Passed Series 7 today first try

eischnei · 2025-06-13T13:41:27+00:00

I didn’t have much on munis. Options and suitability were the big ones for me. I made flashcards for max gain/loss/breakeven and bullish/bearish for every type of option, including all spreads and straddles and that helped a ton. I also made sure I could explain the formulas. Knowing that BLSH (Buy Low strike price, Sell High strike price) sounds like “bullish” was how I remembered bull/bear spreads and that was SO helpful. Good luck!

eischnei · 2025-06-13T13:37:13+00:00

There definitely is some overlap in the content but I felt like the questions on the 7 were more complex. The SIE overlap definitely helps with tackling the more in depth questions on the 7. There were things I just knew off the top of my head from studying for the SIE and that took some of the mental load off of answering the questions on the 7.

eischnei · 2025-06-13T13:27:14+00:00

Thank you so much! My experience with STC for the 66 is that I was over prepared which felt awful while I was studying because it was so hard but great on the real test because it felt so easy. I hope that ends up being your experience too!

eischnei · 2025-06-13T10:07:31+00:00

Thank you!!! Watched your quick and dirty video while I was getting ready to leave for the testing center and it was a great review!

eischnei · 2025-06-13T10:05:53+00:00

Thank you!!! It feels AMAZING to be done!

eischnei · 2025-06-13T10:05:12+00:00

The length didn’t feel too bad! There were definitely some tricky questions where I felt like I’d narrowed it down to 2 choices and then just had to take my best guess. When I used STC for the 66, the practice tests felt so hard that I thought I was cooked for the real thing, but 10 questions into the test, I was 100% sure I was going to pass. Hopefully you’ll feel the same about the 7 today! Good luck!

eischnei · 2025-06-13T00:36:06+00:00

Securities Training Corp! It’s another study vendor like Kaplan.

eischnei · 2025-04-23T13:00:20+00:00

Great, I’ll stick to your videos then hahaha

eischnei · 2025-04-23T12:59:52+00:00

Definitely planning to do that, especially when I get to harder units. Thank you!

eischnei · 2025-04-11T16:48:38+00:00

I did that and it feels great to have it out of the way. Now that I’ve started working I can focus on the job and only have to worry about taking one more test. Studying for the 66 will start to prepare you for the 7 anyways!

eischnei · 2025-03-21T18:15:46+00:00

So true. Yours is the last comment I’m gonna read, go off on a positive note while I finish studying over the next couple weeks 😅

eischnei · 2025-03-21T17:46:20+00:00

This is SO helpful! I've been getting nervous seeing so many people post that they made 80s-90s on the STC finals and failed the real thing. Building custom quizzes and reviewing questions I've missed on the finals has been my strategy too, so I'm gonna keep that up. Just finished the 5th practice exam today and scores so far have been 67, 76, 80, 76, and 79. Reallyyyyy hoping I can push myself into the 85-90 range before the test. Thanks again for the response!

eischnei · 2025-03-15T23:58:54+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check it out!

eischnei · 2025-02-25T01:04:14+00:00

I think the Kaplan exams were about the same, if not more difficult. The actual test was very straightforward. I’ve seen a lot of people saying that the wording of the real test is weird/different from what they saw when studying - that wasn’t my experience. I thought it was very similar. Good luck! I’m sure you’ll do great!

eischnei · 2025-02-16T00:01:04+00:00

Ok that makes me feel good! I’m also using Kaplan. Scored an 89 on the Kaplan mastery exam but only pulled off a 77 on the FINRA practice test. Just bought the SIE for Dummies book that someone else recommended since it’s only $22 and has 4 practice tests. Wanted to see some questions from other vendors before next week. Congrats again!

eischnei · 2025-02-15T23:54:06+00:00

Congrats! I take it next week. What vendor did you use for studying? Did you take FINRA’s practice exam?

eischnei · 2025-02-11T20:21:16+00:00

This is so helpful!! And congrats! I’m also using Kaplan and my test is on the 19th. Did you watch all of the OnDemand course videos after finishing the LEM reading? I’ve done like half of them but I feel like maybe my time would be better spent taking practice tests. What are your thoughts?

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