[Anna]

I took REG about a month ago now fog the second time (after scoring 63 on the first try – I struggle with tax) and got felt decent about how it went. I fell like at least one of the MC testlets was hard and that I did not have a ton of guesses to make. The simulations were not great at all – I think I got the research question, got 95% of one long SIM right, maybe 50% right of two medium length ones, but ran our of time (I wasted a lot of time on research of all things) and only got 1 number entered out of the last two simulations (neither of which were research ones). I thought worst case scenario that I got about the same score as last time and needed just a little more time management practice and study ing. On the other hand I really thought it was possible that I had passed based on the MC performance. After the test, I list out all the questions I can possibly remember and look up answers. Out of the 64 questions I could recall (which was kind of shocking since I normally forget what even happened before the trauma of going through SIMs), I got 79% of these correct. I realize CPA scores aren’t percent scores, but that’s gotta count for something.

When I checked my advisory score online a few days ago, it was in the mid 30s……………………..yes, the mid THIRTIES. It literally was funny to me. I could not take it seriously that there was any way possible that was right. I thought maybe those scores could be input manually – maybe they got the #s backwards? Maybe Promteric had an error? Maybe something went terribly wrong?

According to NASBA – that was my real score. Holy cow. What the heck??? I got the report a couple days later (Did everyone get theirs late? I thought they normally come out on the target date?) and saw that literally everything was weaker.

My question to you all is what you think it really takes to get a score so low, and whether you think I should bother with the score check or whatever it is that is offered. At this point I am just thinking I should pay to retake it and save my money since I am only about 40% confident I would have passed if that score really was wrong (although I would say I’m about 70% confident either I or Prometric did soooomething wrong to get that sad of a score). Help! I am losing my mind on whether I did that badly!!

BEC - 81
AUD - 81
REG - TBD
FAR - TBD

[Anonymous]

Interesting! I'm also shocked that you could remember 64 questions out of 90, on all my 3 sections I could only remember 5, at most. Lol Also it seems your review material is good that you can find most of the questions you took in the actual exam. Anyway, based on your scores on other sections and given that this is your retake, 30s does not sound right to me. If you are not confident that you passed, just move on and retake it. That's the only way to beat these guys!

[Anonymous]

I don't know what it takes to get a score in the thirties, but it does blow my mind that so many people seem to think they did awful or great and their score is not reflective of that. It makes it very frustrating. To answer one of your questions. I think your time would be best spent just studying forgetting about that test result and getting another score in the 80's like your previous two scores on the test you passed.

[mhueycpa]

Not sure about REG but I had paid for BEC and NTS was going to expire so I said F it and just sat for the exam to see what it would look like, seeing that the money was spent, so the only thing wasted would be time. I didnt study any material, only what I remembered from College, I left the written section blank and received a 38. So I guess just what I remember from College is half enough to protect the security of the public.

THE 300 CLUB WILL DO JUST FINE!

[y_u_no_pass]

I don't know. I mean based on your description it does sound like something may have went wrong. i don't see how you could get so many right and still score that low. But not finishing the SIMs definitely hurts. And maybe you had the most trouble remembering the problems you did poorly on, so maybe most of those were wrong. It's hard to say, but it would suck to waste your money if this was correct.

Florida CPA!
Took final exam 2/25/15.
Sent in Application 3/12/15.
Issued License 3/20/15.
Used CPA Excel solely for all exams.

[Kimboroni]

I could see a scenario where you misunderstood what the questions were asking, so when you looked them up afterwards, you thought you got them right but actually didn't. Or a scenario where many of the questions you looked up were pretest questions. That could be what happened on the MCQs.

I don't think they can make a scoring error on just one test with the methods they use, so if they do mess up, it gets revealed to them when they have enough data in. That happened a couple of years ago– they realized one of their answer keys was wrong and ended up passing some people who had originally received failing scores.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[OnMyWay732]

Is there a way to get lower than the 30s? Is that just for showing up, etc? Or is it possible to get like a 10? It really sounds like something went wrong. Back to Scantrons!

AUD - July 2014 - 76
REG - August 2014 - 82
FAR - November 2014 - 78
BEC - January 2015 - 81

DONE!!!!

Used Becker online. Who needs a text when you can burn your eyes out staring at the screen for months on end?

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you're hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

[Author]

Replies