Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you are not a scholar, your CEP is default 2 ranks above your entry rank. So you join MX12 your CEP ends at MX11a.

It is very difficult to change your CEP with the new system because there are too many people in service. So it is no longer 2 Bs, but "consistent performance". The reason it has become this vague is because nobody really knows what the benchmark is. It heavily depends on your consistent performance, whether your boss fights for you and whether there is even any quota left after the scholars take their spots.