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Babek Islama Qarsi

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<=50: Equity,Ethics, Portfolio, Quant
50-70: CF
>70: AI,FRA,FI,Der,Econ
Taking into account the relevant weights of each topic I am devastated. I think I failed with 1 or 2 questions or maybe I should take re-tab (joke :D I would rather buy a good bottle of vodka for this 100usd). I was pretty sure about half questions of port and quant. Ethics was my weakest part, but I am still very surprised with equity (expecting >70).To sum up it looks around 65%(a bit more). Obviously MPS is higher this year, but there are some people posting pass results with lower bands which I can’t understand. Congratulations to all who passed. I will not give up :)
 
5 70+
2 <= 50 CF n FRA which was a great surprise. My avg score in CF is 70+ in all mocks
FRA 60+ in all mocks
Battle continues
 
Can I put failed level 2 band 10 on my resume? I don’t recall saying you cannot in the ethics curriculum.
 
tau281290 wrote:
^Why? I’m just being completely open.
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You’d have to explain what it means and in the process it would sound bad. Register and put candidate, sounds way better .
 
tau281290 wrote:
^Why? I’m just being completely open.
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To what end though? Putting the word “failure” on a resume seems like a terrible idea.
 
tau281290 wrote:
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Tau: put L2 candidate. If it means something to your interviewer, they’ll ask you about it and THEN you can explain your band ten disappointment and how you’ll learn from and overcome it!
 
I know your feeling. I had a band 10 last year with the following results:
<=50%: 15% (Quant, Alt, PM)
51-70%: 30% (EQ, Corporate Finance)
>70%: 55% (FRA, Derivatives, Fixed Income, Econ, Ethics)
you have 20% more in the lower 50% section than my last year’s band 10, so it’s really difficult to understand the scoring. If you go for min. score and assume a 50% points right for the below 51% section, you end up with 64.2%. So with a few questions more false in the below 51% section, you end up with 62-63%, which is unfortunately the band 10 region.
I also made a re-tab, but it was rather a peace of mind move than truly hope…since I’ve never heard of a successful re-tab from band 10 to pass. Re-tab, in my view, only makes sense if you left the exam room with a pretty damn good feeling and you get a band 1 or 2.
Forget it, register again for L2, focus on your weak spots and get the passed.
 
Babek Islama Qarsi wrote:
<=50: Equity,Ethics, Portfolio, Quant
50-70: CF
>70: AI,FRA,FI,Der,Econ
Taking into account the relevant weights of each topic I am devastated. I think I failed with 1 or 2 questions or maybe I should take re-tab (joke :D I would rather buy a good bottle of vodka for this 100usd). I was pretty sure about half questions of port and quant. Ethics was my weakest part, but I am still very surprised with equity (expecting >70).To sum up it looks around 65%(a bit more). Obviously MPS is higher this year, but there are some people posting pass results with lower bands which I can’t understand. Congratulations to all who passed. I will not give up :)
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It looks like the ethics and/or equity score was the deal-breaker. Do you plan to retake the exam next year?
 
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