(1) What are Actuaries?
Actuaries are business professionals who measure and manage the financial implications of future events-pro and con, certain and uncertain, probable and improbable. For more details,
please see Umass Actuaries page at http://www.math.umass.edu/undergraduate/actuarial-science and https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-fm-detail.aspx.
(2) Career Paths. Traditionally, if you get license, you may find insurance companies, consulting firms, employee benefits department, goverment agencies, financial advisors or work as financial service in bank or stock firms etc.
(3) How can I get start? Step 1: you may take the course of Financial math to get prepared for the online test; Step 2: then you may find an intership in some company, then you are on the track now.
(4) Do you know the online test schedule?
2016 Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Schedule
Exam P, Probability
| 2016 | January | March | May | July | September | November |
| Registration Deadline | Dec. 3, 2015 | Feb 8 | April 4 | June 6 | Aug 8 | Oct 3 |
| Paper & Pencil Dates (selected sites) | Jan 8 | None | May 12 | None | Sept 16 | None |
| CBT Dates | Jan 8 - 19 | Mar 18 - 29 | May 12 - 23 | July 14 - 25 | Sept 16 - 27 | Nov 5 - 16 |
| CBT in Quebec City | None | March 18 | None | None | None | None |
(7) Where should I take the Test?
(8) What kind of calculators can I use in this course? https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/exam-day-info/edu-calculators.aspx
(9) How many questions in Exam P? How are they distributed? https://www.soa.org/Files/Edu/2016/edu-2016-03-p-syllabus.pdf
(10) Exam P pass rate: http://www.casact.org/admissions/studytools/exam1/exam_1pass.pdf
(11) Where can I check the result of the test? https://www.soa.org/education/exams/exam-results/edu-exam-results-detail.aspx.
(12) Where can I find the sample exam? https://www.soa.org/Education/Exam-Req/Syllabus-Study-Materials/edu-exam-p-online-sample.aspx
(13) Where cam I find some useful instruction for using TI BA II Plus calculator? see a brief instruction at http://www.utdallas.edu/~merville/calculator.htm or a detailed instruction at www.soa.org/files/pdf/FM-23-05.pdf.