Passing Mark

[beandip]

Originally Posted by Adamixoye

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.

you took all the fun outta my comment??
you were suppose to rebuttle (spelling) ??

[Adamixoye]

Originally Posted by beandip

you took all the fun outta my comment??
you were suppose to rebuttle (spelling) ??

Okay, then. You're an idiot.

[john]

Originally Posted by Adamixoye

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.

What makes you think that? Everyone I talked to thinks the test was easy. If the pass mark is that low, that means the passing score is high. I hope it is not so.

[Adamixoye]

Originally Posted by johnlau

What makes you think that? Everyone I talked to thinks the test was easy. If the pass mark is that low, that means the passing score is high. I hope it is not so.

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I said pass mark=25, as in 25/40 questions. As for pass rate, I have no idea.

[hugolizard]

Take a look at the nov 2001 exam, wasn't that easy? And the passing score was only 24/40. Now just because some of your friends think the may 2003 exam was easy doesn't mean the majority of the candidates think it was easy. The guy that sat right beside me during the exam simply slept for the 4 hours. And I'm sure there were a lot of people who wrote the exam without having done much preparation. It's the same every year. And I'm confident that the passing score this time around is going to be around 23-24, and yet the passing rate is going to be less than 40%.

[hugolizard]

Actually I might be wrong on the nov 2001 passing score. It might be 22/40 instead. Not completely sure but I think it was definately 24 or less.

[Adamixoye]

My point in saying 25 is that it won't be any higher. I don't think that's ever been the case. A lot of people think, compared to practice tests or compared to times they previously wrote, that this test was one of the easiest in a while. I realize there is some observational bias there, but I think there's still some truth to it. This was my first time writing, so I probably don't have the most objective viewpoint, but I thought it was as easy or easier than all the available tests from previous years.

Bottom line...the pass mark is always from 20 to 25, usually 22-24. So if you got 25 and above, feel safe. If you got less than 25, there may be some hope, but it's much more dicey.

[john]

Originally Posted by Adamixoye

I said pass mark=25, as in 25/40 questions. As for pass rate, I have no idea.

Sorry, I misread your post.