MPS- what will it be

[theblackswan]

i analyzed about 50 scores from this board. and instead of 40-60-80, even if i gave one dude 50-70-100, he didnt make 70%. he made 68.
There aint no way in hell the MPS is 70. I’d be willing to bet it is 65 or less.
thoughts?

 

[bobice]

yes doubt its 70. if not, by sheer probability you would be seeing a greater number of >70% bands in the topical areas of pass candidates of the 50 scores you examined. Having said that, the million dollar question is did you cross that MPS, isn’t it.

 

[Babsfrey]

MPS has never been 70% from the various analysis conducted in the past. Schwesser would also like to push candidates above the MPS by proclaiming that a 70% will definitely be a pass. Aim at 70%, Schwesser will always note!
It might be worth noting that if the test deviates fundamentally in difficulty from those of the past, the MPS may well be an outlier. However, I think the 2013 test is very much consistent; if not more difficult. I will tilt to a sub 65% MPS.

 

[theblackswan]

after my amazingly awesome heuristic analysis- i conculde that last year MPS was between 61 and 63.
for retakers- was 2013 harder than 2012?

 

[cfakid]

I don’t think so, the hardest part, I felt was the AM due to the number of questions asked. Time seemed to be a big issue.