Series 66 MEGATHREAD!
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Does anyone have the most up to date TC book for Series 66 that they're looking to sell? I would be interested!
Kaa25 wrote:
Does anyone have the most up to date TC book for Series 66 that they're looking to sell? I would be interested!
I do
I am taking the he Series 66 in 11 days- I have been using Pass Perfect (I used for the 7)- I am scoring low to mid 70's on final exams- any words of wisdom for the final stretch? I also have uses the free Series7Specialist.com over 30- 20 minute videos- I find them very easy to understand but I would appreciate any suggestion to increase my chances.
Msarsan wrote:
I am taking the he Series 66 in 11 days- I have been using Pass Perfect (I used for the 7)- I am scoring low to mid 70's on final exams- any words of wisdom for the final stretch? I also have uses the free Series7Specialist.com over 30- 20 minute videos- I find them very easy to understand but I would appreciate any suggestion to increase my chances.
Take as many practice questions as you can. Review every section with test questions, and do more questions until you are at least in the 80's. I used the TC bank and was finally getting 80's on my quizzes and got a few points less on the actual test.
How did you find the 7 to be? I am taking that in a few days. Was it super hard with lots of calculations?
hrh52 wrote:
I passed, which I contribute to prayer! I had Kaplan materials and bought the TC questions a few days ago, I would recommend, as I do not like the format of the Kaplan, and if anything it will build your confidence.
How was the exam compared to the TC questions? I have been using TC and was wondering if I should purchase the Kaplan QBank or if TC will be enough to get me ready?
I recently took the 66 and wanted to share my experience. I will preface this by saying I was 37 weeks pregnant when I took the test. I was given accomodations by FINRA for extra time and I did need the extra hour for bathroom breaks and to stand up and walk around. I failed this exam with a 71. I will take it again when I'm not pregnant.
All in all I felt like this exam was very very fair. I do hold a Series 7 and a Series 6 and have been in this industry since 1999. I used the Securities Training Consultants (STC) study materials. I read the entire book 1 time and then "reread" what I highlighted one more time near the end. I watched all of the videos and took almost all of the practice exams they provided. My average scores on the practice exams were 72, 88, 64, 88, 84, 80. The final exams were 73, 66, 67, 76, 65, 70, 63, 70. Not that great but again I was super pregnant and working full time. This test wasn't make or break my career.
I had three questions on REITS. 4 questions on Forward and Future Contracts. I had several on discounted cash flow analysis. I had 0 on Time Value of Money or calculating it. I had a handful on systemic and nonsystmic risk. If you have access to the STC study materials you need to know Chapters 2 & 3 & 4 like you wrote the book (State regulations of Securities, State Regulations Governing Broker Dealers and Agents, State Regulations Governing Investment Advisors.) Also, Chapter 12 portfolio management and investment risks.
There were several questions I had that were darn close to STC. I thought the STC questions prepared me very well for the test. I think in a previous post the person said STC was way off. I did not feel this way. I thought it was pretty darn close. I would recommend STC to anyone you just need to study and know the material.
I have full confidence I will pass this again, not pregnant in the next few months. I hope this post helps someone. Read Read Read and take the practice exams and READ the exam questions carefully, many I had, had two very obvious wrong answers. Best of luck, I will update again when I retest.
FLAdvisorGirl wrote:
I recently took the 66 and wanted to share my experience. I will preface this by saying I was 37 weeks pregnant when I took the test. I was given accomodations by FINRA for extra time and I did need the extra hour for bathroom breaks and to stand up and walk around. I failed this exam with a 71. I will take it again when I'm not pregnant.
All in all I felt like this exam was very very fair. I do hold a Series 7 and a Series 6 and have been in this industry since 1999. I used the Securities Training Consultants (STC) study materials. I read the entire book 1 time and then "reread" what I highlighted one more time near the end. I watched all of the videos and took almost all of the practice exams they provided. My average scores on the practice exams were 72, 88, 64, 88, 84, 80. The final exams were 73, 66, 67, 76, 65, 70, 63, 70. Not that great but again I was super pregnant and working full time. This test wasn't make or break my career.
