is there any criteria to pass Ethics section separately criteria

edgeon

Hi guys,
Is there any criteria that we have to pass each and every sub-section separately or there will be combined cut off.

some1 told me that we have to pass Ethics section separately.


Please reply back asap..

JRossSter

I think there's a lot of info like this goes round, and I'm not 100% certain what the rules are. The way I understand it is your overall score is the only pass/fail criteria, however if you are on the border line, i.e. MPS is 68% and you get 68%, its the ethics score that decides if you're pass or fail. However, I'm not completely sure, so maybe somebody else knows?

dontknow1987

I've heard of people (not many) passing while failing ethics. From my understanding, if you are above the MPS you can pass even with a fail in ethics. If you are borderline, as Bexter said, passing Ethics can bump you into a passing grade.

dotamasta

L2 here - its very important to pass ethics, but i've seen people pass while failing ethics.

but mostly, ethics is easy points

Jolyn

CzarHC are you sure I mean is this any policy of CFA institute like if I am on border line they will decide based on performance in Ethics section because I didn't find any thing regarding that on their site.

In case if it is true what is minimum score to pass Ethics or that also depend on students performance and vary every year.

mnieman

jmaldonado,
They have never released the MPS but the thinking is that it is close to 70 depending on how hard the exam is. From what I've heard 70 is a lock to pass.

NeerajDBA,
I don't know if it's a written policy.

Benjiko

Wait a min !!

Jut111 you just said that you passed while failing ethics. Which means that if I fail derivatives I can still pass this ? If that's true you already made my day. Because this is what I have been thinkin that if you fail one section you fail all.

Btw are you a punjabi jutt ?

disiz64

I think the point here is that CFAI have no clear plublished guidleines on this, just in the same way they don't like to publish details of the MPS, so it is mainly conjecture.

And yes Neeraj, whe you get you're results you're given a matrix, which has a star in a box for which level you got in the ten categories, where the grades are <50, 50-70, and >70
Aim of the game is to get all the stars in >70 but you definately don't need to pass all levels to pass the exam.