• We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Feedback Prize Draw for the Winter 2024-25 session and winning £150 of gift vouchers is Zhao Liang Tay. Congratulations to Zhao Liang. If you fancy winning £150 worth of gift vouchers (from a major UK store) for the Summer 2025 exam sitting for just a few minutes of your time throughout the session, please see our website at https://www.acted.co.uk/further-info.html?pat=feedback#feedback-prize for more information on how you can make sure your name is included in the draw at the end of the session.
  • Please be advised that the SP1, SP5 and SP7 X1 deadline is the 14th July and not the 17th June as first stated. Please accept out apologies for any confusion caused.

IAI difficulty level

J

Jammy

Member
Hi all,

From what I've heard and read, in recent years, IAI has put out some nasty CT3 papers, possibly in reaction to the increase in candidates.

Also, again from what I've heard and read, IAI papers have moved to a more standard/predictable format with fewer tricky questions, in the last 2 or so diets.

Since I'm appearing for CT3 this May, I'd like to know if these 2 bits are true.
If they are indeed moving towards a more standardized paper with fewer tricky questions, which papers (Eg: may 2011) would not be ideal for mock attempts / practice?

Would it be advisable to skip these papers and attempt 10 other papers? Time is a big constraint with college exams coming up, hence I'd like to go for the most appropriate papers for practice.

Thank you :)
 
I would emphasise that I'm NOT studying CT3 or any of the other Actuarial exams.

However, in my experience of exams in general, I would say it is very dangerous to try and predict what might come up in the paper you are about to sit! It is obviously essential to know what is the core material for your subject and therefore going through 'standard' past questions should be a big help. With regard to the 'tricky' questions, see what bits of the core material you could use to make a start. Even if you can't complete the whole question you can still get some marks for method so don't give up too soon but remember time constraints too! The other point, of course, is that if you are finding a particular question 'tricky' it is likely that many other candidates are having similar difficulties!

Good luck!
 
The papers patterns are simply not predictable. As long as you are comfortable with the "objectives", you should do well. Otherwise, we're attempting to predict random numbers here.
 
From the papers I have seen the IAI CT3 papers have been harder than the IFoA.

However for my other subjects (CT1 and CT6) they appear to be easier.

I hadn't noticed them getting easier - but I have not been following them very closely - apologies.
 
Ct3&ct4 have been the most unpredictable exams of IAI.Usually been on the tougher side.
Solving one particular question or question paper doesn't guarantee anything. The whole idea is to learn new things and get familiar with unseen,unusual questions.So practice as much as possible. Best of luck!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top