u/nikininedoors5077

I moved over to Kaplan after failing my 65 earlier this month. Right now I am taking the chapter reading quizzes, then the chapter exams, and going back and reading the modules in the chapter I am scoring the lowest on.

I am scoring an avg of 78% on the QBank questions, but the exam questions I'm averaging a 62%.

I feel like that's super weird, it's the same content. But I feel like the chapter exams are worded super weird. Did anyone else notice a similar disparity between QBank and exams?

I am going to keep studying until I get to 2K questions and average above a 75, I am just trying to figure out why there's such a gap when it's the same content from the same course provider...

I failed my exam on 5/1, I went to register for an exam on FINRA today and got the "a 30 day wait has been applied to your account, do you want to continue?" prompt.

I'm trying to register and get a date on the calendar because, tbh, failing really deflated me and I need a target test date to get my butt back in gear. But I don't want to click the yes button and have them HAHA me while keeping $187 bc I tried to register too soon.

Can I request an exam and register in mid-June? or do I need to wait until 5/31 or later to do this?

TIA!

Economic Factors 11/20
Characteristics 21/32
Strategies 27/39
Regs 26/39

Used Achievable with Brian Lee and Luke Lyons to supplement. I was nailing practice tests in my last few weeks, so I’m a little surprised at my score.

Three things I saw on the exam that I didn’t know with the depth needed (and there were easily 10 questions on these areas) were futures / forwards, dividend discount rate, and discounted cash flow.

There was a lot on future value / present value. Several on balance sheets and income sheets. Almost nothing on types of risk, nothing on economic indicators at all, two on EMH, one on CAPM, one math question and it was determining FV on a bond.

I feel like everything I prepped for wasn’t anything I saw. And the weird word twists in the Achievable practice tests weren’t on the real exam. I almost felt like the exam itself was intentionally vague and unclear.

Anyway, I am going to retest once this holding period clears. Since there isn’t one section that I aced or one that I bombed I am going to review it all.

Anyone work with a tutor they really loved? I’d love a rec. I think that’s my next step. It was clear I knew concepts but not at the level of detail needed to cross the finish line.