Louise the philosophy graduate did two maths A levels, which are generally only attempted by 1.5% of sixthform students. He probably did a physics A level too. He certainly would be amongst the more mathematically capable in his generation.
Funnily enough when I first applied to join I got a pretty shirty letter saying that I was only being admitted because of my two maths A levels, inspite of the fact that I had done a chemistry degree (in fact I had been a university chemistry lecturer) and my maths was probably better than most top end maths graduates as I had been making a living teaching it.
I currently have four actuarial students, three doing BSc's in actuarial science and one doing the Institute exams. The three doing the degree all just have one maths A level, two have an A/S in physics and they are all struggling. The lad who is doing the institute exams is a physics graduate (I taught him physics too) and he has made good progress. The advice from the classics graduate that an A grade in maths A level is enough I feel is bad in most cases. Just look at the fallout amongst those that have substantially more.
Gbob - even though you have just one maths A level you clearly are good enough to do these exams (the exception that proves the rule ), though I would definitely improve your maths possibly by working through the further pure and later stats modules of further maths A level.
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