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I literally opened the book for the 79 three days before the exam. Grow a pair 

 

First year analyst, studied for SIE and S79 in one week each (so two weeks total) while also on the desk / staffed on a few live deals.

Spend one day blasting through the videos on 2x speed and then the rest of the days doing a ton of practice tests and you’ll be fine. I think I did like, 20-30-ish hours for each and passed without trouble

 

Took the SIE, 79 and 63 all in one week. Studied for the SIE for ~5 days, 79 and 63 I literally just crammed the day before and morning of. Highly recommend not doing that as it was literally the most terrifying moment of my life when I hit submit and waited for the results, but managed to pass all 3 thankfully

You're definitely not screwed and the tests are much easier than the practices, but would definitely recommend you just focus over the next few weeks to prevent yourself unnecessary anxiety. As long as you devote a week to each you should be 100% good to go 

 

Potentially hot take but don't bother with the books. If you have the Knopman program just wear out as many practice questions as you can on the website. Once you start getting low passing scores on those tests, you'll likely be fine for the actual tests.

 

Adderall and you’re fine. Treat every night like a test and take a full practice test once at the very end of your day. Take each practice test seriously

Get up to 80% on them and you’ll be good to go.

 

i can't imagine being so dense that you need to take adderall to take what's essentially "finance for dummies, the test" for retards

 

The “finance for dummies” attitude is how people fail these tests.

Almost all of us are smart, and can pass these with a bit of hard work. But they are not to be glossed over or taken for granted.

 

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