u/TheOneAndOnlyRusty

This morning, after only 3 hours of sleep I was able to pass the S65 exam! I didn’t choose to only sleep three hours, but unfortunately my body had different plans…

I’m glad to have this under my belt, and the exam came pretty straightforward for me since I already did the SIE & 63. There was definitely a lot more trick questions, in this exam, and some topics which I don’t remember even going in my studies, but al last I passed.

Big shoutout to Ken Finnen & PassPerfect as usual, both of them were great sources to study.

For practice exams I was scoring between 85%-91%.

Exam took me a hour and a half.

I’m on chapter 7/9 on PassPerfect and I’ve only come across like 2 equations, for the most part this whole textbook so far has just been review from the SIE & 63 other.

I’m just wondering though, why do people keep stressing the equations so much? Based on what i’ve seen theres about 5 math/solving questions, and it’s a 130 question exam.

Also when do these equations pop up… so far it’s just been stuff like parity price or after-tax bond yield.

Hello, as the post states, I just passed my Series 63 today using PassPerfect, and I just purchased the exam study prep for the 65, and I've purchased an exam slot on FINRA, which I'm yet to schedule.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how I can transfer the 63 into the 65.

Has anyone taken MGMT406 with Nataliya Acc-Nikhemar? I’m between that or MGMT455 with S. Gurumurthi.

If I switch to MGMT406, I can avoid having SCM422 from Yavuz Idug which I believe would end up being a pretty difficult class, as I already don’t like the professor, and it doesn’t really relate to my major. I would be able to take SCM418 with Gustavo Del Rivero instead, who I think is probably the best professor on campus.

I finally took my SIE after about 3 weeks of studying 4/5 days a week for 4-6 hours a day.

I definitely feel I overstudied for this exam, but I don’t regret it at all.

I used pass perfect and I highly recommend reading the textbook instead of just exams as you will risk memorization over comprehension. These questions were a lot simpler than pass perfect which would actually throw you off if you don’t read the textbook.

I am currently studying for the SIE exam and will be taking it on Friday. I was sitting and randomly the $100 gift rule came up in my head, I googled to make sure my understanding was correct and I found out that the $100 rule is now $300 according to FINRA.

I’ve been studying with pass perfect, and it still states $100, on the SIE if this question comes up would it be the new updated $300 figure, or the old $100?

I am currently scheduled to take the SIE in person on Friday. I am currently using PassPerfect for my studying, and I've read the entire textbook, and I have been doing practice tests and scoring above 80% on each exam. PP currently estimates that my likelihood of passing is 95%, but I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me. I did hear that the PP exams are more difficult than the actual exam, and I wanted to know the validity of that claim.

I am pretty confident, and I am able to complete these practice exams between 30 and 35 minutes each time, but I notice that sometimes I am slipping up and messing up on obvious questions.

I am about to move on to the randomized exams, but I was wondering what I should do in addition to just taking practice exams and then reviewing the incorrect questions after.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.