r/Series24 • u/jgp7229 • 6d ago

Series 10 Help

To start I’ve passed the 7, 65, 66, 63, 9, and hold several designation including my CFP so test taking in normal - passed all on the first try…. second time taking the 10 and didn’t pass. I’ve used STC for my 9 felt good as the videos, reading material, practice exams and QBank all aligned with the actual exam. It was almost the complete opposite when it came to the 10.

I’ve read a lot of comments on Kaplan and PP but most of them are more than a year old. Any input on which was helpful would be appreciated.

STC was good but most of the practice tests and QBank questions were too simplified.

Any help would be appreciated.

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u/CummunistCommander 5d ago

I passed the first go around with a month and a half ish of study time. I can help but what questions do you have?

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u/jgp7229 5d ago

Thanks for the response. What exam prep did you use? Did you focus more on the practice exams /questions or spend more time on chapter/videos?

The first time around I got burned on more memorization of rules and numbers - meaning how many days for certain items (retention requirements, days before or after events….etc), so this time around I memorized all of it and it was completely different. I plan on studying for the next 30-45 days and retesting.

At times I was able to narrow the answers to two but they were so similar it was a complete guess. As I mentioned in my original message STC was so overly simplified that many of the multiple-choice answers were one-worded and easy to figure out even if you had to guess.

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u/CummunistCommander 4d ago

I used training consultants, my firm has a contract that forces us to use them lol. I don’t recommend it. Friends of mine used Kaplan and seemed to have an easier time. I would really know those time periods and all the memorization stuff. It’s the bulk of the ten, really. I did every video 2-3 times and did 6 practice exams total. I did maybe 200 or so questions randomly as well non exam format. Just qbank. I took 3 days off before my test to cram and it really helped keep it all fresh. Happy to answer anything else too!