[Anonymous]

Didn’t see any mention of it here, but just saw that pass rates for Q3 2014 were posted if anyone was curious.

Link for the lazy:

https://www.aicpa.org/becomeacpa/cpaexam/psychometricsandscoring/passingrates/pages/default.aspx

[jstay]

idk what to think lol, past FAR in 3rd quarter and have BEC coming up in 2 weeks

[MobyDick]

I hope AUD and BEC spike to 100% in 4th Quarter ; )

FAR--(5/27/14) 90
REG--(8/11/14) 90
AUD--(10/1/14) 88
BEC--(11/24/14) 89 Done!!
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[Anonymous]

If there's a high pass rate in a quarter, is one probable reason that the test was easier that quarter? Because I did amazing in FAR, even though I shouldn't have (crammed for it).

Well, who cares I guess though. I'm done with formal education and formalized tests after this hopefully. Waste of twenty+ years.

[Anonymous]

Pass rates are definitely creeping up.

I hope they make these tests a lot harder (but not before I pass my last one).

I don't want my future CPA being devalued.

[Anonymous]

Gee, thanks billbrasskey -.-

[Determined CPA]

really wishing I was able to take far in Q3 – hoping Q4 doesn't drop significantly and we can all get a pass in!

A - 75
B - 78 God is good.
F - 77 Answered prayers.
R - 84! Done!!

Paperwork sent - waiting for license!!
Still on a cloud and in shock. Through God, all things will happen.

[Anonymous]

Akvod-

“If there's a high pass rate in a quarter, is one probable reason that the test was easier that quarter?”

A lot of it has to do with business cycles. Q1 generally has the worst scores of the year. It's generally believed to be due to the heavy workloads experienced by tax & audit at that time of year.

“Because I did amazing in FAR, even though I shouldn't have (crammed for it).”

It's possible. I missed FAR by two points without studying at all (took it the day after AUD and was working 50+ hrs a week at the time). Also, I'm almost four years out of school and haven't done a debit or credit since I graduated. Sometimes you can get lucky and get a SIM or two that you really nail (that's what happened to me). Conversely, you can get unlucky and hit hard on stuff you don't know as well. I've been referring to my retake as “the FARpocalypse”.

[jeff]

Thanks for the heads-up!

New post:

https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-pass-rates-for-q3-2014/

AUD - 79
BEC - 80
FAR - 76
REG - 92

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[shankysays]

Jeff – where are you getting that BEC's rate is 22% higher than AUD? Some wonky math there, me thinks…=)

BEC - 72, 82! ✓
FAR - 80! ✓
AUD - 70, 92! ✓
REG - 74, 78! ✓

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[jeff]

Walk me through what it should be 🙂

AUD - 79
BEC - 80
FAR - 76
REG - 92

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71

[Anonymous]

Well, the 57.90% pass rate for BEC is only 10.49% higher than the 47.41% AUD pass rate, not 22%. I haven't passed any CPA exam sections yet, but I think my math is pretty sound there. 😛

[shankysays]

Ok, good, so I'm not crazy…

BEC - 72, 82! ✓
FAR - 80! ✓
AUD - 70, 92! ✓
REG - 74, 78! ✓

Licensed CPA 5/2015

[Anonymous]

I think Jeff is right, and this is what he did:

(57.90/47.41) – 1 = 22%

[jeff]

Is $57.90 only 10.49% higher than $47.41?

No.

It's 22.13% higher.

AUD - 79
BEC - 80
FAR - 76
REG - 92

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71

[Anonymous]

I don't know why you'd calculate it that way to find how much higher one pass rate is than another.

To see how much higher 3 is than 2, I don't do: (3/2) – 1 = 0.5 (spoiler: 3 isn't 0.5 more than 2)

Edit: The confusion comes from comparing the difference between the two (10.49) and the percentage difference between the two (22.13%). I see how we were confused originally.

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