DSST - Can I take it again?

[Abbeyroad19]

Just finished taking the Principles of Finance exam tonight. I studied my butt off, but failed. I ended up getting a 44 and needed a 46.

I contacted the test center and asked about using a financial calculator, they said no, so I went in armed with a regular calculator. Well the exam also did not have any financial tables to work out any of the time value of money (PV, FV, etc) so I had to guess them.

My question, if I was not allowed to use a financial calculator, but no tables were available either, something or someone is wrong. There were at least 15 questions out of the 88 that I would have had a chance to get if I had the tables.............

So can I challenge DSST? Can I re-take it within the 6 months? Will they look at my score and make an adjustment?

Any feedback would be appreciated...........thanks

[Matymus]

Originally Posted by Abbeyroad19

Just finished taking the Principles of Finance exam tonight. I studied my butt off, but failed. I ended up getting a 44 and needed a 46.

I contacted the test center and asked about using a financial calculator, they said no, so I went in armed with a regular calculator. Well the exam also did not have any financial tables to work out any of the time value of money (PV, FV, etc) so I had to guess them.

My question, if I was not allowed to use a financial calculator, but no tables were available either, something or someone is wrong. There were at least 15 questions out of the 88 that I would have had a chance to get if I had the tables.............

So can I challenge DSST? Can I re-take it within the 6 months? Will they look at my score and make an adjustment?

Any feedback would be appreciated...........thanks

First off, I'm so sorry to hear you were that close & didn't pass. That happened to me twice, with Natural Sciences & Biology CLEPs...both I got a score of 48, needing 50 to pass. The testing center should've let you use any calculator that was not on DSSTs blacklist for that exam. I used my BA-II Plus Financial Calculator on that one. I think the rule with DSST is that you have to wait 6 months, but I don't think it would hurt to contact them & let them know your situation to see what they say. If you do, please keep us posted, ok?

[Abbeyroad19]

Thanks for the feedback........the administrator where I took the test, contacted DSST and explained my issue. We are waiting for a response.

I will let you know what happens...........now on to something a little easier