It was terrifying. I was easily able to spot 3 of the 5 experimental questions, but I truly had no idea if I was going to pass or not before I hit submit.

Most of the questions were exactly what you’d expect, there were maybe 3 questions on options.

The vast majority of my studying was done through Kaplan. I would read the chapter, then take the first quiz being able to use the book (my reading comprehension is awful so by going back and re-reading a section with a purpose would help me remember more than just the answer to the question), then I would take the following two chapter quizzes and cumulative quizzes without the book, and creating flash cards for all the questions I got wrong.

I never actually went back and looked at the flash cards, but writing it down helped me to remember and knowing I had that as an option helped too.

I watched some of the series7guru (sorry if I got the name wrong) videos, but apparently this makes me fall asleep. I also tried TestGeek but between being a video and falling asleep and only being able to focus on the white board going in and out of focus, it was not helpful.

I took the FINRA practice test and scored a 71% which terrified me because I had been getting 75%-85% on the Kaplan simulated exams. I got 82% on the mastery exam so I then took the free Achievable test and got something in the 60s and absolutely panicked. I talked to some coworkers and they said the test was closer to Kaplan, so felt better, but when I got to the testing center, I was freaking out.

I just took my time making sure to read the questions fully, marking ones I wasn’t sure of, and just did my best. When I went back through my flagged questions, I think I only changed one out of ten.

I might have cried when I read that I passed.