jcole21 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I disagree as a member of group C (and someone who > feels confident they passed, although we’ll see in > ~3 weeks) - I think we’d be better off than B > because the material is fresher. This depends on > the person’s study style though, if they’re very > slow - they’d be better off in B - if they’re like > me where they operate better under pressure and > time constraints, they’re better off in C. The > same is true for B, those that prefer/learn better > with slower studying speeds to digest everything > and don’t get burnt out are better off in June, > those that like a more compact and heavier study > period of say 4 months would benefit from passing > in December - either way, I don’t think you can > argue those that took the exam in December had the > foundation material fresher. You raise a valid point. I wonder if there are any stats out there breaking down the pass rates of each group (Highly doubt it). But I feel you may be the exception and not the rule. In my excessivley uninformed opinion, having 6-8 months as compared to 4 months to study will increase your chance of passing and not vice versa.
gjertsen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 43% is my guess. > > As a 9-band retaker, I agree with others who say > this year was easier than last, and also that > there were less “tricks” thrown in. That said, > CFAI can still adjust the minimum passing score > wherever they want to achieve whatever pass rate > they want. I would imagine they’re aiming for > Level 2 pass rates in the low 40s. But we’ll > see… +1
these guesses dont really have any basis. the cfai can curve this test to absolutely any distribution they want – the difficulty doesn’t matter, the cfai can make the pass rate 25% or 55% if they feel like it, and we’ve seen them do stuff like that in the past with the pass rate swinging 10%+ y-o-y w/o significant variance in the difficulty in the exam.