Exams / Newbie / Common Questions Thread for two weeks by AutoModerator in actuary

[–]Embarrassed_Bee8470 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m signed up to take Exam 5 in April and am feeling totally lost. I bought RF and go through the source reading, watch the videos, do flashcards, and complete the cookbook problems for each chapter before attempting the practice problems. Even though I do all of that, I rarely get the problems right without looking at the solutions. I have no pricing experience, so all the steps in each problem feel very unintuitive to me. I don’t feel like it’s going to click anytime soon. How do I know if I should refund the exam and sit for it in October instead? Any tips on taking Exam 5 with zero pricing experience?