shares questions
-suitability
-some options, nothing crazy but need to know debits/credits spreads and how to identify. Max profit/loss. Identifying the dominate leg.
To note with all the above:
-The SIE over prep made the s7 material feel very familiar. Felt like I was reading the same book at times though the test was very less straight forward.
-like many, I never felt confident through the exam but the experiences in this thread reminded me to keep pushing through and to expect this.
-I MAYBE once got a practice test score over 75.. I read questions I got wrong and added quick to my notes.
Ask away, this thread helped me a lot!