Yay!

[Bobmuhthol]

http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/edu-2010-05-fm-numbers.pdf

My ID is 30232.

[Caiylania]

Awesome!

[Stanley Burrell]

Man, I'm not even allowed to say what my ID# is.

Congratulations ... Annnd, congratulations some more :party:

[Tisket]

Nice. Grats!

[Nieninque]

Nice one Alex

[TheEschaton]

I thought that link was going to be about the School of the Americas. I am disappoint.

[Stretch]

Nice job - hope the career path works out for you.

[Anebriated]

Not really sure what that is but it looks sort of important with the code ID #'s so congrats bob!

[Drisco]

Grats Man!


Not really sure what that is but it looks sort of important with the code ID #'s so congrats bob!

If I'm not mistaken it's something about calculating risks. Like for insurance companies and stuff.

[Amber]

Good job!

[Anebriated]

Grats Man!

If I'm not mistaken it's something about calculating risks. Like for insurance companies and stuff.


Very nice. I tried to figure out what it was through their website but there wasnt a description in layman's terms so I gave up. Good stuff bob, hope it works out for you.

[Bobmuhthol]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Actuaries

It takes 5 exams and certain college classes to be an Associate of the SOA and then 2 more exams + a bunch of training to become a Fellow. I am going to have the college classes taken care of by the time I graduate (I think I only need 1 more class for everything) and now I have officially passed my first exam.

Thanks everyone!

[Stretch]

A series of online learning modules, called the Fundamentals of Actuarial Practice (FAP), are intended to be taken after the preliminary exams

lulz

[peam]

So you're going to be like Edward Norton in 'Fight Club'?

[Bobmuhthol]

Unfortunately I am going to be more like Ben Stiller in Along Came Polly.

[Sean of the Thread]

Awesome Bob grats.

My sister did the same. She got burned out and now does like auto insurance adjusting or something else boring and easy. (But she makes a shit fuck more money for some reason)

[Gnomad]

I have officially passed my first exam.Why'd you take FM before P?

[IWNecromancer]

Are you actually an actuary?

[Bobmuhthol]

I got a 5 on P because I had no practice with continuous probability, only discrete. I had no business taking it as a freshman -- I'm an economics major. And I'm not an actuary until I get hired, but I plan to be.

[Gnomad]

And I'm not an actuary until I get hired, but I plan to be.Being pedantic, you're not an Actuary until you get your ASA.

edit: You really should major in a more mathematical field if you want to go this route. The exams get pretty rough as they go on.

[Showal]

edit: You really should major in a more mathematical field if you want to go this route. The exams get pretty rough as they go on.

This is Bob we're talking about. He'll have little trouble getting it done regardless.

[Showal]

Oh and congrats Bob.

[Lumi]

Well done, sir! :)

[AnticorRifling]

This is Bob we're talking about. He'll have little trouble getting it done regardless.

He'll fail PE but he's going to put the business on some math.

[Gnomad]

This is Bob we're talking about. He'll have little trouble getting it done regardless.I'm just saying, there's a reason why every Actuary and Actuarial Student I know is a Math or Actuarial Sciences major. That's not to say Bob isn't smart, that's just how the Actuarial exams work. It's a ton of rote memorization on top of the math; people study hundreds of hours for these things.

You need to know certain topics, and your companies expect you to learn them and still work 35-hour weeks. You're putting yourself behind the 8-ball if you have to learn the math and the application in 6 months.

Some of my friends proctor these exams for the SOA; I'm not talking out of my ass here.

edit: I forgot to say congrats, so: Congratulations!

[AnticorRifling]

35 hour weeks.....lol.

[Showal]

35 hour weeks.....lol.

I can't imagine working that much!!

[EasternBrand]

35 hour weeks.....lol.

Now that you mention it, "actuary" does sound kind of French.

Les congrats!

[AnticorRifling]

I can't imagine working that much!!

That's like part time....and we're currently slow as hell as far as client issues.

[4a6c1]

Unfortunately I am going to be more like Ben Stiller in Along Came Polly.

LOL this is the first thing I thought of after the link. Congrats!

[Showal]

That's like part time....and we're currently slow as hell as far as client issues.

I know. I rarely work less than 50 :(

[Latrinsorm]

Good luck Bob! My only concern is the proper order of your titles: does Master at Arms of the Warrior Guild come before or after Fellow of the Actual Actuaries?

[Gan]

Congrats Bob

[Bobmuhthol]

Got an e-mail from my professor. 33 people at my college took the exam; 19 passed.