Anyone use Kaplan for their CFP prep? What were your thoughts on it...

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It worked for me just fine...2008-9.

I think I bought a test question bank from a second source, Wiley rings a bell. Kaplan was weak on questions.

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I used Wiley for the CPA and loved it. Not loving Kaplan to be honest. Feels clunky and really disorganized. I got a good discount through my firm and figured since I used Kaplan for the Series 7 and was happy with it, it would be good. Not the case but feel stuck now 😔

I passed with Kaplan in March. Worked for me but I've heard Dalton is a better option

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Yeah I’m not loving Kaplan to be honest. I’m doing the review course and it feels clunky and really disorganized. Not user friendly to me. Maybe it’s because I really liked the setup/flow of my CPA prep software ha. I got a good discount through my firm and figured since I used Kaplan for the Series 7 and was happy with it, it would be good. Not the case but feel stuck now 😔

Go to Brett Danko and do not look back. Hands down the best CFP test prep, everyone I know who passed including me used him. He now offers fast track classes to get through the edu requirement quickly.

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Yes I did only the review course

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Did Kaplan...did education modules over 6 months while working full time...bought the review course but didn’t use it and passed...so obviously I wished I hadn’t bought the review course...it looked like it was probably very similar to the actual coursework. Overall, I was unimpressed...hated the video content and just couldn’t stand how slow it was...just read and did Q-banks.

Did Kaplan for test prep, also took the 4 day in-person crash course. I actually liked it. My main focus was on the test bank - did about 2000 practice questions.

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