Retab or no? My my matrix looks great though. Still can't believe it

CFA Level III
#1

Essay

Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70% 1 Portfolio Management - Institutional 20 - * - 2 Fixed Income Investments 22 - - * 3 Equity Investments 19 * - - 4 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 13 - - * 5 Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance 13 * - - 6 Portfolio Management - Individual 22 * - - 7 Portfolio Management - Individual 17 * - - 8 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 20 - * - 9 Economics 18 * - - 10 Portfolio Management - Indiv/Behavioral 16 - - *

Item Set

Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70% - Alternative Investments 18 - * - - Economics 18 - * - - Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - * - Fixed Income Investments 18 - * - - Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 18 * - - - Portfolio Management - Individual 18 - - * - Portfolio Management - Institutional 18 - * - - Portfolio Management - Performance Eval. 18 - * - - Portfolio Management - Risk Management 18 - * -

Your score band: 9

#2

Ok wouldn’t bother mate… All they do is add your sores up again, they don’t actually remark anything. Waste of money. Also that matrix looks well within possible fail territory. Sorry dude.

#3

Complete waste of money…but some people need the closure of a retab. If you actually got moved to a pass, you’d be a legend.

Also, the CFAI retab revenue would go up by about 3 fold next year. Someone needs to tell them every once in a while they’ve got to throw a candidate a bone and reward a retab with a pass. That would really get their retab business going.

#4

Cheers man.

#5

Next year i will be back stronger

#6

You think that matrix looks great? Got any of the stuff you are smoking?

#7

Hey the reddit guy who made fun of AF posts on AF. Lol.

But yeah that matrix needed a really good PM. Get it next year dude.

#8

Yes AM sucks but PM should have got me through

#9

Hey Moh –

I have no special knowledge on what it takes, but may I offer a slightly different take on your results? Judging from the number of passing matrices I’ve seen, your AM is a little below the *average* pass. Again, not too far below but half of your marks are below 50% (Cs) and half are above (a combo of As and Bs). Overall, and this is from my vantage point, you dug yourself a hole but not a major one. FWIW, my AM was a little stronger than yours, but similar: 4 Cs with 3 As and 3 Bs.

There’s been a lot of focus on the AM, and reasonably so, but it appears you underperformed in the PM compared to the *average* pass. Only two As in the PM is pretty low – most passers have 5+ As. My thought is you dug a little hole in the AM (like many, myself included) but didn’t have the compensating performance in the PM to pull yourself out of the hole. For a comparison, I had As in 8 out of 9 PM categories, and that includes ethics, which have a higher point total. As your fail band notes, you were really close.

As for the retab question, I have no special insight. Many here say it’s pointless – maybe the CFAI will have a different point of view if you ask them how many retabs have resulted in a change from fail to pass. Good luck whatever path you take.

#10

Just one in particular…

#11

Thanks a lot CFAbeatmeup for your tips and analysis. I will be back next year Stronger :).

#12

Inside CFA HQ:

—“We’ve got record-high candidates, but we still need to maximize revenue – any suggestions?”

—A voice in the back clears his throat and softly says: “We can increase retab revenue?”

—“How are we going to do that, Johnson.”

—“Sir, all we have to do is change one fail to a pass and not make him sign a confidentiality agreement.”

—*Everybody joins in a round of evil laughing*

#13

You needed a kick ass PM for that AM section. Kick their ass next year mon ami!

#14

Yes :wink:

#15

Retab is not regrade. I doesnt carry any significance.

#16

I personally went for retab last year and wasted $100. I had band 10.

#17

There’s only one place where that matrix looks great…

#SpecialOlympics

#18

Nice try hashtag but the verdict is…not funny. You’re trying too hard, that’s the problem. Take a couple days off and regroup.

#19

True

+1

Your PM is not that great to take you to that passing score.

#20

LOL, after all, it is all about conspiracy.