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Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 00:29 | IP Logged
No, scores are not curved, and both sims are graded, but only 1 written communication is graded.
__________________ KJ, CPA licensed in New York
AUD - May 2009 - 99
FAR - July 2009 - 99
REG - Aug 2009 - 99
BEC - Oct 2009 - 93
License applied for Nov 2009, received Jan 2010
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Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 01:01 | IP Logged
Don't worry, bryris, you will do fine. From your posts, it appears you really know your stuff. On a positive note, your score does not reflect the percent you got right. This is stated right on the score report. It is a mystery how exactly the scoring works, but our scores are higher than the percent we get right, and I can say this from personal experience. My first section was AUD, and I was very shaky on at least 2 simulation tabs. I was disappointed that too many of the tabs were on just one topic that I was never good at. I ended up passing with 99, but there is no way I got every simulation question right. I try to remind myself of this when I start getting too discouraged during the long wait that those of us have ahead of us who got new simulations. And if you did not already know, anyone who gets a new simulation automatically gets bumped to wave 2, meaning we won't know our scores in this testing period until late September.
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Posted: 23 Jul 2009 at 18:27 | IP Logged
Well, I took the exam this afternoon. I walked out feeling surprisingly good about myself. But the more I think about it, the more I am questioning some of the answers I put.
Took me all but 14 seconds to finish the exam with no breaks at all. The first sim wasn't too bad, the second wasn't really difficult (unless I missed something) but was pretty large with some 7 tabs.
There were probably 8-10 questions out of the 72 that I basically made an educated guess on. The rest I "think" I got right, less a few silly mistakes potentially.
I didn't particularly see a noticeable increase in difficulty between the testlets. Perhaps they got harder, but I really couldn't tell definitively.
I did everything, including the research tabs. So everything was truly done to the best of my ability, I can say that for sure.
Whether I pass could honestly go either way. My gut tells me that I will pass. But, if I don't, I might be a bit surprised, but wouldn't be too too surprised really.
For now, I am going to assume a pass and move on to FAR.
Good luck to everyone taking REG. Hopefully I won't have to revisit this forum section (beyond just out of curiosity).
Anyone going to the FAR section soon, I'll see you over there!
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