Top 10 tips for passing the CFP exam
2. Study what you don't know
Everyone studying for the exam takes practice test after practice test after practice test — and it can be so tempting to continuing answering the 'easy' questions again and again because getting them right feels good. It's more important to keep repeating the questions you get wrong ... over and over until you get them right every time. I suggest keeping a list of all the questions you get wrong each time you take a practice test. Then go back and do those questions again a week later, then another week later, and so on until you consistently get them right. Make sure to space out the retakes, however; you don't want to get the questions right because you only memorized the right answer, rather than understanding why it's the right answer.
Kathleen T. Kenealy
Managing director and senior wealth advisor
Boston Private