I had three questions on REITS. 4 questions on Forward and Future Contracts. I had several on discounted cash flow analysis. I had 0 on Time Value of Money or calculating it. I had a handful on systemic and nonsystmic risk. If you have access to the STC study materials you need to know Chapters 2 & 3 & 4 like you wrote the book (State regulations of Securities, State Regulations Governing Broker Dealers and Agents, State Regulations Governing Investment Advisors.) Also, Chapter 12 portfolio management and investment risks.
There were several questions I had that were darn close to STC. I thought the STC questions prepared me very well for the test. I think in a previous post the person said STC was way off. I did not feel this way. I thought it was pretty darn close. I would recommend STC to anyone you just need to study and know the material.
I have full confidence I will pass this again, not pregnant in the next few months. I hope this post helps someone. Read Read Read and take the practice exams and READ the exam questions carefully, many I had, had two very obvious wrong answers. Best of luck, I will update again when I retest.
Good luck on the next exam!
Greetings,
I passed the series 65 a month ago using Training Consultants. I knew the book inside and out & made sure I "green lighted" all practice tests and quizzes. Tough Exam for sure. I failed twice and passed my third time. Unfortuntaly as of October 1st 2018 they dont give scores anymore. But I feel confident I scored in the 80s. If you would like to know more about how to pass, shoot me a friendly email and I'll kindly guide you. Redtail525(at)gmail(dot)com
One piece of advice: Do exactly what Training Consultants advises you to do. (Especially Tina's test taking tricks) :-)
Thanks series 66 mega thread for introducing me to Training Consultants, they truly are amazing. BETTER THAN KAPLAN.
My top three prep providers for the series 65 are
Pass Perfect
Kaplan
STC
If anyone needs some extra help with the series 66 exam, you can visit http://www.series66examtutor.com
Just passed the Series 7 exam and need to take the 66 before the end of the year. Does anyone have access to the 66 via Training Consultants through the end of December they would be willing to sell? Thanks
I highly recommend this website for studying if you do not have a class provided to you. https://series7specialists.com They have the 6, 7, 63, 65 and 66. Outline provided as well.
If anyone is interested in getting a discount on Kaplan materials for the series 6, 7, 63, 65, 66 and SIE exams, you can use the link below: https://portal.kaplanfinancial.com/partner/examtutor/portal/login
I took the 66 in August and failed by 2 points. My post is above. I wanted to follow up. I took the 66 on 12/28/2018 and passed. Of course the new exam just says pass so I have no idea my score. I will say this, this is a completely different exam than the one I took in August. I know FINRA changed these exams in Oct. 2018, I didn't think the 66 was affected, however, I could be wrong. This test was a bear!!! I can no longer say I think this test was fair, this test was one of trickery and deceit. Holy Hell it was hard. I have no idea how I passed but I am glad I did. As normal it's a bell curve, the beginnging and end was easier than the middle. I had a completely different exam than before and many questions I didn't have the second time. Please refer to my other post about the questions I had in August. So I had the following topics this time (Dec. 2018) Closed end funds, Open End Funds, I had a question on what the term is for how long a manager is a manager! I have two questions on strong form and weak form efficiency, several questions on LATE and who are exempt, if you don't know LATE look it up. I had three or four on partnerships and LLCs, Capital Asset Pricing, I did not have any discounted cash flows. REITS or Forwards and futures like last time, NONE. Net present value and future value I had 4 questions on these. I had 5 option questions. Two Variable Life questions. Several Technical and Fundamental questions. I used Securities Training Corporation STC. I was only getting in the high 70's and low 80's on these exams. I did feel that reading the book was far more benefical to me. This exam asked some serious specific questions where I knew the 36000 feet view of things. I still recommend STC for studying. READ READ READ People. Again, most questions have two obviously wrong answers and two you can't decide which is right. I have no idea how I passed, but I did. If you have STC don't forget to print the Crunch Time Facts, they were super helpful. Best of luck to all of you, I hope this helps in some way to someone.
My top three prep providers for licensing exams are
Pass Perfect
Kaplan
STC
If anyone needs some extra help with the series 66 exam, you can visit http://www.series66examtutor.com
If anyone is interested in getting a discount on Kaplan materials for the series 6, 7, 63, 65, 66 and SIE exams, you can use the link below: https://portal.kaplanfinancial.com/partner/examtutor/portal/login
For the Series 66, I answered every question in the Qbank over and over until I got them all correct. EVERY ANSWER! Took 4 weeks.
