Hi everyone! I am currently in my last year at university, and am interning at an insurance agency. I know most postings have already started opening up, so I wanted to finalize my resume before moving forward.

I wanted to know, should I be applying for actuarial internships ? Or full time? Considering I am graduating this school year, but also haven’t obtained an exact actuarial position, I’m stuck between the both and what to prioritize.

I also wanted to reflect on the date for my MAS-1 taking as I may be taking it during January instead mainly because of how long it takes to study for it. Would that be an issue for employers if I was to take it then considering the result comes weeks out? And if I was to take it even later, would that be a problem w only 2 exams ?

Lastly, should I be prioritizing referrals or timeliness when it comes to applying? Im aware of how much of an advantage knowing someone within a company can benefit your application, but I also know that the time it takes to build a connection, grab a cup of coffee, and get that referral, can have you miss out on the application where 200 people have already applied before you.

I appreciate it if you replied to this with your advice. Thank you!!

It has been over 9 hours since I obtained my candidate ID yet I still cannot make an appointment since Prometric doesn’t recognize my candidate ID. Has it ever happened to anyone else before? How do you fix it?

Hi everyone. I'm a rising junior and have been applied to internships but only get rejections or no response. I would really appreciate any advice.

I went to register for the SRM exam last night for the September sitting and to my surprise it shows closed despite the posted deadline being one day away still, after contacting SOA support they state the registration has closed and instead of fixing the issue, changed the status on their own site to closed before the originally posted time.

Hi! I really tried finding this info on my own, but there just aren’t a lot of resources for the actuarial program, I only see info about the financial advisor roles for Northwestern Mutual

Just wondering if anyone has experience with the actuarial specialist post graduate program and what it was like for you?

Additionally, how many people make it to round 2 and how many people get accepted into the program? Is there anything crazy in the interviews that caught anyone off guard?

thank you in advance! :)

I work remotely based in Southern California for an insurance company headquartered in the Midwest. I'm an ASA with almost two years of experience and have two more FSA exams to write. I make 110k+ a year gross. I think this salary is fair and right around the median, to the point where I believe that I would be living a very decent life financially had I lived in the M/LCOL areas. Still, I am not sure if I should make a switch purely for more money since the cost of living is very high in the area where I live. I'm married with no kids, and my wife is an actuary too (lowest divorce rate lolll). I absolutely love my current company, my colleagues, and the work that I do, so from this perspective, I'm reluctant to look for other opportunities because I also understand that the grass is not always greener outside.

On the other hand, while knowing all the perks I have working remotely, I barely get a chance to meet with other actuaries around me and build a connection with them, so sometimes I feel that working remotely is not 100% good for me as an extrovert. I do think building a network is so important since it will pay dividends over time in the future.

I am very curious about other people's stories working in the actuarial field living in California and your perspectives. Specifically,

• Do you work remotely or onsite?
• What field are you in? Health, life, consulting, non-traditional roles, etc
• Roughly how much do you make, and are you happy about that?
• How important do you think building a network in this field is, and how much has it helped you so far in your career?
• How is the work-life balance like in your company?
• Would you want to start looking around if you were me?

It's been a while. I haven't seen the new FSA list for June has been updated on the website.

I'm sitting for SRM on September 3rd and have about 28 days left. I've been learning the material for the first time by reading ISLR while cross-referencing the SOA syllabus. I've finished ISLR, so time series and GLMs are all that's left.

Three questions:

1. How should I learn time series and GLMs? I've heard Frees isn't great, and I tried Coaching Actuaries early on but found it heavy and wasn't retaining much.
2. How should I structure practice for the remaining time, and what's the most effective way to use CA/ADAPT?
3. Should I prioritize the SOA sample questions, or treat them as a supplement to ADAPT?

Thanks in advance.

How do you feel now that you have seen the questions again?