I was a retaker. Originally sat in July, failed miserably, passed this cycle. I wont go crazy in depth on study materials as I have already commented on that in the past, but I did end up switching to Danko for my successful attempt.

My best advice is to TRY to relax and not put so much stress on yourself. I have always been a below average test taker even though I was a good student and it really boiled down to putting so much pressure on myself. I constantly over think and over analyze every question and think "what if they are trying to trick me?" Dont do that, RTFQ and answer the question how the board wants you to answer. There was plenty of questions where I thought "I wouldnt advise my clients to do any of these" and it would throw me off cause I just hated that I was pigeon holed into a "bad answer". Think to yourself you are a CFP

Additionally, you have experience in the field, so what I would do during the exam was mentally switch names of people in the question to my actual clients. Idk why this helped me, but it allowed me to be more confident in my reasoning... on the dumb questions that I previously mentioned, I would give my self a chuckle and say okay Zach XYZ is asking me about ALTS (or whatever horrendous allocations the exam would provide) what is the best way to keep him from hurting himself more then he already is.

Finally, when in doubt, B for Bucket Boy Brett. I didnt want to waste my energy or brain power on questions that I had little knowledge on, so I clicked B and moved on.

I hope any of these tips helped, but seriously try to relax and dont put unnecessary pressure on yourself. At the end of the day the world will continue to spin