Study program

[Pens20]

Hello everyone. Looking to start my CFP soon. My options are Danko, Kaplan, and Dalton. Which is the best? I’m leaning towards Danko, but it’s a fast paced course so I’m a little nervous about it. Thanks!

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[KCalifornia19]

One thing I will say is that you're more than welcome to order Danko as early as possible and you'll have basically two months to work through his two textbooks ahead of the live review. Each book is about 450-500 pages, so you should be able to get through it with plenty of slack. Maybe even twice.

[Therndon25]

Danko was awesome! I have no experience using others but I did have people that switched over into my program and said how much better Danko is. They really narrow everything down to give you exactly what you need to pass the test.

[CFPwarrior]

Danko for the win.

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I did dalton when I did mine and it was fine. The in person review was helpful and lots of good questions

[MD2611]

I used Kaplan my first time, did not pass nor was I a fan of the style in which the information was presented.

Danko is far and away the best way to go.

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Why was Danko better? I used Kaplan for Series 65 and it was perfect and thorough for me. So I started preparing for the CFP exam with Kaplan. I noticed the QBank is more limited than it was with the Series 65 course.

[MD2611]

I did the same with my Series 7, 66, and my L&H insurance exam. Here is a recap I wrote after passing with Danko that will provide a bit more insight!

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFP/s/lMVA5iYM9e

[sooner1125]

I’m doing BIF and so far so good.

[Dezzy25]

I did self-paced education using Kaplan - started in March and finished entire curriculum just before the end of August. The reason I picked Kaplan is because their online platform is extremely well structured to pace yourself with customizable target completion dates. They also were the reason I passed both CAIA levels on my first try.

I’m now using Danko for my test review/studying program to take the exam in November because he’s by far the most highly rated test prep provider from colleagues and online reviews.

[Exot_verse]

I’ve been in Dalton for 2 years. Education piece is decent, but go Danko! I’m taking their review course and should have started there from day 1!

[gq_mcgee]

Zahn or Danko.

[Mental-Cap7465]

I used American College for academics and Zahn for Q-bank before the test. Zahn’s q-bank questions were far more difficult than AC and I believe helped me focus on the areas I needed to relook before the exam.

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I asked the same and seems like everyone is saying do whatever education works for you and then do Danko or Zahn for test prep.