Kaplan V. Knopman for SIE

I am taking the SIE on August 20th, and I have already purchased the Kaplan SIE prep course but have heard mixed reviews about Kaplan. I hear Knopman is much better. After already spending $150 on Kaplan, would it be moronic to now buy the Knopman course for $260, or is it not that much more beneficial?

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Took it my junior year winter and started from scratch. Kaplan was good but the practice questions weren’t really like the exam. Take multiple practice exams a day towards the end

 

For the knopman SIE course I heard something about an exam voucher code they give you once you complete enough practice exams or something like that. Can anyone confirm that this is true bc if so the $260 price tag for the course becomes much more reasonable since you would not have to cover the $80 for the SIE

 

My prep was sponsored by my bank, so take it with a grain of salt, but I received a voucher after I think 700 practice questions and getting above 75s or so on the Benchmarks and Diagnostics. I got a 94 on D1 and 88 on D2 I believe? SIE really isn’t that hard, a handful of questions that don’t make sense at all, but you can literally miss 18 questions and still pass. Also would recommend watching YouTube practice exam walkthroughs if you want to feel a little less anxious/more prepared

 

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