[mitchmatch]

Im curious to know if you would want to see your grade the second you hit submit, personally i dont think i would want to, but definitely not the current wait.

FAR-76 First attempt.
AUD-79 First attempt.
REG-79 First attempt.
BEC-79 First attempt.

Done!

BECKERS

[MaLoTu]

The 18 months start from the day you take the test, not score release.

[Shovel]

I'd like to know my score right away. I can't stand the wait, it feels like there's a cloud hanging over my head. I just took REG on Monday and suspect I flunked because of the sims. However, I had also felt like I had failed BEC and then somehow passed. It's so weird, I'd rather just get it over with as soon as possible and know how I did.

AUD 11/15 91
BEC 1/16 83
REG 2/16 79
FAR 7/16

[DTBird]

Not True Malotu. Mine started the day I received my score.

BEC - 77 (5/16)
AUD - TBD (8/16)
REG - 80 (1/16)
FAR - 76 (8/15)

[MaLoTu]

Hm^ … I'll have to do more research. That would mean everyone would have the same cohort of expirations.

[choffner]

If they gave you your score right away, it'd essentially eliminate the curve. They can't give you your score immediately because it hasn't been determined yet.

BEC 75
REG 81
FAR 69, 75
AUD 71, 74, 84

[Missy]

Regarding the 18 month window it will vary from state to state. In my state it starts on the day you take your exam and ends 18 months later exactly. In some states it will expire on the last day of the window that the 18 month anniversary falls during (in essence you could get an extra few weeks from the exact anniversary of your test) and I suppose there are states that it starts on the day the score is released. Everything except the exam itself can vary from state to state just like the score report. In MA you only get the breakdown if you failed, in other states you get it regardless.

And the “curve” is not against candidates taking the exam in the same testing window, its against performance in previous windows on pre test questions. Not sure how this curve theory keeps popping up but the AICPA says it doesn't exist.

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[jberrier]

@Sarah: Exactly! That's not why they make candidates wait, of course, but it's probably a good thing for Prometric 🙂 I don't think I would want to receive my score immediately afterward at Prometric, but a few hours later would be nice.

[536FrenchmenStreet]

NO. I wouldn't want to

1. collapse into a sobbing heap, or

2. begin shrieking YAAAASSS BITCHEZ

in the middle of Prometric. Very awkward and unseemly.

BEC: Fall 2016
AUD: Spring 2016
REG: Summer 2016
FAR: RETAKE

[Skynet]

I would make it like Tinder where you and everyone else can either swipe Left or Right.

[Skynet]

[Dave71]

I passed/sat for my first exam (REG) 10/12/2015. my expiration for the exam is 04/2017

REG - 10/12/2015 77
AUD - 01/06/2016 75
BEC - 01/16/2016 75
FAR - 02/27/2016 68 Retake 05/13/16 70 Retake TBD

[Jdn9201]

I guess the 18 month clock varies by state. I'm in FL. I took BEC on 8/29/15 and received my score 9/10/15. In my CPA central, it says my score expires 3/9/17. That's exactly 18 months after my score release.

BEC - 88 8/29/15
REG - 82 11/14/15
AUD - 83 1/8/16
FAR - 80 2/29/16

[jlee1086]

I believe there's a curve and here's why. A Becker instructor told my class the story of a guy who get an exam from the wrong quarter. If you guys thought waiting a month was bad, try 3. That's how long the poor guy had to sweat it out. No word on whether he passed. But why else would he have to wait if there wasn't a curve? That's probably also why you can't do retakes in the same quarter.

FAR 57 (11/2014), 64 (1/2015), 79 (7/2015)
AUD 68 (2/2015), 79 (11/2015)
REG 79 (1/2016)
BEC 81 (4/2016)

[MaLoTu]

The only reason I would question if there was or wasn't a curve is because the report they give you compares you to people who scored 75-80 on the exam. If the report was simply comparing you to pretest, there would be no score data available because the pretest questions are not scored.

Mla- I think this keeps coming up because there is a huge lack of transparency in the scoring … We have the psychometrics but, the unknown leads to many conspiracy type theories! All I know is that they score it the way they will and they probably won't change 🙂

[Track55]

No

AUD - 74, 99 !!
REG - 74, 92
BEC - 83
FAR - 73, 86

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