CFA vs Elan Mock - Ethics however, getting, realistic

jlg1982

First up, I thought the Cfa mock was overall much harder than elans...

The ethics section on cfa crippled me however, anyone else feel this? Which is more realistic?

I was getting around 90 percent on ethics in the elan mock, got around 30 in cfa!

ramzes

Baystreet's right. You can pass with a 50-70% in ethics.

Beatnik

vyadagiri Wrote:
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> Hmm.
>
> I read ethics 3 months back since then I was
> scoring around 75% in schweser and 85% in ELAN and
> 65% in CFAI. The whole thursday ethics day for
> me.
>
> @ cokecan:
> Iam also on same boat around 63% on CFAI mock. I
> think we should nt worry abt % at this point and
> give everything we can for last 4 days.
>
> @ bruinbanker: You are safe man.
>
> Waht happens if somebody scores >70% on the exam
> and <70 on ethics? Do they pass?


they will still pass you if you are in the 50-70 range for ethics.... there was a thread where people posted their scores from the real exam and Im sure I saw people with 50-70 in ethics and an overall pass.

koba

Hmm.

I read ethics 3 months back since then I was scoring around 75% in schweser and 85% in ELAN and 65% in CFAI. The whole thursday ethics day for me.

@ cokecan:
Iam also on same boat around 63% on CFAI mock. I think we should nt worry abt % at this point and give everything we can for last 4 days.

@ bruinbanker: You are safe man.

Waht happens if somebody scores >70% on the exam and <70 on ethics? Do they pass?

kasinkei

@Bruinbanker

I scored pretty much the exact same as you but I have to say I don't think it's Elan's fault. I did poorly on ethics on both the CFA as well as the Elan mocks and after going over all the problems I really don't see a huge disparity. I think ethics is simply much more involved than people think (myself included). It's not all common sense and it's not just about skimming the principles, you actually have to know what each one entails.

MonkeyBusiness

Yes exactly...my problem is that I know all the do's and dont's, just that I'm not familliar under which titles they all fall. Hopefully there won't be too many questions to catch you out on this!

Siddimaula

I was feeling confident with ethics after doing elan... but then i did the cfa mock and everything changed!

bapswarrior

I feel the same way, Elan was fantastic in preparation for everything BUT ethics. I got 192/240 on the CFA Mock, but only 19/36 on Ethics, at this point I'm not too worried about it since I can pass while bombing it, however, I am reading the CFA curriculum for it before the exam begins.

kmf229

looks like you got a lot covered though.. with 192/240. im still stuck in the 55-60% region.

Best prep for ethics qs is probably re-reading the examples in the cfa book and doing the eoc qs again. W

spartanag07

I agree, the CFA mock exam was tough for ethics. Ethics is one of my strong areas based on all the other tests I've done, but I got a 60 on the CFA mock.