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Every guide we publish, organized by discipline. Each is maintained by a passing practitioner and updated against the most recent test administration.
Law
5 guidesThe Bar Exam
Two grueling days. Black-letter law, MEEs, MPTs, and the MBE.
~60–75%
400+ hrs
LSAT
Logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, reading comprehension, and a writing sample.
Scaled 120–180
200–300 hrs
MPRE
Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination on legal ethics.
75–86 (state)
30–50 hrs
Patent Bar (USPTO)
Registration exam to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
70%
150–250 hrs
Foreign Service Officer Test
Entry exam for U.S. diplomats — job knowledge, English expression, and essay.
Top ~40%
100+ hrs
Medicine
10 guidesUSMLE Step 1
Eight hours of basic-science integration across organ systems.
Pass / Fail
500+ hrs
USMLE Step 2 CK
Clinical knowledge — diagnosis, management, and prevention across specialties.
~98% (US MDs)
300+ hrs
USMLE Step 3
Two-day exam with MCQs and computer-based case simulations.
~97%
150–250 hrs
COMLEX Level 1
Osteopathic equivalent of USMLE Step 1 for DO students.
Pass / Fail
500+ hrs
MCAT
Seven and a half hours of biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and CARS.
Top ~10% for top schools
300–500 hrs
NCLEX-RN
Computer-adaptive nursing licensure exam — variable length, fixed standard.
~85%
150+ hrs
DAT
Dental Admission Test — sciences, perceptual ability, reading, and quant.
~19 avg
200+ hrs
OAT
Optometry Admission Test for OD programs.
~300 avg
150+ hrs
PCAT
Pharmacy College Admission Test (legacy — many schools test-optional).
Scaled
100+ hrs
PLAB
UK medical licensing exam for international graduates.
Standard set
200+ hrs
Finance
13 guidesSeries 7
FINRA's General Securities Representative exam. 125 questions across equities, options, debt, and suitability.
72% required
100–150 hrs
Series 63
Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination.
72%
20–40 hrs
Series 65
Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination.
72%
60–100 hrs
Series 66
Combined state law + investment adviser exam (paired with Series 7).
73%
50–80 hrs
Series 79
Investment Banking Representative qualification.
73%
80–120 hrs
CFA Level I
Ten topics, 180 questions, one global standard.
~40–45%
300+ hrs
CFA Level II
Item-set vignettes across the same ten topics — application-heavy.
~45%
350+ hrs
CFA Level III
Portfolio management — essays and item sets.
~55%
350+ hrs
FRM
GARP's two-part Financial Risk Manager exam.
~50%
250+ hrs/part
CAIA
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst — hedge funds, PE, real assets.
~70%
200+ hrs/level
CPA
Four-section Uniform CPA Examination — AUD, FAR, REG, plus a discipline.
~50%
300–400 hrs
CMA
Certified Management Accountant — two-part exam in corporate finance and strategy.
~45%
150–200 hrs
SOA Exam P / FM
Society of Actuaries preliminary exams — Probability and Financial Mathematics.
~40–50%
300+ hrs/exam
Real Estate
3 guidesReal Estate License
State and national portions on agency, contracts, finance, valuation, and fair-housing.
70–75%
60–90 hrs
Real Estate Broker
Broker-level exam — supervision, trust accounts, advanced agency.
70–75%
120+ hrs
Appraiser Licensing (AQB)
USPAP, supervised hours, and the National Uniform Licensing exam.
~75%
150+ hrs
Engineering
2 guidesTech
9 guidesAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Design resilient, secure, cost-optimized AWS architectures.
720/1000
80–120 hrs
AWS Solutions Architect Professional
The hardest AWS associate-tier-plus exam — multi-account, hybrid, migration.
750/1000
150+ hrs
Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
Manage Azure identities, storage, compute, and virtual networks.
700/1000
60–100 hrs
GCP Professional Cloud Architect
Design and manage solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
Standard set
80–120 hrs
CISSP
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional — eight domains.
700/1000
150+ hrs
Cisco CCNA
Networking fundamentals — routing, switching, IP services, security, automation.
~825/1000
100+ hrs
PMP
Project Management Professional — predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches.
Above target
100–150 hrs
CompTIA Security+
Vendor-neutral cybersecurity foundation cert.
750/900
60–100 hrs
OSCP
Offensive Security Certified Professional — 24-hour hands-on hacking lab.
