i eagerly await the crowd of 5’s lamenting that they wish the pearson center gave them a gd heart attack on exam day bc they heard the retake was “easy”.
3 Likes
Damn. Thats a bit of a wrinkle.
Especially for candidates in Québec City. They have at least a 4-hour drive or 6-hour train ride…
3 Likes
Yeah Quebec city is out there. The only other population center is Montreal and that’s only like an hour and a bit to get to Canada.
CAS 9 is more than 50% new. About half of that is materials brought over from exam 7 and 8, so only about 1/3 of the material is truly new (and is to some degree just a rewrite of prior papers).
And to think that I used to b*tch about the 2-3 hours I used to travel for exams in a past life!
emphasis added
checking maps and wikipedia…
Like that movie live die repeat.
Tom cruise: so, you’re American?
Army guy: no sir. I’m from Kentucky
2 Likes
I understood you.
The answer may depend on whether one is from Québec.
(For those less familiar…consider that Québec City is described as the national capital of Québec.)
1 Like
Same
I agree with you, and though the CAS isn’t going to admit it they will very likely pass almost everyone this time to avoid taking a further hit to their reputation, just like they did in 2018 when they first tried computer testing. They obviously aren’t going to publicly admit that but I fully expect to see some of the highest pass rates ever this sitting.
2 Likes
The retake is basically the same questions as the original exam so yes it WILL be easy considering most of the people having issues that get the retake actually saw the entire (or most of) exam.
2 Likes
This is correct. All fellowship exams have been revamped this sitting, with 9 having the most changes and is almost entirely new. Almost guaranteed there is little to no question bank for most of this exam given it just changed with the Mildenhall main source book, so the retake exam might even be the exact same questions.
1 Like
According to someone here who was part of May Day Misery: they can’t get registered for a retake. They don’t have an Authorization to Test, no one at the CAS is responding when they try to get information about an Authorization to Test, and they’ve talked to people who have an Authorization to Test but the Pearson site either rejects it or accepts it and then doesn’t show a nearby center with a test window.
Considering the sign-ups are for a test window in the extremely near future, and considering how far in advance victims (not just CAS students) normally sign up for their tests in order to ensure a spot at a preferred location…I wouldn’t be at all surprised if space is hard to come by at several venues.
1 Like
This is sounding like a better reason to give candidates the ability to test with their own laptops / other portal easily available, using an application they use on a daily basis.
The cynic in me wants to ask if affected candidates who don’t pass this sitting will get their exam fees refunded. The realist in me wonders how much exam fees are going to go up to cover this improved process experience for candidates.
If the IFoA has found a way to let candidates take exams in their homes with their own equipment, the CAS should look into copying that. The CAS attempt to do that was an abject disaster, and that probably scared them away. But if the problem has been solved they ought to be able to copy the solution.
2 Likes
One question I have asked, that hasn’t yet been answered is: is there any proctoring for the IFoA exams? I wonder if their exams have become (officially or “unofficially”) open-book, collaborative affairs…and does that actually matter? If it doesn’t, can some CAS members’ fears of such be overcome?