[Anonymous]

I just got my score for BEC after Christmas. It was a 75. I don’t mean to complain, but I rocked that test. 75 is way too low for how well I did. So we know that BEC has a passing rate of 47%. Should my 75 have been more like an 80? I think more people took BEC in OCTNOV then ever before due to the new rules on written communication. But so more people took it, but the same percentage passed?

Anyway, the UFE (Canada’s Exam) has a passing rate of 80%. I don’t know what their passing score is, but in regular school, 50 is passing. And with moving to intenrational standards, I predict that the AICPA will “lower” the passing score, and not raise it, in order to be more comparable in passing rates. If they raise it, and less people pass, you have a lower passing rate. I doubt it goes down to 70, but I could see it at a 72.

If they raise the score, that might just do me in. I have only REG in Jan/feb left. I am worried that if I don’t pass I will have to take it in April and risk being under the new rules of having to pass with a 78 or 80.

[Anonymous]

where did u get the new rules of passing with a 78 or 80?

[Anonymous]

Sorry. I worded that wrong. Changing the passing socre is on the table. There is no change yet.

Also, if there is a change, per Jeff, it will not be till the July/Aug window.

[Anonymous]

I believe that the AICPA wants only the best individuals to pass the exam and therefore does keep the passing rate to an appropriate percentage. So what, that is how I see it whether it is true we will never know. I see no reason for the AICPA to change the passing scoring standard. It would be easier to change the grading of the exam or weighted areas. If you look at the historical passing rates of 4, 5 or 6 years ago the passing rates were in the mid 30's %. Everyone involved has gotten smarter to include the people, the review material and studying resources. My goal was always to do better than approximately 55% of the people taking the exam in the window. Knowing that currently approximately 45-53% of people passed any given exam for any given window. So in your case with a score of 75 and a 47% pass rate means just that approximately 47% of the people taking the BEC exam did better than you and 53% did worse than you. Whether you answered 70% or 80% or 90% of the questions right 47% of the people did better than you. So what you passed that is all that really matters. I had always hoped to blow one of the exams out of the water and score in the 90s and even felt like I had on a couple but it never happend. Nobody asked me what my scores were or how many times I had to take an exam to pass, they only see that I am a CPA. Congratulations on passing BEC, I also thought I did extremely well on BEC and only scored a 76.

[whitesoxfancpa]

Don't even think about that stuff. Just study hard and pass.

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

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