Morning Session breakdown by english proficiency

CFA Level III
#1

I’ve passed all my actuarial exams and there was a pretty obvious trend apparent with the exams. The first four exams which are all math based were passed by anybody who had a strong analytical mind.

The later exams which are all essay based were passed rarely by foreign students who had a tough time with the english language barrier.

I’m wondering what the pass rates are for english speaking candidates compared to non. It was significant with actuarial exams. I mean 10-20% of the students who struggled with english passed the later exams.

Are the 50% who dont pass disproproprotionately english second language speaking candidates?

just throwing it out there and wondering if this has come up before.

#2

No.

#3

As far as I know the CFAI does not release pass rates at this level of granularity. Any comments attempting to explain the variation are merely speculation.

#4

which exam btw? MLC? https://www.soa.org/files/edu/edu-2014-10-exam-mlc-45MMxd.pdf

#5

Not MLC. MLC is a preliminary exam and is all math. The first four exams are all math. The career specific exams require essay writing such as the Life, Pension, Health or P&C field. Whichever route you go.

That’s where you see the considerable divergence in passing rates from students who struggle with english.