I’ve been in client facing pro services for over 15y so I am quite practiced at both spotting BS and keeping my skepticism about it to myself. I don’t have to do that anymore now that it’s over.
I was disappointed in the exam structure and general inefficient use of time well before I knew my score.
One thing I’ve learned doing lots of certs is that if they matter to your paycheck, go for it but if it’s purely about skill improvement or status, the test is unnecessary if you actually care about what you’re doing.
No. They failed you for a reason. It may not be the reason they gave you, and they may have had to resort to arbitrary judgement calls to come up with the reason they gave you; they may themselves be poor communicators by not explaining that reason properly. However, they did have a reason.
As someone who has read a lot of material written by both successful and unsuccessful candidates and talked with a lot of these people, I have an opinion, that you will have a hard time (bulk of the body of evidence) reversing.
IMHO you failed because you did not demonstrate that you have aligned yourself 100% with how they have decided skiing should be taught. You did not convince them that you have drunk their cool-aide. As just one example, some half-century ago they decided that the gliding wedge needed to replace the snow-plough, because too many beginners were left with a bad stem habit from repeating the entry to the snow-plough turn by moving the tail of their outside ski to form the wedge too many times before they advanced to parallel skiing. The older method (snow-plough) used strongly tipped skis with a wide V-angle. It really engaged edges. The newer method involved nearly flat skis and a small V angle.
By it's very nature and the laws of physics, even though it is the edges that turn us, the less-ancient method (wedge) made pivoting the skis easier, and produced less force from the edges. There was some controversy when the method was introduced. I've seen instructors reverting to the wider angled. more-edged, plough even in this century, and it helps by providing more turning force (stronger edge engagement) on steeper territory. Unfortunately if improperly taught as a speed control method instead of a stronger turning method, the old method installed a "don't go" mentality instead of a "go-there" mentality. Probably why the new method caught on. It seems to have helped greatly to eliminated the stem habit, but many skiers are left with a permanent pivoting habit, pivoting flat skis at transition. However that rotation is great for getting a bigger steering angle at the start of the turn and thus helping speed control and good for learning traditional short radius (not arc-2-arc) turns.
If you did not start your wedge turns by pivoting the tips of both skis down hill, with the rates of rotation being slightly different to form the wedge, you obviously did not drink the cool-aide. To pass the test, the tail of your outside ski must not move uphill. If you started your wedge by rotating the tail of the uphill ski uphill, you failed the test.
That's just one example of why you may have failed Level 1. To get highest level, not only do you have to appear to have drunk the cool-aide you have to be a staunch defender of the faith.
However, don't listen to me. I'm not even in the organization, so I know nothing about it; listen to one of the highest level members. Listen carefully to what they say, and be sure you fully understand it. You don't have to drink the cool-aide, but you have to know it.
P.S. the link provided to what it is you're supposed to do provided loads of material IF YOU SIGN UP. I'm not joining, just to get that; it should be a free readily available download.