Fail email?

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Micholien's picture

Can someone post the fail email they send; the counterpart of :

Dear XXXXXX,

Congratulations. We are very pleased to inform you that you passed the December 2011 Level I CFA exam. You are one step closer to achieving your goal of earning the globally respected CFA charter. 38% of candidates passed the December 2011 Level I CFA exam.

A summary of your exam results is provided below. The three columns on the right are marked with asterisks to indicate your performance on each topic area.

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Dear XXXXXXX,

I sincerely regret to inform you that you did not pass the June 2011 Level  CFA exam. Your detailed exam results, including a matrix highlighting your strengths and weaknesses, are in the table below.% of candidates passed the June 2011 Level X CFA exam. Please note that many candidates return to pass the CFA exams with additional preparation and time.

Registration for the June 2012 Level  CFA exam will be available  on the CFA Institute website. (Please note that you must have a valid international travel passport to register. Learn more about the candidate ID policy.)

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Sincerely,

John D. Rogers, CFA
President and Chief Executive Officer
CFA Institute

The three columns on the right are marked with asterisks to indicate your performance on each topic area.

 

We have divided the full group of candidates who did not pass into 10 approximately equal score bands. Your score band below shows how your overall score on the exam compares with all other failed candidates.

Your score band: <1-9>

For example, if the reported score band is 1, you scored in approximately the bottom 10% of candidates who did not pass. If the reported score band is 2, your score was within the next band width ranging from approximately the bottom 11% to 20% of failed candidates. If your score band is reported as 10, you scored in the top 10% of all candidates who did not pass.

CP

calvol's picture

Is there a difference in the email subject header, pass or fail?  

MissCleo's picture

calvol wrote:

Is there a difference in the email subject header, pass or fail?  

Same subject header, but on gmail you will see the last letter on the body before you click on it. If it’s an I, you failed, if it’s a C you passed.

calvol's picture

I think I’ll change my contact address to gmail then, because last year it took a few seconds for the email to open, which caused my heart to skip a few beats.  I don’t need a heart attack over this.   I’m going to wake up, look for “I” or “C”, then go back to sleep.

preppie's picture

me too, updating to gmail. don’t want to open the email if it’s ‘I”.

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preppie wrote:

me too, updating to gmail. don’t want to open the email if it’s ‘I”.

But then you know would the result anyway. And would probably want to see which sections you did well and badly on. Just open the stupid email, face the result and move on with your day

preppie's picture

nah, if I see ‘I”, I wouldn’t care about the details….until much later…probably weeks.

calvol's picture

I sent myself a practice “fail mail” to see what the subject line would look like in gmail…


preppie's picture

^ very clever. : )

MissCleo's picture

calvol wrote:

I sent myself a practice “fail mail” to see what the subject line would look like in gmail…


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The subject line will be the exact same, it will just either have a I, as in I am sorry, or a C as in Congratulations as the last letter of the subject line. I remember when you used to check results on the CFA site. When you could scroll down on the right hand side it meant fail since there was additional text about bands. If you couldn’t scroll you passed. Man I obssess way too much about this.

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MissCleo wrote:
Man I obssess way too much about this.

agreed

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Étudiant's picture

I agree too…MissCleo…it seems you obssess a lot about this :)  But then I don’t blame you , L2 is one helluva test. Hope 24th brings good news.

sooraj's picture

MissCleo, you are admitting.. The rest of us dont say, but are obsessed. The fact that we are in AF means we are obsessed as well :) Fast forward to 24th please, how I wish this option existed!…….

Best regards,

Sooraj.

Krisztina's picture

LOL, this picture is hilarious!

VWJETTY's picture

good stuff guys! i think i will probably look at it, and then go back to bed either way too haha. 

bandscore 10 is like being in the special Olympics...you don't know whether to feel proud or ashamed :(

VWJETTY's picture

Hey guys, does anyone know what the subject line would look like on gmail? Thanks. 

bandscore 10 is like being in the special Olympics...you don't know whether to feel proud or ashamed :(

lostcfa's picture

I set a filter in my email, if an email contains the word congrats it will go to a folder name pass

if not it goes to inbox, it means fail, in which case i would get drunk then open it

although there is a chance i will make sure i am drunk by results time anyway, its its a pass i continue to drink in celebration, if its a fail i say f this shit and drink till i pass out.

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lostcfa wrote:
 I set a filter in my email, if an email contains the word congrats it will go to a folder name pass 

Ahh, good idea, taking it a step further, I’m setting up a sound for pass (ta-da) or fail (submarine dive) based on key words “congradulations” or “unfortunately”, so I won’t even have to look at the mail at 6am in the morning.

ohai's picture

CFAI should embed the sad trombone sounds if you fail. 

“I’m a CPA! I got money b***h!”

BayStreet's picture

^ or the losing horn sound from price is right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A lmfao

you guys should do this if you really don’t want to open your email and you have a smartphone. turn off gmail notifications for your regular gmail account on your phone

Create two gmail addresses, one for fail, one for pass. Do a filter on your regular gmail account so it forwards the pass email to the pass gmail account and same for the fail based on searching the body of the email.

now on your phone add both gmail accounts, change the notification of the pass gmail account to play the price is right win horn, and the price is right losing horn (or sad trombones lmfao) for the losing email account

that way you don’t even have to open any email. you’ll just know when the tune plays.


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sooraj's picture

The respect that I have for the chartholders or all level passed candidates is slowly turning into Jealousy :) Haa, but I know each one of them had to undergo this ATLEAST 3 times in their lives as well :) Back to feeling respect!

Best regards,

Sooraj.

sooraj's picture

The respect that I have for the chartholders or all level passed candidates is slowly turning into Jealousy :) Haa, but I know each one of them had to undergo this ATLEAST 3 times in their lives as well :) Back to feeling respect:)

Best regards,

Sooraj.

usj2's picture

It used to be different - trying to get through a crashed website over and over again until you gave up and just got your result the next day.

Email system much more reliable.

sooraj's picture

Oh I didnt know this usj2. 

That would be more frustrating!! Haaa…

Best regards,

Sooraj.

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BayStreet wrote:

^ or the losing horn sound from price is right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A lmfao

LOL now that was funny

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Ankitg88's picture

DAMN !! Its just the first alphabet which matters … I feel like whole effort of so many months just converges to a single alphabet … Weird yet true … !!!

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stunnerrunner's picture

Too much over-thinking.  Just man/woman-up and read the email.  Creating separate email addresses and sounds that signal failure or pass is crazy.  Just adds more pressure.  

BayStreet's picture

bpdulog wrote:

BayStreet wrote:

^ or the losing horn sound from price is right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A lmfao

LOL now that was funny

or this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QGkOGZubQ&feature=related

“Tough guys don’t do math. Tough guys fry chicken for a living.”

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stunnerrunner wrote:

Too much over-thinking.  Just man/woman-up and read the email.  Creating separate email addresses and sounds that signal failure or pass is crazy.  Just adds more pressure.  

+1

Leroy

asdef's picture

Have they changed the mail format in 2011? I gave L1 in 2010, and received a mail format which goes like this (without any introductory paragraph on Congratulations or Regrets):

“Dear ABC,

Your results for the June 2010 Level I CFA exam are below. The pass rate for June 2010 Level I was 42%. If you have questions or comments, please contact us.

Level I: Pass

The table below illustrates your subject matter strengths and weaknesses. The three columns on the right are marked with asterisks to indicate your performance on each question or topic area.

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