# Anyone else taking an actuarial exam next week? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955 "2007-11-02T01:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/21 "2008-01-11T16:22:40Z")
Passed. I’m trying to decide whether to go for the next one, but I think I need the semester to kick off first. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/22 "2008-01-11T17:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=iwakura43] And… I passed exam C!!! **ultrafilter** , **Freddy** , have you got your results yet? Either way I share in your glee or lamentations. [/QUOTE] Yes, I passed! On the CAS side we get our fall results just before Christmas. I’m very excited as I have now reached the last exam, but I’m realistic enough to know it will probably take me two tries to pass it. However, regardless of what happens I’ll have next fall off 😃 ! Congratulations on passing the evil Course C. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/23 "2008-01-12T03:59:31Z")
Three Dopers and three passes. Well done. I, on the other hand, marked exams this time round. Now there’s a boring task. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/24 "2008-01-22T22:11:16Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] One of my colleagues sat one of the Society exams yesterday. A shortish one - only an hour and a half. Something to do with pension fund maths? [/QUOTE] And she passed. It was her last one, so she was very pleased. And we got extremely good results with the Australian exams this time round. We had five students in the office sitting and four of them passed. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/25 "2008-01-23T00:37:57Z")
I’ve been at it for more than a month, and I still haven’t finished _reading_ the material for the last exam, much less taking any notes or solving any problems. Groan. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/26 "2008-01-23T01:08:07Z")
I’m trying to decide whether to take MLC this spring. I ordered the study manual and plan on hitting it over the next few months, so we’ll see how I feel as the registration deadline gets closer. [QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] I’ve been at it for more than a month, and I still haven’t finished _reading_ the material for the last exam, much less taking any notes or solving any problems. Groan. [/QUOTE] Which one do you have left? ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/27 "2008-01-24T02:56:42Z")
Well, **ultrafilter** , you can take it with me then. My strategy was to register for MLC at the earliest possible moment, committing myself to it from the get-go. It seems fairly straightforward–mainly seems to require working a ton of problems. I plan to do every problem in the ASM manual by May. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/28 "2008-01-24T15:25:21Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] Which one do you have left? [/QUOTE] CAS 8, Investments and Financial Analysis. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/29 "2008-05-12T02:00:07Z")
So, **ultrafilter** , are you taking MLC with me on Thursday? It’s definitely the hardest one I’ve had so far. The learning curve is steep; I got through a lot of material before feeling like I had a grasp on it and then it started to click. Not much more I can do at this point besides take one or two last practice exams and hope for the best. ETA: Change “C” to “MLC” in my first post, and every other detail is still completely true 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/30 "2008-05-12T02:16:01Z")
Nah, I decided to sit this one out. If I get around to it, it’ll be a bit later, and I’ll take a class that covers the material–I just can’t motivate myself to study this stuff on my own. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/31 "2008-05-15T18:30:35Z")
That one (MLC) went pretty well, too. Feels good. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/32 "2008-05-15T21:17:35Z")
Here’s hoping. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/33 "2008-05-15T22:17:43Z")
I’ve been roped in to mark again. Blast. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/34 "2008-05-16T03:51:05Z")
I’m starting to think you _like_ it, **Cunc** “The actuary doth protest too much…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/35 "2008-07-14T03:55:44Z")
Forgot to post my results. Success (on MLC)! P, FM, C, MLC… that puts me about halfway to an ACAS. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/36 "2008-07-14T04:02:31Z")
I think you still need one of MFE/3F or the upper level exams to have hit the halfway point. Still, congratulations on passing MLC. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/37 "2008-07-14T05:08:22Z")
[QUOTE=iwakura43] Forgot to post my results. Success (on MLC)! [/QUOTE] Well done. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/38 "2009-05-12T07:12:52Z")
Well, it’s that time again. CAS 5: Ratemaking is tomorrow. Posting here seems to be good luck so… here’s hoping the graders can read my illegible scrawl! Freddy, old boy, did you get your letters yet? And I don’t mean the ones starting with “A” letters, the ones starting with “F”. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/39 "2009-05-12T07:39:41Z")
> [@iwakura43](#): > > Well, it’s that time again. CAS 5: Ratemaking is tomorrow. Good luck. A three hour paper? ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955/40 "2009-10-28T05:42:41Z")
It’s that time again, again. Exam day tomorrow. Go, go, CAS 6! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-taking-an-actuarial-exam-next-week/424955.md?page=1)