You up can do it!
Is there anybody who recently used Kaplan to pass the 66 who would be willing to lend me a helping hand? I took the 66 at the end of Feb and failed with a 68. Signed up to take it again soon as possible but there is just a couple sections that seem to give me trouble. Please let me know!!
If you need some help, you might want to consider working with a tutor. I regularlyhelp people with the the 66. You can check out the following website: http://www.series7examtutor.com
Hello,
I told myself pass or fail on my third attempt at the series 66 I would write a review on the study programs I used.
So let me start off by stating my company provided STC for the SIE, Series 7 top off, and Series 66. Also I should state that I'm a recent college graduate with a BBA-Accounting and worked for a bank for 2 years as a teller.
As you can tell by the information above my background is very minimal compared to most in the industry.
All this being said STC was great for the SIE and Series 7 top off and allowd me to past both on the first attempt. Although when it comes to the Series 66 I personally felt that STC was giving you so much irrelevant information you had to try to learn and remeber more than what was required, I failed the series 66 with STC twice in a row scoring mid 70s to low 80's on their exams. Luckily enough to be given a 3rd chance by my employer I went ahead and purchased the everything package from Training Consultants as it was all the rave in most forums.
Training consultants by far got straight to the point if you can overcome Tina's exagerrated voice and some what felt belittling while listening to her talk since she was very repititive and talked very slow. All in all it did the job was scoring mid 80's to low 90's on Training Consultant exams and even went back to STC exams and scored constant mid 80's. Training consultants does work in my opinion as it is straight to the point and the book is very precise, as for the everything package the online lecture didn't really help as much as the on demand lectures and book. I would say if you are struggling to pass the Series 66 go ahead and buy Training consultants book and online demand videos, everything else such as the flash cards and online lecture are a complete waste of money as the quizzes and on demand videos basically do the same thing.
Anyways sorry for the long post and Thank you Training Consultants for the well published material on the Series 66!!! Was it worth the large sum of money? Heck yes it is and definetly would buy again just not the live class and flash cards.
My results with Kaplan for the 65, 7, and 63: For the Series 65 in the fall of 2018 using Kaplan: I found the Kaplan checkpoint exams and final exams harder than the real thing. I spent 2 weeks studying 40 hours a week, and then another week studying part-time. I was scoring in the low to mid 70s, and I took daily practice exams for the week before the real thing. I never felt confident because Kaplan was throwing left-field questions at me. For the real exam, I felt like they were straightforward questions, and I felt much more confident. The difficulty does ramp up so that the middle third of the exam is the hardest, and those questions will take the longest. I still finished with about an hour to spare. These days you don’t get your score, but I made a tick mark on my scratch paper every time I guessed (even if I narrowed it down to two answers) and there were 20 tick marks. So I estimate I got an 80% at least. You’ve really got to know the ‘exemption’ stuff solidly. It helps to make a cheat sheet of material that you have to memorize. Mine ended up being 30 pages, and I was studying it daily and then right before the exam.
I took the 7 and the 63 in 2015 using Kaplan. For the series 7 practice and mastery exam, I scored an 87 and 88, and then scored 85 on the real thing a couple days later. I thought Kaplan was pretty close to the real thing, though the real exam has questions phrased a bit differently. I used almost every minute of time on the 7. This was having spent a month casually reading the book, and then 3 weeks full time in-class study time at work. For the 63, I studied for about 5 days with Kaplan. I was scoring borderline on the practice exams and didn’t feel confident going in, but again, the exam was more straightforward. I scored an 82 with time to spare.
I felt like the 65 was like a very in-depth version of the 63, plus half the material on the 7. It was a real pain, very dry material.
Overall, Kaplan does a good job preparing you, though they do overprepare you. It’s a good idea to watch the videos and hear them explain things verbally, as opposed to the dry textbook. Take all the Q-bank questions you can.
I took the CFP review with Ken Zahn’s materials, and did not care for it. Not very well organized, and the questions were more designed to trick you than test you. I looked like some guy wrote it out on his 1970 typewriter. I thought their live review was very poor as well, rushing through the material with little time for questions or discussion. Due to some real-life conflicts, I reschedueld the exam for the future and have not tested yet. When I come back to it, I’ll likely use Kaplan or Dalton for the review.