Hi all,
Oh I'm so glad I found this post. I'm wondering the same thing as @nans.
I found this NASBA summary this morning which shows that Utah and Wisconsin have the highest passing rates. https://nasba.org/files/2014/02/2013-Overall.pdf
Meanwhile, my state of CA has the highest amount of applicants but isn't one of the top 3 in passing rates; I think I read somewhere else that CA ranked 28th.
I thought the exam was uniform over the country, so this surprised me. Maybe the answer is that Utah and Wisconsin just have better schools, therefore they better prepare their CPA candidates. Or maybe it's because CA did not require 150 total education hours before 1/1/14 so they had many more candidates attempt the exam who were unprepared, therefore lower passing rates. I hope the answer is something logical like that, because otherwise it seems odd to me that there is that big of a difference.
I think the exam grades have to go from NASBA then to the states; it's the state determines who passes and who doesn't, right? Which is making me wonder that if CA only wants X amount of passing grades per quarter, do they “weigh” the grades down thus making it harder to pass (I know they claim grades are not weighed, but it still makes me wonder.)
Has anyone had any experience with switching from CA to another state and seeing a difference in their scores?
I'm already thinking of switching states, to MA or CO, because of the experience portion of the CA requirements. But now I'm wondering if I should switch to Utah, Wisconsin or even Oregon first.
CPA (MA, Non Reporting) since Oct. 2015
B – 33, 71, 79
A – 32, 61, 70, 83
R – 33, 58, 73, 69, 81
F – 47, 78
1st test 01/19/2013
Last test 05/26/2015
CPA (MA, Non-Reporting)
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B - 33, 71, 79!
A - 32, 61, 70, 83!
R - 33, 58, 73, 69, 81!
F - 47, 78! 🙂
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