70/100 pts
300+ hrs
Academic
13 guidesSAT
Digital, adaptive college admission test — Reading & Writing plus Math.
Scaled 400–1600
60–150 hrs
ACT
English, Math, Reading, Science, and optional Writing.
1–36 composite
60–150 hrs
GRE
Graduate admissions — Verbal, Quant, and Analytical Writing.
Scaled
100+ hrs
GMAT Focus
Business school admission — Quant, Verbal, and Data Insights.
Scaled 205–805
120+ hrs
LNAT
UK National Admissions Test for Law.
Scaled + essay
40+ hrs
UCAT
UK Clinical Aptitude Test for medical/dental schools.
Scaled
60+ hrs
Gaokao
China's National College Entrance Exam. Nine hours over two days.
Ranked
Years
IIT-JEE Advanced
India's gateway to the IITs — two papers, <1% admit rate.
Top ~1%
1000+ hrs
NEET-UG
India's national entrance exam for medical/dental undergrad.
Ranked
800+ hrs
UPSC Civil Services
Prelims, Mains, and Interview — selection rate well under 1%.
<0.2%
Years
Oxbridge TSA
Thinking Skills Assessment for Oxford/Cambridge admissions.
Scaled
30–60 hrs
STEP Mathematics
Sixth Term Examination Paper — Cambridge maths admissions.
Grades S–U
200+ hrs
Putnam Competition
Six-hour collegiate math competition — median score is often zero.
Top ~5% = honors
Years
Language
6 guidesJLPT N1
Japanese Language Proficiency Test, highest level.
100/180
1500+ hrs
HSK 6
Top tier of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — Mandarin proficiency.
180/300
1500+ hrs
TOEFL iBT
Test of English as a Foreign Language for university admission.
Scaled 0–120
40–80 hrs
IELTS Academic
International English Language Testing System.
Band 1–9
40–80 hrs
DELE C2
Spain's Diploma de Español as a Foreign Language, mastery level.
60% per group
1000+ hrs
DALF C2
French Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française, top tier.
50/100
1000+ hrs
Cognitive
2 guidesPublic Safety
4 guidesASVAB
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery — every U.S. military enlistee takes it.
Branch-specific
40–80 hrs
AFOQT
Air Force Officer Qualifying Test — for OTS, ROTC, pilot, and CSO selection.
Composite scores
60+ hrs
FBI Special Agent Phase I/II
Logic, situational judgment, writing, and interview.
Cutoff varies
60+ hrs
NYPD Police Officer
Written exam, JST physical, psych, and background.
70%
40+ hrs
Aviation
2 guidesBoating
15 guidesFlorida Boater Safety
FWC-approved NASBLA course required for operators born on/after Jan 1, 1988.
80%
6–8 hrs
California Boater Card
DBW-approved exam, phased mandatory for all ages by 2026.
80%
4–8 hrs
Texas Boater Education
TPWD-required for operators born on/after September 1, 1993.
80%
6 hrs
New York Safe Boating
Brianna's Law — required for all motorboat operators by 2026.
76%
8 hrs
Michigan Boating Safety
DNR-approved course for operators born after June 30, 1996.
80%
6–8 hrs
Minnesota Watercraft Operator
Minnesota DNR youth and adult watercraft operator's permit course covering state law, navigation, and safety.
80%
3–6 hrs
Illinois Boating Safety
IDNR-approved course for operators 12–17 and PWC operators.
80%
6 hrs
Washington Boater Education
WSPRC card required for most motorized boat operators.
80%
3–8 hrs
Oregon Boater Education
OSMB-issued card required for power-boat operators.
80%
3–8 hrs
Massachusetts Boating Safety
MA Environmental Police course for youth and PWC operators.
80%
8–12 hrs in person
New Jersey Boat Safety
NJSP-approved course required for all power-boat operators.
80%
8 hrs
Virginia Boater Education
DWR-approved course required for all motorboat operators.
80%
3–8 hrs
North Carolina Boating Education
Sheyenne's Law course for operators born on/after Jan 1, 1988.
80%
3–6 hrs
Georgia Boater Education
DNR-approved course for operators born on/after Jan 1, 1998.
80%
3–6 hrs
Arizona Boating Education
AZGFD-recognized course — recommended statewide, required for some operators.
80%
3–6 hrs