I sat my first level exam on December. I was shocked when I saw yesterday my results. I scored all modules less than 50% and in the 1 band out of 10. I suppose the main reason of such a terrible results was that I did not properly marked my answers in the answer sheet. Instead of making heavy black marks that fill the oval completely (as regulations says), I crossed the answers. I suppose that the machine did not scan my answers and from all answers I got 0. It is a terrible mistake…I wonder if anyone was in such situation or know sb who was and whether retabulation request helped or not?
Because there was no normal example in the answer sheet. Only the the thick black line was shown therefore I thought a thick cross will be ok…But only now I checked in CFA website how to mark the answers and it is also noted near that example: make heavy black marks that fill the oval completely.
I agree with the others that you should have read and followed the directions. Nontheless…
If I were you, I would call CFAI and discuss it with them. This is one of the rare cases where a retabulation may actually be advisable. It’s hard for me to believe that anybody could actually score that bad, so it may have been a problem with your lead or something.
Um, it does say in the answer book/sheet AND the proctor reads outloud that you must fill in the circles completely and if you erase an answer to erase well so it is not counted as an answer.
I suppose you could call but honestly, I wouldn’t be that sympathetic to your situation just because this was a part of the instructions and following instructions, rules, regulations, etc is a pretty important part of the industry and being a charterholder.
Question: How were they able to even give you your answers? You have to fill in your candidate number in the top right corner of the scantron sheet. If your results were unreadable because of your method of filling in the ovals, then your candidate number would have been undreadable too.
If the scantron returned an error, then your results would probably be invalid anyway.
Maybe. But I’d at least ask if he could get it re-graded based on the answers he marked. OP is still an idiot for not following instructions (especially instructions that he has heard since he took his first scan-tron test in second grade).
But if he gets it re-graded and gets a “pass”, then he’s a Level 2 idiot who will undoubtedly learn from his $100 mistake.
I mean if your score produced a literal 0 because you… (still having a difficult time figuring out if this is serious or not)… did what you did, you have to think someone over at the CFA would have checked the paper after the machine spit out a 0%. That has to be one of the more rare situations right? If they didn’t do anything for you at that point I doubt a re-tab would add any value.
you know what, she wasn’t that bad. Then the proctor came and told the guy with two calculators that once you give one away, you can’t take it back til after the exam. So if his died, he’d be screwed. girl was then denied and she was pissed haha
Surely there was someone with three calculators. I have seen many with ten or more pencils. And a sharpener just in case. I do get 4 of my friends to call me on the morning of the exam just to make sure that I am awake. And leave early enough, just in case there is a terrorist attack on the road that I have to use to get to the venue, leaving me with enough time to run if I have to.
@ Arbtrgr I’m assuming you’re serious about the scenarios you could face on exam morning. So assuming you are, my hat is off to you. And seriously, if you can make it to the exam and pass (twice already), surely the OP should be able to manage to follow the exam instructions if he re-takes.