How the plan sets your priorities
Rate how each section went on your last attempt. If your score report shows results by section, use them; the planner doesn't need exact scores. So the planner asks you instead: the sections you mark as hard start your plan, mixed ones are strengthened, and confident ones get lighter review. Your answers are a self-assessment, not an official result.
Each section starts from its share of the exam in the official outline, multiplied by its priority: 3× to start, 2× to strengthen, 1.5× if you leave it blank, and 1× to maintain. A quarter of your time is mixed practice across all sections. This is Passy’s planning method; it doesn’t estimate a score or a chance of passing.
Retake rules for the SIE
Until January 18, 2027: wait 30 days after a first or second failed attempt and 180 days after three or more successive failures within two years. From January 19, 2027: 15 days and 60 days.
- Current Rule 1210.06: retake after 30 calendar days; after failing three or more times in succession within a two-year period, 180 calendar days from the last attempt.
- Regulatory Notice 26-18 (2026-10-14), effective 2027-01-19: 15 calendar days after the first and second failed attempts; 60 calendar days after the third and subsequent failures within a two-year period; failures older than two years are not counted.
- minDaysBetweenAttempts is 30 for attempts before 2027-01-19 and 15 from that date.
- Each retake needs a new enrollment and fee; the waiting period applies only to the exam failed.
Checked against official sources on October 24, 2026.
Next steps
Check your weakest section with the free SIE practice set, or use the SIE study planner for a first attempt.
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