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I guess the SE is graded differently since the afternoon is show-your-work "essay" questions. It's not multiple choice where there is 1 right answer. You are graded by a person (2 people?) on whether your approach was "acceptable", "improvement required", or "unacceptable". I assume that's why that wording is used instead of pass fail.

Is that how it work @vhab49_PE ???
 
I guess the SE is graded differently since the afternoon is show-your-work "essay" questions. It's not multiple choice where there is 1 right answer. You are graded by a person (2 people?) on whether your approach was "acceptable", "improvement required", or "unacceptable". I assume that's why that wording is used instead of pass fail.

Is that how it work @vhab49_PE ???
Yes, morning is PE like, afternoon is 4 long form answers, that are graded by (2) people, and if there is a disagreement between the two people, a third grades it. They are scored as acceptable, improvement required and unacceptable. Word on the street is (1) unacceptable will fail you. You must meet minimum requirements for both morning and afternoon, an awesome morning can't carry a sub par afternoon like on the PE, or even vice versa (someone failed with (4) acceptable scores in the afternoon.
 
I think I'd rather get "fail" than "unacceptable".

It reminds me of when it hurt more to get the "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed" talk.
In the end it is all the same. The Unacceptable to me feels... Less harsh. Iono. Maybe I won't see it again. (Ha, right)
 
I guess the SE is graded differently since the afternoon is show-your-work "essay" questions. It's not multiple choice where there is 1 right answer. You are graded by a person (2 people?) on whether your approach was "acceptable", "improvement required", or "unacceptable". I assume that's why that wording is used instead of pass fail.

Is that how it work @vhab49_PE ???

To "pass" the SE exam is to attain a result of "Acceptable" on both exams (Vertical Forces, Lateral Forces) within a 5-year period. You can have an "Acceptable" result on one part of the exam, but you haven't "passed" the SE exam until you've done so on both exams. Hope that clears things up.
 
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