by Mike & Roy | Aug 25, 2018 | General Study Tips, Prelim Exams
What is your first step when studying for an actuarial exam? Buy study materials? Develop a study schedule? Tell your friends and family that you’ll be a hermit the next few months? Roy surprised me with an unconventional and insightful answer during our recent...
by Mike & Roy | Aug 24, 2018 | General Study Tips, Prelim Exams, FSA Exams
Roy and I were recently invited to speak at a “How to Pass Actuarial Exams” webinar, hosted by the Actuarial Students National Association (ASNA). It’s been a slow summer posting new articles, so we were excited to share our advice that hasn’t yet made it into...
by Mike & Roy | Feb 16, 2018 | Prelim Exams
The most common advice for actuarial exams is to do as many practice problems as possible. And you might succeed with that strategy. But if you’re familiar with our site, we’re not just interested in what works. We’re interested in what is optimal – how to get the...
by Mike & Roy | Jun 28, 2017 | Prelim Exams
This FAQ article series is based on emails we’ve received from actuarial students. Whenever we receive a question that may be useful for other students, we’ll post our response as an article for everyone to read. Question: How do you start studying for an exam?...
by Mike & Roy | May 12, 2017 | Prelim Exams
Most common pitfall I failed Exam MLC on my first attempt. When I decided to retake the exam one year later, I planned on taking the same general approach: read through the manual, and then do practice problems/tests the last couple of weeks. I quickly found myself...
by Mike & Roy | Feb 1, 2017 | Prelim Exams
How do you usually learn to play a video game? Pick up the instruction manual, read about each control, read the game strategy guide, and then start playing? I think we can agree that no one uses that approach – you just pick up the controller and start playing. You...
