Retabulation? better, several, believe

Kiakaha

Hello all,

I was very surprised to see that I failed the exam this time. I felt soooo much better about it this year than I did last year. I was pretty sure I passed.....only to find out I failed with a band 3! I couldn't believe it...I was sure they sent me the wrong scores. 8 sections were below 50 (there is no way that's possible...considering the way I felt after the exam), and 2 were 51-70 (Ethics and Equity). There were several sections I felt great about leaving the exam that I got below 50 on. Needless to say, because I was so confident that I'd passed this exam, I submitted a request for a retabulation on Friday. For those of you who had a retab this year, how long has it taken? I know it says 30-60 days, but I've seen times that were much shorter. The wait is driving me crazy. I'm almost certain that my scantron somehow got out of line in the machine, or something else wacky happened. I've taken enough of these exams to know if my scores match up with the way I felt, and they always have before...but this time, they made no sense at all.

Thoughts/opinions?

firat

i will say that the test appeared straightforward, but in fact there were lots of curveballs.

i remember when i had time to recheck my answers, there were many questions where if you calculated it multiple ways, the answers would be there. so, yes, it was a tricky exam.

zephyranalyst

Got my retab results, and as I expected (after reading about others with a similar situation), there were "no errors".

anish

Yeah there were a ton of tricks on that test, there was always an answer that immediately jumped out, but if you read the book/EOCs closely and tried to remember them during the test, you could sidestep those.

b_sea93

PZ, I feel the exact same way as you, and still can't put this behind me, even after the retab (although theres nothing else I can do at this point, so hopefully time will help me feel better). Blatantly failing with <50% in seven out of ten categories just seem flat out wrong to me, and I'm definitely losing faith in the CFA system, especially given their short, non-human, automated responses to all my inquiries.

Given the amount of time and preparation for the CFA (not to mention the costs), I feel like the CFA should be able to provide more definitive proof aside from an emails and automated messages that there were no errors made.

svgleeson

i dont understand all this talk of tricks in the questions. With it being multiple choice the other two options cannot be obviously wrong otherwise it would be too easy.

ohai

Goodluck guys ...must be frustrating as ￡$%^

bleach

I am clearly in the same situation. Located in Sydney Australia I woke up at about 3am to check the email. I was pretty sure I nailed the exam. The trickiness of the CFA level 2 exam is a known thing, but I knew this time around that I had passed, after having failed with band 4 last year. I was shocked to discover that I had failed. I knew something had gone terribly wrong. I noted that I was placed in band 4, and had gotten 50-70 only 3 sections of the exam (fixed income, equity and ALTS). I was really shocked I had failed everything else, espsically areas like corp fimn and FSI where i knew I had nailed down. The greatest shock of my life, for real.

I quickly applied for a retabulation - not because I was so desparate to pass, but because I knew with every fibre of my being that the results were very wrong.

I await the automated response with lots of hope. I will take the exam again if the retab doesnt change things, but with diminished trust in the system.

I know someone who passed will not understand this, but there are a few individuals who share the same sentiments

soverby

Oh ok, hopefully I'll be getting mine soon. Thanks for your help!

dirk01

Yeah, there are some posts that describe which readings were taken away, and which one was added. I'm sure that once the Schweser Notes for 2012 become available, some people will be able to add more detail as to which specific pages/sections were taken away.

Sorry, forgot to mention that it took 3 days for my results to come in, but I was probably one of the earlier people to send in a retab.