I recently purchased the Cookbook for the Spring 2016 sitting of Exam 7. I was very impressed with the product overall. The recipes have a very clean look that is easy to follow along. It helps you prepare in less time but it is not a “shortcut.” It doesn’t just go over the main topics or otherwise cut corners on material. Rather, it goes through every testable math problem in an efficient and intuitive manner.
Exam 7, perhaps more than any upper level CAS exam, has a number of problems that aren’t necessarily extremely difficult, but there are a lot of steps. The cookbook makes those steps appear highly logical so it is less of a strain to memorize everything. I understood how the different pieces and inputs fit together so I was better prepared for the curveball questions in what was a tougher than usual sitting for this exam.
Steve is also very helpful and available to the students. He thinks about the exam like a test-taker, which makes all his material very approachable. Anyone sitting for Exam 7 would be foolish not to purchase The Cookbook.