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Actuarial studies
tram:
Three, more specfic question, probs for people that have actually done the subject:
1)If 1 was the difficulty of methods and 3 was the difficulty of specialist maths. what would the difficulty of Acturial studes be? (feel free to go over 10)
2)What types of maths are used in Acturial studies? Obviously A LOT of statistics, but wat else (if anything).
3)Do you have to be good with computers, as in like programming and using all sorts of random, obscure programs like C++ to create models? Cos as far as computers go i'm pretty useless.
Thanks a lot:)
tram:
--- Quote from: AzureBlue on March 07, 2010, 02:28:03 pm ---I'm most likely going to do Bcomm Actuarial Studies or BActStud in uni, but I'm not sure whether to stay in Victoria and go to Melb Uni or go to Sydney to Macquarie or ANU. I've heard Macquarie's very good at commerce... Any tips?
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Seeing as you kinda got ignored i'll have a go at anwsering ur Q. From what i see i reackon you should wait it out and see how the situation is going in a coupple years. By that time Monash might have gotten a reli good acturial course up and running. Or mabey Melbourne is going stong and the other unis have gotten worse. So bottom line, wait it out. I mean next year u probs wont wanna think about it with ur 3 3/4s!
Lol, u've got exactly the same subjects as me, only ur also doing Biol in Yr 11. Seriously, strap in for one hell of a year, going into 3 3/4s will reli take it out of you and ur doing 7 subjects all up! But, gud luck with it all:)
TrueTears:
--- Quote from: tram on March 07, 2010, 08:26:07 pm ---Three, more specfic question, probs for people that have actually done the subject:
1)If 1 was the difficulty of methods and 3 was the difficulty of specialist maths. what would the difficulty of Acturial studes be? (feel free to go over 10)
2)What types of maths are used in Acturial studies? Obviously A LOT of statistics, but wat else (if anything).
3)Do you have to be good with computers, as in like programming and using all sorts of random, obscure programs like C++ to create models? Cos as far as computers go i'm pretty useless.
Thanks a lot:)
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during the holidays i have been reading actuarial studies books that prepare you for the different level exams, you start off with methods probability (very easy), then you progress to harder types, like i said, it is probability land.
appianway:
--- Quote from: QuantumJG on March 07, 2010, 06:15:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: appianway on March 07, 2010, 05:11:48 pm ---Oh, and becoming a CEO doesn't require a finance degree. Two members of my family have worked as executives - both did science undergrads, one did a MBA and the other did a law degree.
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What was their science major?
We had an engineer give us a lecture on a career in engineering and he was saying how with engineers they start doing technical stuff and then become less technical and run the business (or are up there on the board).
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One did physics, and I think the other did earth sciences/geology or something akin to that. One works in something related to earth sciences, the other does nothing to do with physics :)
tram:
dude are u kidding me if anything i would be dropping a subject. You obviously love maths so dont drop uni maths, u'll have a seriously awesome time, If i were you i'd actually DROP biol or Chem. You only need one of them for pre-req, and chem is beta for pre-req than biol, ie it gets you into more.
I actually was down to do legal studies this year and dropped it not 2 weeks ago. BEST DECISION......EVER. so much better for my other subjects.
Bottom line, DO NOT PICK UP PHYSICS, unless you drop biol. and concider dropping a subject (biol) but 8 subjects is crazy and will kill you. Unless of couse ur an absolute freak.
PS: from a more unbised point of view, do physics 1/2 next year and see you you go. both on your 1/2 s and ur 3/4s. if you get 3 49s drop physics. but reli i think its a bad idea to kepp physics.
PPS:Wat school do you go to that is letting you do 3 3/4s in year 11??? (not against ur school or anything, just interested)
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