Hi,
I would like to know if the AM and PM sections of the exam are equally weighted or not. Is it possible to pass the exam if the PM session went excellent and the AM went average to below average?
Hi,
I would like to know if the AM and PM sections of the exam are equally weighted or not. Is it possible to pass the exam if the PM session went excellent and the AM went average to below average?
Yes. Both exam sessions are equally weighted. How much you think you scored in PM?
Equal, yes. Can it save your face? Depends how ugly you are to start.
Hmm. Thanks for letting me know. That gives some hope.
I missed 1 full section and a couple of questions due to poor time management.
(2/60)*0.5 > (5/180)*0.5
(6/60)*0.5 = (18/180)*0.5 = final 5%
(12/60)*0.5 = (36/180)*0.5 = final 10%
I saw a matrix last year: AM:
1: x > 70
3: 50 > x > 70
7: x < 50 PM:
8: x > 70%
2: 50 > x > 70
Could you please elaborate what these equations mean
Was it a pass or a fail?
Yes, I can and I will. In the morning, 1 topics over 70, 3 between 50 and 70 and 6 under 50. In the afternoon, it was 8 over 70, 2 between 50 and 70. It was a pass
Good to know that.
The 40/60/80 is estimated to be around 46% for this matrix, with a max of 56%.
Well if it was the actual score, he/she would have been the luckiest candidate to escape through! Maybe ethics adjustment just played a decisive role as it very often does. (I hope I get it above 70 this time! Got 50-70 in previous two levels. Above 70 in ethics and you are almost sure to clear any CFA level with even average scores in the rest of sections).
I still don’t understand how someone can bomb AM (below 50%) and crush PM (+80%)??
my own experience is that I’m pretty balanced AM=PM … depending on which topics come up
Haha funny but true!
i think in part because there is more variance in the morning. not knowing one particular thing in the afternoon usually only costs you 3 points (less thanks to being able to guess) whereas not knowing that same concept on the morning can cost you 8 points. i wish the AM was more diversified.
true those 8 pointers in AM are killer… but you also get more “very easy” questions in PM
i agree with you there. i think people need to qualify their statements when they said they did better on the AM. maybe they did relatively better, but it’s doubtful they did better. i think someone collected data and based on matrix results, 96% of candidates did better on the PM
Probably some combination of panic, poor time management, and difficultly putting knowledge into words under a time constraint. The AM exam is such a different animal than a 3 choice MCQ exam.
pard me if u think so u r egregiously wrong. AM is highly overweighed.