Mechanic

I did the exact same thing KSTHANE. I found that I get 60% of my unsure questions and 90-95% of the ones I know I got right. I used 50% and 85% to be conservative and that gave me an expected score in the low 70's.

johnnyBuz

I had been marking anything that I was unsure about in almost of all the practice exams and was generally getting 70% + on all of the practice stuff I did (Volume 1 of Schweser, all CFA samples, CFA mock, and 2.5 tests of Schweser Volume 2).

So I took the same approach on the actual exam and made small dots next to the answers that I wasn't totally sure about in order to keep track of my percentage correct. The first half I estimate that I was pretty close to 70%. The second half it didn't really work because I was so time constrained that I just stopped worrying about putting the dots because I wasn't sure I'd have enough time to erase them.

But anyway, I estimate that I missed 50 questions or so on the second half of the exam. So I went back to look at my old practice exams in order to see how the percentages stacked up. I typically only missed half of the questions that I marked on the exam, but I typically was getting 15% wrong that I didn't mark at all. So when I applied those percentages to my own estimates I come to a number slightly less than 70%. I'm worried.

Bluetick1010

Yeah, I circled everything that I wasn't sure about or the ones I knew were a guess. I dont want to believe that my estimates are close to what my actual score may be, just in case.

I am banking on the fact that there is a 1/3 chance of getting my guesses marked as correct answers.

ramdabom

anu21v Wrote:
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> Also, Can anyone tell me if the cutoffs are
> regional in nature/country specifc or is it
> worldwide same cutoff for everyone.


Worldwide I believe.. should not matter where you take the exam?

Anyway, for myself, there were maybe 60 questions I was unsure of (30 in the AM, didn't have time to count in the PM) but i was definitely feeling pretty tired halfway through the PM session

This is my 2nd attempt and i actually feel less prepared this time around, as I've just started working a couple months ago and haven't really figured out how to cope with both working and studying.

It scares me that last year I walked out of L1 feeling "okay" but not overly confident of passing. I ended up failing Band 10. If the passing score was about 70%, that means I got at least 72 questions wrong (or 60 for 75%). Since i don't feel that great about this year's, it's likely i'll do worse. Sigh...

ishfaque

roughly 60

ajpheif16

I had like 8-10 in AM and like 30-35 in PM session. But really speaking i feel the cut-off is going to be higher this time with so many confident guys at Mumbai Centre.

Also, Can anyone tell me if the cutoffs are regional in nature/country specifc or is it worldwide same cutoff for everyone.

Ionutzakis

I had around 20 in the AM, 40 PM.

Flok

hahaha. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Actually, what I did was circle questions while I was writing the exam to come back to if I had time to review. So when I had like 1 minute left I went back to count circles.

lc26mizzou

60ish iffy answers should have you sail through! Ghazoo.. you were on top of your stuff anyway... relax pal!

JPSem

I circled 60ish too