Passing Mark

[Summer]

by the time people get to c4, a lot have stopped writing. My personal opinion (which may be wrong) is that pass rates will be lower for the lower exams, as there are more people who aren't as serious writing the exams. When i made my statement, i should have added that i was only talking about c1.

[Wigmeister General]

Pass rates don't change much. The competition just gets stiffer further down the process.

Before each exam, I used to look at the person to my left, then to my right, and I'd say, "I guess only one of three of us will pass. Who will it be?"

[beandip]

Originally Posted by Ludwig Von Beethoven III

Pass rates don't change much. The competition just gets stiffer further down the process.

Before each exam, I used to look at the person to my left, then to my right, and I'd say, "I guess only one of three of us will pass. Who will it be?"

that's my question, what were the pass rates??

[Blue Like Jazz]

About halfway down on this page it give statistics by exam date:

http://www.soa.org/eande/earchive/archivedlist.html

[Ralow]

The pass rate was 43% in Spring 2002 and 36% in Fall 2002. It was pretty much at 33% going back except for a ridiculously low 23% in Spring 2000.

Check it out:

http://www.casact.com/admissions/examstatsum.pdf

[Adamixoye]

Originally Posted by Ralow

The pass rate was 43% in Spring 2002 and 36% in Fall 2002. It was pretty much at 33% going back except for a ridiculously low 23% in Spring 2000.

Check it out:

http://www.casact.com/admissions/examstatsum.pdf

By the way, I know we're talking about Course 1, but this proves my contention that later exam pass rates can be much higher than 40%. Course 4 in 2002 was 58%.

[Summer]

Originally Posted by Adamixoye

By the way, I know we're talking about Course 1, but this proves my contention that later exam pass rates can be much higher than 40%. Course 4 in 2002 was 58%.

wouldn't that make sense, though? You have more "serious" writers. For c1, you will have students who will never make it past c1. The higher up you go, the closer you get to qualifying, the less likely you are to pay money for an exam you don't study very much for.

[Adamixoye]

Well, I guess it would make sense. But, what is the SOA's official policy on this? Obviously the point we're arguing, about the SOA trying to enforce a certain pass rate on Course 1, cannot extend to all the exams. So, either at some point the SOA just doesn't care (that much) about the pass rate, or they fail to enforce it all that strictly.

[beandip]

Originally Posted by Adamixoye

Well, I guess it would make sense. But, what is the SOA's official policy on this? Obviously the point we're arguing, about the SOA trying to enforce a certain pass rate on Course 1, cannot extend to all the exams. So, either at some point the SOA just doesn't care (that much) about the pass rate, or they fail to enforce it all that strictly.

This thread was posted pertaining to pass mark for the May 2003 course 1
examination. NOT historical trends of the SOA's elusive pass mark. I was just looking for some simple feedback, not extensive research which delves into moral and philosophical issues of the SOA. Your comment, has spawned a new motto for myself.

"just take the test and answer the stupid questions"

thankyou.

[Adamixoye]

Originally Posted by beandip

This thread was posted pertaining to pass mark for the May 2003 course 1
examination. NOT historical trends of the SOA's elusive pass mark. I was just looking for some simple feedback, not extensive research which delves into moral and philosophical issues of the SOA. Your comment, has spawned a new motto for myself.

"just take the test and answer the stupid questions"

thankyou.

Whoa...sorry.

I was just going where the thread went. When someone said that the SOA intends to enforce that at least 30% and no more than 40% pass, then I felt the need to challenge that, or clarify that we're only talking about Course 1. Because it's certainly not true at some point beyond Course 1.

Having said that, though, the pass mark will not be higher than 25, even if this is an easy test. I feel confident about that.