Who Won the BSD Award?

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A little fun here. Of course the CFA doesn’t allow candidates to say that a higher score implies better investing ability or anything else, but it’s fun to compete. So…I decided to start the BSD Award. It’s the 40/60/80 score times the point values given. The winner gets nothing but mad AF respect for an amazing test (and future respect when discussing his study strategy to Level 3 noobs).
I know it’s not me, but I’ll start it:
I have:
214 points at 80% = 171.2
74 points at 60% = 44.4
72 points at 40% = 28.8
BSD Score = 244.4
Note: I had to edit my score
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
1
Portfolio Management - Institutional
20
-
*
-
2
Fixed Income Investments
22
-
-
*
3
Equity Investments
19
*
-
-
4
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
13
-
-
*
5
Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance
13
*
-
-
6
Portfolio Management - Individual
22
*
-
-
7
Portfolio Management - Individual
17
-
-
*
8
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
20
-
*
-
9
Economics
18
*
-
-
10
Portfolio Management - Indiv/Behavioral
16
-
*
-
Item Set
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
-
Alternative Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Economics
18
-
-
*
-
Ethical & Professional Standards
36
-
-
*
-
Fixed Income Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Individual
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Institutional
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Performance Eval.
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
18
-
*
-
 
The bsd award goes to the guy who wasted the least about of time with his nose in the books studying, right? Lowest score to still pass?
 
Wasn’t me. Morning was brutal as expected.
 
CFAbeatmeup wrote:
A little fun here. Of course the CFA doesn’t allow candidates to say that a higher score implies better investing ability or anything else, but it’s fun to compete. So…I decided to start the BSD Award. It’s the 40/60/80 score times the point values given. The winner gets nothing but mad AF respect for an amazing test (and future respect when discussing his study strategy to Level 3 noobs).
I know it’s not me, but I’ll start it:
I have:
214 points at 80% = 171.2
74 points at 60% = 74
72 points at 40% = 28.8
BSD Score = 274
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
1
Portfolio Management - Institutional
20
-
*
-
2
Fixed Income Investments
22
-
-
*
3
Equity Investments
19
*
-
-
4
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
13
-
-
*
5
Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance
13
*
-
-
6
Portfolio Management - Individual
22
*
-
-
7
Portfolio Management - Individual
17
-
-
*
8
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
20
-
*
-
9
Economics
18
*
-
-
10
Portfolio Management - Indiv/Behavioral
16
-
*
-
Item Set
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
-
Alternative Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Economics
18
-
-
*
-
Ethical & Professional Standards
36
-
-
*
-
Fixed Income Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Individual
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Institutional
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Performance Eval.
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
18
-
*
-
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74 points at 60% is not 74, its 44 :)
 
cfal3letsgo wrote:
CFAbeatmeup wrote:
A little fun here. Of course the CFA doesn’t allow candidates to say that a higher score implies better investing ability or anything else, but it’s fun to compete. So…I decided to start the BSD Award. It’s the 40/60/80 score times the point values given. The winner gets nothing but mad AF respect for an amazing test (and future respect when discussing his study strategy to Level 3 noobs).
I know it’s not me, but I’ll start it:
I have:
214 points at 80% = 171.2
74 points at 60% = 74
72 points at 40% = 28.8
BSD Score = 274
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
1
Portfolio Management - Institutional
20
-
*
-
2
Fixed Income Investments
22
-
-
*
3
Equity Investments
19
*
-
-
4
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
13
-
-
*
5
Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance
13
*
-
-
6
Portfolio Management - Individual
22
*
-
-
7
Portfolio Management - Individual
17
-
-
*
8
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
20
-
*
-
9
Economics
18
*
-
-
10
Portfolio Management - Indiv/Behavioral
16
-
*
-
Item Set
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
-
Alternative Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Economics
18
-
-
*
-
Ethical & Professional Standards
36
-
-
*
-
Fixed Income Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Individual
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Institutional
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Performance Eval.
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
18
-
*
-
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74 points at 60% is not 74, its 44 :)
I got 55*.4 + 52*.6 + 253*.8 = 255.6
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*facepalm* It’s fixed now. :) And I actually passed, lol
 
The formula kind of sucks though, if you got > 70% on the PM, its either a 5/6 or 6/6…..so should probably use .92 for the PM 70’s
 
not true, as not all sections are out of 6 points/minutes
 
I suck so much I wondered how to calculate this score at first ROFL
104 points 40%
145 points 60%
111 points 80%
BSD: 217, DO I WIN THE AWARD FOR WORST SCORE ?
 
256 here, although only giving 80% for a > 70% PM is wrong I think, since if you’re above 70% it means you got 5/6 or 6/6…so 83% or 100%…..
 
cfal3letsgo wrote:
256 here, although only giving 80% for a > 70% PM is wrong I think, since if you’re above 70% it means you got 5/6 or 6/6…so 83% or 100%…..
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It’s hard to tell because an AM question isn’t normally distributed like that. For the purposes of this little fun contest, the only thing that matters is the scale is consistent and equally applied.
 
274.80
300hours gives me:
estimated score: 76.3%
min: 71.1%
max: 94.9%
 
A guy in the other thread had 15 above 70… he won BSD
 
218.2
Barely passed but doesn’t matter. Nights with family. Mornings at the gym. so glad to have life back forever!
 
Passed with….204.6
125 @ 80% = 100
89 @ 60% = 53.4
128 @ 40% = 51.2
whew.
 
CADFX wrote:
A guy in the other thread had 15 above 70… he won BSD
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Damn, I had 14.
Should’ve nailed AM institutional. Was pretty confident on that one.
Your estimated 40/60/80 score:
73.6%
Estimate only - not your actual score
Your theoretical maximum and minimum scores:


67.1%
Minimum

91%
Maximum

Your 40/60/80 score is in the 99th percentile of our sample.
 
MrSmart wrote:
CADFX wrote:
A guy in the other thread had 15 above 70… he won BSD
Click to expand...
Damn, I had 14.
Should’ve nailed AM institutional. Was pretty confident on that one.
Your estimated 40/60/80 score:
73.6%
Estimate only - not your actual score
Your theoretical maximum and minimum scores:


67.1%
Minimum

91%
Maximum

Your 40/60/80 score is in the 99th percentile of our sample.
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Congrats Mr. Smart, and thank you. You were a fabulous resource here throughout the process. I knew we would all be in trouble if you didn’t pass, and your excellent score reflects your understanding of the material.
I passed as well. My 40/60/80 score is 245.40. Seems like a strong pass, but nothing earth shattering. Only real disappointment for me was 50-70 on Ethics, as that has always always been my strongest subject.
 
1
Portfolio Management - Institutional
20
-
*
-
2
Fixed Income Investments
22
-
-
*
3
Equity Investments
19
-
-
*
4
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
13
-
-
*
5
Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance
13
-
*
-
6
Portfolio Management - Individual
22
-
*
-
7
Portfolio Management - Individual
17
-
-
*
8
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
20
-
-
*
9
Economics
18
*
-
-
10
Portfolio Management - Indiv/Behavioral
16
-
-
*
Item Set
Q#
Topic
Max Pts
<=50%
51%-70%
>70%
-
Alternative Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Economics
18
-
-
*
-
Ethical & Professional Standards
36
-
-
*
-
Fixed Income Investments
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Individual
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Institutional
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Performance Eval.
18
-
-
*
-
Portfolio Management - Risk Management
18
-
-
*
80/60/40 is 269.8, I saw somebody else with a better AM in the results thread though.
 
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