[quote=NASD Newbie]The word is grammar--and your boss is not impressed with you even though you may think he is.  Bosses look at people who get 56 on Series 7 as being mildly retarded.[/quote]

Are you or are you not a 2.2 Million dollar producer NEwb? Don't chicken **** out of an answer because you can't fess up your to your own deficiency.

That might come close to hurting if it still weren't for the fact that you're a piker who uses a forum to pass off as intelligent.

Anonymous is right, the results count and you clearly never had any.

Where are you guys posting your resumes to get jobs as FA’s? I need to find another company since my hiring window with the current window ends before I can retake my Series 66.

Does every topic go off topic eventually? Seems like we're on one subject then NASD Newbie manages to take things off course.

That’s all he has, slkgirl.  It’s his only chance to “be somebody”.  Don’t take that away from the doddering old fool.

[quote=Philo Kvetch]That's all he has, slkgirl.  It's his only chance to "be somebody".  Don't take that away from the doddering old fool.[/quote]

I'm just a newbie to this forum so I don't know who the friends and foes are. Thanks for the tip though, I'll keep it in mind. =)

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I used Kaplan for the Series 65 and had no problems.

I need help also. I have to go back and take the 66. I had the 65 until 05 when my company let them lapse. I was in a corporate role then and didnt need it for day to day work. I am studying online with pass perfect and am taking the 66 on the Thbursday. I am not ready and feel I will fail. Anyone have any last minute advice. Also, is the 65 easier as I could have just taken that since I already have the 63?

@boslackey

Why don't you try taking exams with a different training course. I have access to the Training Consultants course if you are interested?

Hi All (S7 & 66),

I thought it prudent to post my experience in case it could be of help to anyone. I studied for three weeks each for S7 & S66. I also did some diligence on different forums, thus, have some experience with the consensus viewpoint.

My firm provides STC materials. Here is how I studied for each exam.

S7 - I did not use STC (although I heard from various forums that it works very well for the S7, but not the S66). I bought Kaplan, read the textbook, lightly skimmed textbook on the treadmill to review what I read, and did 2k test questions. Once test questions are finished, you should be scoring anywhere between 80 & 85% to be prepared in Kaplan. I passed first attempt with 80%. If you decided to do a hard review of the textbook materials, you will likely score 85-90%. It is not a hard exam, so if you try hard, you will do very well.

S66 - I found the S66 to be harder. I decided to immediately book the exams and walk in cold for a first attempt - just to see what was on it - and start studying after (the test center is literally 5min walk from my house so no harm / no foul. I scored 69% without ever looking at a page or question - if was kinda fun as never tried that before. I decided, based on the questions I saw to put forth a decent effort.

I read / highlighted the STC textbook and reviewed every chapter page by page, twice. Took about 1.5 weeks. After doing my first master exam on STC's platform, it seemed like it didn't match the exam I took at all. I read some forums that recommended TC for exam questions. So, I never looked at another STC practice question again and instead purchased Kaplan's Q bank and TC's master exams (5+2). I did 1k questions in Kaplan while reading the answers to every question I got wrong (this is the advantage Kaplan Q bank has - providing the answer immediately when you answer the question). After that I attempted the TC master exams and scored - E1 77% E2 75% E3 75% E4 76% E5 82% R1 87% R2 81%. I did not try very hard, just put in the effort to get through the material.

I reviewed the textbook once more the night before and never looked again until exam. Scored 89% in 50mins and moved on with life.

In summary, S66 is more difficult. The STC textbook is great to read / review as extremely thorough, but their questions suck and don't represent the exam at all. TC questions are very good for your master exams and are very representative of the exam and how it tries to trick you. Kaplan's Q bank is great for doing lots of practice questions and having the answer handy immediately afterword to see where you went wrong.

If that helps even one person, I'm glad to have been able to throw it out onto the web :) Do the work and you'll do fine.

Cheers.

@greenspan2017 Do you have access to the TC questions you would be willing to share with me? Thank you in advance, Misty

@poohsquire - sorry, they had expired shortly after the exam date. Good luck!

Going back to the original post, anyone who wants to do well on the series 66 exam needs to be proficient in the regulations, especially investment advisers and discounting cash flows. Regulations are 45% of the exam while discounting cash flows and related concepts appear in 3 places on the series 66 outline.