Hi, everybody today. We're going to talk about the nuts and bolts of passing your series 7 exam
I'm Dave Meshkov one of the series 7 instructors here at Knopman Marks. We train thousands of people to pass these tests every year
Using [the] plan I'm going to describe
93% of our students pass from their first attempt
Let me walk you through what that looks like
The first thing to think about is how long is it going to take me to prepare for this exam?
We recommend six to eight weeks between 100 and 125 hours
Now that's a lot of time
But there's two main components
That were always [once] you're thinking about as you're working through the material the first is you gotta study every day
You have to make this a medium to high priority item and you want to calendar if you don't
Inevitably professional and personal obligations interfere and get in your [way]
And when you are thinking about calendaring your study time try and make it in the morning
Studies [have] shown that if you can commit that time in the morning before your workday starts you're in a better position to learn
understand and retain the information that you're working with
I'd rather have 30 minutes of your morning time than an hour of your time at the end of the work day now
What are those six to eight weeks going to look like they're going to look like you're using three resources?
And whether you're studying with [us] here at Knopman Marks, or with anyone else be sure that you have these essential components?
Layer number one is your textbook
You need to have a detailed and comprehensive set [of] materials that go through all the testable content
As we've already discussed this is [a] comprehensive exam
You need to learn a lot and what you're looking for in that reading is comprehension not
Retention one of the Pitfalls that students will make is they get concerned
That they haven't fully mastered a topic while they're doing their initial read
And that's not the purpose of it instead you want to exposure you want
Familiarity you want it to be the case that when those topics and concepts show up again in [your] classroom trait in your online question bank
That you've seen it and that you are not seeing any material for the first time
When you're moving on in your study time
So make a point in Commitment try and read 20 pages every day try to read 15 pages every day
Whatever it is for you will through that textbook in a methodical Manner step number two is
Come to a classroom training and that could be live or it could be online
But what you want is the guidance in the coaching of an instructor who trains people to pass the exam?
For example in my series 7 classes I prioritize
teaching on the most heavily tested topics and
The most difficult concepts that is to say that in [that] training you're going to get deeper insight and Guidance on
The areas that you're going to [see] coming up on your real exam more than any other
Or [I'm] going to try and accelerate the learning on the topics that are more visible
so be [sure] that as you think about doing that classroom training you take good notes, and
That you review those notes that you take in class
To lock in the info that your instructor is providing and the third component to this training do practice questions
And this is really where [the] learning happens you've built the foundation
We've layered enhancements with your classroom training and now you get to deliver the info that you have learned
And I like to think about each questions as an opportunity it's an opportunity for you to show the [regulator's] what you know?
what they want you and
If in fact you don't get a question right or you're 50/50 on a question
That's the opportunity for you to say I need [to] learn more about and you can drill them
Into your class notes back into the textbook to flush out whatever information was required and needed
So you can deliver the info and pass your exam now ultimately. What do I call this?
This is a birthday cake method because who doesn't want 125 hours of series 7 [prep] to celebrate their birthday?
Think about that when you're doing your studying and good luck on [your] exam
 
