Think Spring 2012 MLC was Unfair?

[roz]

Originally Posted by Truman Burbank

Yeah, next exam I'll just stop at 19, bubble in C for the rest and walk out, enjoy the rest of the day. Not like there's a chance I could have made an error.

You need to work through 30 complete questions in order to get 19 right? Doesn't seem like a good hit rate.

[fargo_viper]

Originally Posted by Truman Burbank

Yeah, next exam I'll just stop at 19, bubble in C for the rest and walk out, enjoy the rest of the day. Not like there's a chance I could have made an error.

+5 points for intense and powerful sarcasm.

[Truman Burbank]

Originally Posted by roz

You need to work through 30 complete questions in order to get 19 right? Doesn't seem like a good hit rate.

You are aware you can pass with a score higher than a 6, right?

[troyandabed]

Originally Posted by roz

You need maybe 19 right to pass. What does it matter that you didn't have time for 30?

It matters if you only have time for 20. After what I've seen at work and on here, I'm expecting the pass mark for this exam to be 16/30. It's not just students, employers are writing the SOA now too.

[Truman Burbank]

Originally Posted by troyandabed

It matters if you only have time for 20. After what I've seen at work and on here, I'm expecting the pass mark for this exam to be 16/30. It's not just students, employers are writing the SOA now too.

Wonder what they'll lower it to if we can get Chuck Norris to write the SOA?

[roz]

Originally Posted by Truman Burbank

You are aware you can pass with a score higher than a 6, right?

Getting a 7 instead of an 8 didn't seem to be the main concern of this discussion. I don't think that would generate much employer concern either.

[troyandabed]

Originally Posted by Truman Burbank

Wonder what they'll lower it to if we can get Chuck Norris to write the SOA?

Chuck Norris IS the SOA!

[MES88]

The problem is that if the very top, overprepared, cream of the crop students can only work through 24 problems or so, where does that leave everyone else?

I, for example, tend to take awhile to process these questions, but I was okay with that because I was still doing fine on practice tests. I would work through 26 or so, and get maybe 23 correct. Shouldn't have any problem on the real thing, right?

Well, on the actual exam, I literally got to 17 of the problems. I didn't even leave a mark on the scratch paper for the other 13. And hell, even I was overprepared according to ADAPT (level 8 when they recommend level 6). That is an issue.

[StudyingIsFun]

Originally Posted by troyandabed

It matters if you only have time for 20. After what I've seen at work and on here, I'm expecting the pass mark for this exam to be 16/30. It's not just students, employers are writing the SOA now too.

I certainly hope it is 16. Employers are writing the SOA now too?

[fargo_viper]

I wish the exams would get harder, like this one apparently was. It would clear out a lot of the clutter.