Somewhat frustrating exam + if i get 70% of the questions right am I guaranteed to pass?

I echo your sentiments @justinturner ~ now knowing the questions on the exam I wish I jump into my delorean and redo my studying and focus more on the stuff that was actually questioned.

I am glad it’s over. But sadly I feel like I am going to be rewriting this in June 🙁

I totally agree with you. I thought doing well on the mocks would mean doing well on the actual exams. maybe the mocks i answered covered the same topics that’s why I felt that the exam was totally different..

70% should be fine. Ive heard that people who got at least 70% always pass

I will be right around 70, will be a long6-8 weeks. I felt great after the morning session, but felt frustrated and overwhelmed after the second. Maybe I was fatigued. One person got up 45 minutes into the test and I don’t believe they came back.

70’s fine guys – don’t worry. You all did well today, time to enjoy your time off until the results are out!

How long until scores come put generally?

@justinturner @tkadylak Results are usually out by January 22nd.

Above 70% and you should be doing great. Below 70% doesn’t mean you’ll fail – it just means it’s possible.

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@justinturner @tkadylak Results are usually out by January 22nd.

And results day is always a Tuesday, so probably Jan 21st or 28th.

I relate to this comments, but one of the things I liked is that they didn’t use the “least likely” statement (maybe only once or twice). In the CFA mocks, the questions were full of negations of negations… It was hard to figure what they were trully asking at the end (“Dan is not a lawyer that’s isn’t least likely to not understand the questions” I HATE that!)

@justinturner @tkadylak Results are usually out by January 22nd.

And results day is always a Tuesday, so probably Jan 21st or 28th.

Yep, most likely 28th since the exam was later than usual?

I hope they are out on Jan 21… For those who feel pretty confident they passed (I think I’m one of them) and feel they can go for Level 2 in June, it would be nice to be able to register as early as possible, so as to have a decent chance at L2 in June.

I’d say take a GOOD rest guys, don’t worry about it until Jan 21. Because after that, trust me, you’re gonna need all the power you’ve got! 😀 It’s better to take 100% time off and put 100% in later, than getting half rest but no studying done.

@Sophie’s the boss. Hear hear!

I felt the same way after the morning session – quite good, but must have flagged during the afternoon, as I had to guess quickly about 4 or 5 questions right towards the end. But… as I started at the beginning and then jumped to the end and then turned back to the middle I only had 5 difficult calculation questions to guess at which I probably would have guessed at anyway! 🙂
I’m taking a well deserved study break, and will be much wiser if I need to resit in June.

I took and passed L1 in Dec 2012 and I had similar feelings — after the morning session I thought it had gone okay, but not too great. The afternoon session had several questions that were on material I didn’t recollect seeing at all, so I guessed lots of answers. But the people around me were looking frustrated and sighing heavily, so I knew it wasn’t just me. I think CFA Institute looks at the relative scores and curves, etc — they don’t go just by absolute score. So keep up your spirits and hope for the best. And in the meantime, enjoy the holidays!

Scores officially released via e-mail January 28th, per the CFAI website

The funny part of the e-mail was, that it said they would send the results by mail to my mail and in case I need to change my mail-address I should go to their page 😀

I wonder how I would have gotten the mail, that says to change my mail if my mail address was wrong

@Chevalier : I guess they meant to check your email address on the CFAI page and confirm accordingly.

Has everyone received the mail notifying about the exam result date??? Last email I got from CFA program was on 27th nov…Should I contact them regarding this???

I got the notification last month. You can also view the dates on your CFAI page.

For Candidates
•December 2013: We will email exam results to candidates on 28 January, after 9:00 a.m. ET. Results will be available online on 29 January, after 9:00 a.m. ET. To ensure you receive your exam result email, confirm the email address we have on file (login required) is correct.