[Anonymous]

If any of you have read the AICPA interview by Jeff, you may have walked away with questions of your own. The interview can be found here if you haven’t already read it. https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam/cpa-exam-resources/myths-aicpa-interview/

The AICPA states that their is no curve to the exam. Than later on in the interview, its mentioned that those with new Simulations have to wait until Wave 2 because “A sufficient number of responses to new simulations must be available for psychometric analysis before scoring can begin”

Well, if there’s no curve, Why do you have to wait to grade a new simulation?

Than also during the interview, talking about those ‘borderline’ candidates, the AICPA indicates “If psychometric analysis is required, for example, the scores of all candidates who took a articular examination version — whether passing, failing or on the brink — are held until the analysis is completed”

So again, one can only wonder……. is there or is there not really a curve?

Perhap phychometric analysis involves waiting to receive enough simulation answers for the AICPA to than determine what they consider the correct answer to a simulation to be? Without revealing actual sim questions, I know I’ve read some sims that were written poorly, and depending on how one interpreted it, could have chosen 1 or 2 different answers that I felt were correct, and justified those answers as well.

[Anonymous]

As one who's gotten a 74 twice on my exams……that frustrates me!!

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