New MFE syllabus-3hrs?

[Macroman]

Originally Posted by dubstep

How is no preliminary pass/fail obvious?
I'm really confused by this since it's cbt

With a new cbt exam there won't be preliminary results until there is some experience with giving the exam as a cbt.

[StaceyMonkey]

Originally Posted by actuary_aspire

Was stunned when I first saw 'top models' in that email.

"No, not those kinds of models, CALCULATOR models! Those are much more fun to look at!"

[NBran]

Originally Posted by StaceyMonkey

"No, not those kinds of models, CALCULATOR models! Those are much more fun to look at!"

You're know you're an actuary when...

[jamesy628]

So this first CBT session is going to be considerably easier than the last pencil and paper session right?

[Macroman]

Originally Posted by jamesy628

So this first CBT session is going to be considerably easier than the last pencil and paper session right?

Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[undergrad01]

Originally Posted by Macroman

Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it.

On what basis can one claim that the first CBT MFE will probably be easier than pencil and paper MFE?

[hesgut]

Originally Posted by undergrad01

On what basis can one claim that the first CBT MFE will probably be easier than pencil and paper MFE?

On the basis that it can't be any harder???? At least, compared to the last paper/pencil sitting.

A more serious answer is this....I guess they've been amassing a question bank for some time now. Many of those questions were thus created during periods of greater sanity amongst the exam committee. Hopefully some of the questions you're going to see on the first sitting are more on par with, say, Fall 2009, or even Spring 2009. I'm sure there will be some where I need to read 2-3 confusing paragraphs followed by 8-10 minutes of algebraic manipulation (i.e. like last sitting), but only some.

[Bobby]

Originally Posted by undergrad01

On what basis can one claim that the first CBT MFE will probably be easier than pencil and paper MFE?

Sittings generally get very difficult leading up to the first CBT sitting while the exam committee is calibrating test questions, and then the first couple CBT sittings are generally considered considerably less difficult in comparison.

[SandbagQueen]

Originally Posted by hesgut

On the basis that it can't be any harder???? At least, compared to the last paper/pencil sitting.

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by Bobby

Sittings generally get very difficult leading up to the first CBT sitting while the exam committee is calibrating test questions, and then the first couple CBT sittings are generally considered considerably less difficult in comparison.

Great news !!!