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I recently failed L2 (band 3!), which I found extremely shocking because of how well I knew the material, how I was performing on practice tests, and how I felt after the exam.
I think I’m going to pay to get my score retabulated because I can’t imagine scoring this badly… and I’m curious to know if anybody out there has ever done this as well?
 
hopefully the retabulation will bump you to at least band 4.
good luck! 100 dollars well spent
 
ASSet_MANagement Wrote:
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> Are there any success stories from retabulation?
Never heard of one.
 
never heard of it.
don’t be misled by how well you understand the material. we over estimate our understanding at times.
its a tough pill to swallow and we wish you the best of luck next time.
 
Did you do a lot of erasing?
If it helps you sleep at night, spend the $100. Then again don’t, because I don’t want an email saying they mistakenly switched names between me and you and that I actually failed L2 band 3.
 
CFACurse Wrote:
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> I recently failed L2 (band 3!), which I found
> extremely shocking because of how well I knew the
> material, how I was performing on practice tests,
> and how I felt after the exam.
>
> I think I’m going to pay to get my score
> retabulated because I can’t imagine scoring this
> badly… and I’m curious to know if anybody out
> there has ever done this as well?
No offense but you were not even close. A retabulation will not help you jump to pass. There are a few guarantees out there and that is one.
 
I don’t think a retab will help. They just make sure the math is correct. And unless they had someone pour maple syrup in the machine while your paper was getting scanned, I think its safe to say you will not pass. In fact, I think that if they DID have someone pour maple syrup in the machine, you would possibly get to Band 5.
Also – I would reconsider your belief in how well you knew the material. From the perspective of the CFAI and on a relative basis to others who took the exam – the results would suggest you did not know the material well enough.
Its a tough exam – so be critical of your studying and preparation. then when you go back at it next time – you will be insanely well prepared and I am sure you will do well.
 
I’ll retabulate it for free:
F.
Now spend that $100 on something that makes you feel good.
 
CFACurse Wrote:
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> I recently failed L2 (band 3!), which I found
> extremely shocking because of how well I knew the
> material, how I was performing on practice tests,
> and how I felt after the exam.
>
> I think I’m going to pay to get my score
> retabulated because I can’t imagine scoring this
> badly… and I’m curious to know if anybody out
> there has ever done this as well?
Total waste of money. You’re band 3. You don’t need a retabulation, you need a re-do. Good luck next year.
 
I did the retabulation because I was peed off. It was level 3, so had essays i.e. qualitative answers. I too thought I had definitely passed.
And yes, I knew even before I sent my check for 100 bux that all they did was count up the marks they already gave you, not re read the essay or remark or anything… I was just so p.ssed and knew I was gonna stay that way for a year. I was annoyed at having to tell my mum/friends/colleagues that I messed up once more in life. It was more of a big deal for me, I dont think anyone else seriously gives a crapola. This just made me feel better/morally superior. Of course I still failed that time round. Passed the next time round when I was sure I did even worse.
It doesn’t make any sense. Welcome to the CFA.
 
I’m in the same boat as you CFACurse, I was scoring around 65% on all the practice exams (Stalla, Schweser, cfa mock 2009 and cfa mock 2010). I failed band 2. I’m not saying that 65% should be a pass but I was counting my chances as 50/50. Furthermore, I felt quite good when I left the exam room and band 2 is just way too low! Only thing I can think of is that I must have skipped a line somewhere…or that one of my HB 2 pencils wasn’t actually HB 2…
 
guys, don’t wanna be a d*ck but if you were scoring in the 60s on the mock exams and then failed in the low bands you probably were not setting up an accurate test environment for yourself on the mocks. If you timed yourself strictly, used no study materials to cheat off of, and still got > 60 on mult exams i think its highly unlikely you’d fail in such low bands.
 
nobody knows how many questions between band 1 and 10. My wild guess is 20max. So 10-15 wrong answers below min pass score will take you right back to band 2-3. Just say you had a bad day and study harder next year.
 
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