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Passing actuarial exams require serious preparation and planning. Also it requires a different kind of thinking. I know a friend from college who majored in math like me. He's now doing a Ph.D at...

If you wear a suit, they'll tell you that you didn't need to wear one. If you don't they will wonder why the '''' you didn't.

That is very common. You'll have more support during the exams than if you tried them in college. You'd be able to get an internship in the summer which will make you more marketable.

you can, but C is a big exam. It would be best to take FM by itself, or if you want to combine, take it together with MFE. That seems to be most related to Exam FM. Taking it with C is almost...

:Sick: 9 days left to review....

how is everybody else coming along?

see what you can get for free at ambest.com. There may be some good articles there. And the WSJ is always good to read.

yes def. All of the Big 4 accounting firms have P & C consultants as well as tilinghast towers perrin and AON. Plus there are many other small ones to work for.

That's more review time than I had. You'll be fine.

I'd take P first. It will give you a better idea of what to expect on future exams. I think your background is strong enough to take either one.

For those taking the test this Spring, How far are you in your studies?

I'm about halfway through the ASM manual.

don't worry they're not so bad. After you get through your first one you'll be fine for the rest.

not 100% sure but i know you can put fractions in, but im not so sure if you can get them back out.

you really can't find f(2) for probability applications. sure you can plug in a number, but f(2) doesn't mean anything... The area of a line is zero.

varies. slow time 9-4. busy times 8-8. usually standard 830-5 most of the itme.

I agree. I think it would be better to have an internship with 3 exams than 4 without.

Passed!!!!

:D

http://examresults.soa.org/fall06/fm2numbers_fall06.html

I want it NOW!. I can't wait. I'm gonna vomit.

AIG probably has the most actuaries working in Houston. Others are Mercer, watson wyatt, towers perrin, buck consultants, and a couple of others.

If you look in the directory of actuarial training...

No, not really. A lot of people that I work with took C before M. I'll be in this boat as well for May '07. They assume you have a good understanding of probability, statistics (Exam P stuff), and...

Irish blues is right, they won't care. But I think instead of having either MLC or MFE, it would be more impressive to have C/4 (It would be even more impressive to have MFE & MLC).

BA II Plus. You'll need it for FM anyway. 30xIIs is good enough for exam P, but you need a backup (BAII Plus).

enough. Use the manual along with the practice problems in this forum and the SOA's sample questions.

They are probably good courses, but I definitely would NOT recommend walking into exam P preparing only by taking these classes. You still need to study from a manual and prepare for at least 100 hrs.

I think that when you apply at their website you can add multiple jobs to your "job basket" or you can select multiple locations. Either way, you won't be actually sending 15 different applications...