Thanks for the support, everyone! Your kind remarks inspire me greatly to keep this channel going! Good luck in your studies, keep working hard, and never give up!
Thank you so much for all of your HONESTY. It’s so encouraging to know that it is absolutely okay to fail an exam and be rejected / not hear back from companies and yet still make it out on top. Such an inspiration to never give up, you really are so incredibly helpful with everything you share here. Thanks again!!
I missed your videos. You’re very inspiring and you motivate me to continue studying. I’m glad you’ve already passed four exams! I take my second CAS Exam FM in October, I think I got it honestly. I look forward to watching your content! Thank you!
I’m glad you’re back. Your videos helped me passing both p and FM exam. I would appreciate it if you can make more videos on IFM exam Thank you very much. Keep going!!
Dmn good to see you back. I've been studying for exam P this fall and the explanations in the videos have been extremely helpful. Glad to see you making moves as an Actuary
I am 20 and I still have no exams passed. I always thought it is too late for me to be one since I heard many high school students pass exam P. I studied during spring break and took exam P when I was 19. I failed with a score of 4 and got discouraged. I am still working on my degree and never had a chance to study. I just want to tell everyone that there are a million reasons to cry, but one thing you will not regret is never giving up, fighting your battles, working hard, and trying.
Super pumped that you’re back...You’re videos helped me pass P and FM, thank you. I’m also on the P&C side, and will be taking Exam 5 before long. Looking forward to your videos.
Hi there, I remember watching your videos two yrs ago for the first exam P with many uncertainties regarding passing exams and getting the first job. Now I'm here in NY working as an actuarial analyst on consulting side and also on a P&C side. I just wanted to let you know you're videos were truely helpful regarding both exam and career guide and thankful for all the things you share. Now that I think about it, contents you share on videos are priceless and be helpful to many people so keep up and will be back for mas i videos soon!!
I was waiting for this video since you posted that message a month ago, I'm glad to see you back and that you're doing well! Like everyone said, your videos have been very helpful for exam P and FM and I find so much value in these videos about your career experience, exam related or not. Also, congratulations on passing MAS I, that's a big one! I can't wait for that new exam 5 content. I think that it would be helpful for Exam STAM takers too, since the SOA added some intro to Ratemaking and reserving to the syllabus.
Love your content! Recently got my first job offer, was a great feeling, but need to start studying for March IFM now. Planning for 2 months of CA manual, then 1 month of review/practice exams.
Long time no see! I feel pretty alone when I handled with IFM since you took MFE at that time. But, you are my power of going forward! I have passed three SOA exams, but since I am not familiar with the situation of America, I still not start my internship. I am hesitating that whether I go SOA or CAS. So, I would pause for a while by pursuing a graduate degree. I definitely will come back and start again! Keep focusing！
Hey Alex, glad to see you on here again. I also just passed MAS-I in the spring, and I am also skipping MAS-II in favor of 5 this fall, because it is closely related to my current role. Same for you I'm guessing? Also, I'm still just getting into the material, so for a future video I'd love to either see some kind of syllabus overview or maybe a ranking of the most difficult topics on 5. Best of luck to us both and everyone else taking 5! -Jonny
Thanks for tuning in Jonny! I wanted to knock MAS-II out but there aren't many good study materials for it and I didn't want to dig through all the different source materials. Anyways, it's really refreshing to study something I use everyday at work. I too am still working through the material but I find that if I can explain it to an audience, I understand it much clearer. I'll keep your recommendation in mind, best of luck to us both!
Hey Alex, been following for over a year..big big fan of your content. I’ve been thinking about creating some of my own content. . Quick background: I’m about to take IFM (passed p and fm), and I have an internship set up with Lincoln financial in the summer, so for now it seems like I’ll be going down the soa path. I’d likely pick up where you left off at ifm, since there’s hardly any youtube content on that, let alone stam, ltam, etc. I have no content experience lol. I would enjoy just helping the community out even if it’s minimal content. Thoughts/concerns would be awesome, thanks.
Tony Yiantsos congrats on the internship with Lincoln, several of my old coworkers went there from Liberty Mutual. I think that’s a great idea, it’s tough for me to make videos on content I’m not studying. I’d say go for it!! 👍🏼
Not sure if you've purchased study materials yet but i'd recommend getting Mahler's study manual for MAS-1. Go through it front to back and do all of his practice exams. Triple check that you filled in your scantron correctly, and read the question again after you think you have the answer. The toughest part for me with that exam was the time constraint... 4 hours for 45 questions wasn't enough time IMO bc i have a tough time letting questions go. If you can't answer a question immediately, just move on. That test is really tough, take it very seriously.
Definitely use Mahler's manual. It's the best resource for that exam. First time I used TIA and wasn't impressed with most of the sections, I used Mahler the second time and passed. Good luck on that one, it's much tougher than people think going into the exam!
AllieOat it’s doable. MAS1 will provide you with knowledge of GLMs, while MAS2 will provide you with credibility theory. Both of which are used for exam 5 but the theory of each isn’t directly tested. Others have done it and passed.
Hasn’t changed too much since I always aim to understand the material vs memorization. I have taken much better notes this time vs past exams. I have almost 200 handwritten pages, so far. I’m almost through the material so I can start doing a ton of practice problems soon. Doing problems is the best way to learn for me. I feel pretty good about this on, it helps that much of the material is what I actually do at work. I’m happy that this exam is handwritten too, partial credit will be my friend if I make silly computational errors.
Oh shoot! You live right next to me I live in old Town Scottsdale next to nationwide and I want to work there too! I'm at mercer right now which is health consulting but I'm more interested in property and casualty at a carrier. I have P and FM done and am currently studying for IFM. Do you wanna refer me to Nationwide? :D
