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As a survey: Which score on Schweser Q-bank do you consider as a safe habor to get well prepared for the exam.
I’m thinking of average score of 80% but nay comments will be appreciated.
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The higher the better.
I would think, rather than look at something like a “safe harbor” score, understand the material, and use the QBank, albeit with repetitions to understand and retain the material. That way you are better off, and have seen more of the material, so things in the exam do not faze you.
Nevertheless, however well prepared you are, after the exam, while you wait for the results – it is nerve wracking and a lot of self doubt does creep in – I can vouch for this from personal experience on L1.
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I’d say consistantly over 90% is a safe harbour. 80%+ is good, but not great, so don’t assume anything. Only 80% average probably means that you are getting some 70s and some 90s. I would say that’s not good enough - turn all of those 70s into 80%+.
Note the importance of “consistantly”: If you got over 90% on your last 60-Question Qbank test for some study session, take another one and see if you can do it again. If you indeed do get consistantly over 90% on that study session, it is probably more prudent to move on and focus on another topic where you are not so comfortable.
Also, don’t assume that you should focus on the “hard” questions in the Qbank. Some of the “easy” questions in that database are really designed for making sure you didn’t miss some detail. They are only easy if you actually read everything thoroughly. The exam will consist of all sorts of questions, some of which will be asking for annoying details you didn’t think were hard or necessary.
 
I felt comfortable after consistently getting low 90s on 120 question tests with advanced and intermediate questions.
 
90% sounds ridiculous. Well, I guess that is a reason why most people pass on this forum. I would feel comfortable just getting 80’s consistently.
 
80%??? You are all genius. When I was taking my LII, those Q-Bank questions are hard (Practice exams), I was only able to pull anywhere between 65%-75%. I passed LII.
 
I have never taken Q bank but book 7 of Schweser last year people were happy to be in the 60s, vast majority in the 50s I would say. Book 6 was a little easier. I was around 58 book 7 and 65 book 6 and I felt I had a decent chance. Anyone know how Q Bank compares to book 6 and 7?
 
I did the whole LI Q bank last year… I think I was somewhere in the mid 80s. On Book 6 I was in the low 90s.
But the Q bank is still definitely a little bit easier (and certainly different – less thought, more repetition and calculation). The difference in scores was really because I used the Q bank as a learning tool as much as a practice tool.
 
I did most of the Qbank and Book 6 for Level 1 last year and scored in the 60s and still easily passed Level 1 last june. Hopefully those same scores will be enough to pass Level II this June.
All the people scoring in the high 80s and 90s must be taking the tests “open-book”
 
Sorry, let me clarify a little. I meant Book 6 and Book 7. I was only able to get 65%-75%. The Q-bank end of LOS questions were much easier.
 
FutureMBACFA Wrote:
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> I did most of the Qbank and Book 6 for Level 1
> last year and scored in the 60s and still easily
> passed Level 1 last june. Hopefully those same
> scores will be enough to pass Level II this June.
>
> All the people scoring in the high 80s and 90s
> must be taking the tests “open-book”
Hahaha yes, I MUST have been doing my tests “open-book”. Isn’t that how the real exam is anyway? I slept through level I, so I don’t really remember…
 
I also think your score is somewhat meaningless if you are not taking it under test conditions.
 
thanks a lot everybody for your comments, very helpfull.
 
It depends. If you just spent a week studying the material and take a test focussed on that particular section, I would say you want to be in the 80-90% range.
But, if you take a cumulative test over say 10 study sessions that aren’t fresh in your mind I would be comfortable more in the 70-80% range.
While there are several debates on the forums now on whether the material is hard or easy, I think the one indisputable fact is that there’s just a lot to remember. While the material is not rocket science, I think we can agree that its “hard” to spend a lot of time studying while working a full-time job, and its “hard” to keep everything fresh.
 
The matter of the fact is that:
- The exam is harder than the Q-bank
- Merely scoring over 70% in economics, FSA, equity analysis & fixed income analysis is in no way a guaranmtee to pass.
 
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