Level 2 done...now Series 65...pretty easy? Series

stockjaguar

I have to get my Series 65 now. Has anyone taken this and is it easy? Did you just use the Kaplan book?

senlinlang

Yes. Ive done the 7 and 66, and just finished LII as well. This should be a cake walk (and much less studying) than the CFA. Also much more boring, which could make it a little harder to study haha.

Swanand

Agreed. I've done the 7 & 66 (65+63) and it's fairly easy. My firm bought the kaplan prep material. I got bored reading it and went straight to the qbank. The 65 is unnaturally boring. I finished around 2500 questions in the qbank and scored in the mid 80s on the 66.

All you want to do is pass. It doesn't mean sh!t if you score a 90. Nobody cares.

madaochenggong

I took and passed the Series 65 in December of 2009. It was my first run at any type of organized financial test. I thought it was fairly easy if you had a financial mind and studied for it. CFA tests are about ten times as hard, and require about 100x the studying.

xilinx_altera

Series 65 is super easy, kinda weird though. I took the Series 66 (65+63) after my Series 7;studied for 3 days and got an 86.

Cfa Levels are more like 100 times harder than blue sky laws, it's not a challenge.

needhelp1700

Don't you have to be sponsored to take these exams?

Pegasus2008

Series 7 and 63 yes
Series 65 no

economicz

It should be a joke compared to what you just went through.

sameeragarwal

I took the 66 (63+65) back in 2008. I'd recommend getting the Kaplan Qbank and taking a test to see if you score above 70%. My score on that think was the same I got on the real test, so I'd take that until you score a 75% and then go sit.

President1988

Series 65 is a JOKE compared to CFA Level II. I took the 65 literally the day before Level I last year, passed both.