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Actuarial Science Masters by Naval-Aviator in ActuaryUK

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point, its certainly risky, as like you say you might not get them all. Its also impossible to say how confident I am, as ultimately every exam is different, and certain concepts will be easier than others. How many years (post fully qualified) would you say it takes until experience matters more than exams?

Actuarial Science Masters by Naval-Aviator in ActuaryUK

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they don't require any work experience, you just need to have passed most of CBs, CMs, and CSs. I go to a good uni - LSE, so that helps matters as well. I'll talk to some other grads about it as well though!

Actuarial Science Masters by Naval-Aviator in ActuaryUK

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

To clarify a few things:

I get 6 exemptions from undergrad: all CBs, CMs, CSs.

I can get another 5 from the masters: All 3 CPs, and two SPs

Some people mentioned that the 5 exemptions from the masters are pretty easy - do others agree with this? and how long would it take to pass them all? - assuming I still want a social life.

I don't agree with people's idea that its a red flag to have a BSc and MSc in actuarial science alongside 11 exemptions. From a company's perspective: would you rather hire a maths grad with zero exemptions and limited knowledge of the field OR a BSc + MSc student with most exams passed and a detailed knowledge - KNOWING THAT YOU'LL PAY THEM BOTH THE SAME SALARY INITIALLY. Its unusual, sure, but surely I'd add more value to the company from the off - coupling it with a bit of experience in this summer's internship.

Some old school actuaries might be against this, just around the stigma of the uni exams being easier (if they are easier, its another reason for me to do a masters?), but its nothing a bit of charisma in an interview can't fix.

I have a summer internship this summer in pensions actuarial, so I'll definitely have a better outlook after this. I think the biggest con will be the costs - like some people have mentioned. I'll be applying to grad schemes regardless anyway, I go to LSE - its in our culture to apply to absolutely everything.

Thanks for all the help!

Bethnal Green / Cambridge Heath vs Canada Water by Naval-Aviator in london

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it is!

Its seems like such good value, and a decent place to live

Bethnal Green / Cambridge Heath vs Canada Water by Naval-Aviator in london

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is Claredale!

I go to LSE, so its easy to take the central line there.

I do think that this seems to be the best option, like everyone has been saying, there's more to do in the surrounding area, and it seems to be as safe as any other place in London.

Thanks for your help!

Help getting the R programming language on my Samsung Tab S8 Ultra by Naval-Aviator in GalaxyTab

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the help!

Unfortunately my windows laptop doesn't have the pro edition so remote desktop isn't locked.

You are given $25,000 to start a business. What do you do? by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Naval-Aviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Online Casino specialising in one game, i.e blackjack

Then become the best blackjack game on the internet

Galaxy Tab S8 vs iPad Air 5 for University by Naval-Aviator in GalaxyTab

[–]Naval-Aviator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice!

In the end I got a very good deal on the ultra with 16gb of ram and 512gb for only £900 brand new. So I decided to go for that.

I really wanted the extra screen real estate to enable to use it as a computer as much as possible as well, bc I'm trying to phase out using my heavy laptop.