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After failing so many times in SA3 (I lost count), with stress level piling up, you would wonder what the point in all of this.
The promise of the great cake at the end of the tunnel may not be as good as you would have thought.
At least not seen in the market for the last 5 years where average pay in actuarial are pretty much stagnant.
Future prospects are getting dimmer as we all know it doing simple multiplications with some simple VBA don't land you to the category of being a true technical expertise.
Many of my friends now considering switching their careers, many stuck on either this or CA3 for over 2 years, with so many I considered as true talents comparing to so many so called senior "qualified" actuaries who would fail miserably if they take just a simple statistical exam.
Trying to measure your progress in this exam is purely based on a pass mark SOME HOW calculated which is not available to members NOR could you look at your answers even paying for exam counselling NOR could you make a grade appeal now even the mark is so borderline to the pass mark. You just somehow need to trust the profession, and obviously with great confidence.
Could I also somehow find a way to keep moving forward? Maybe keep paying for ActEd tutorials or revision sessions? Keep revising the SA3 materials covering GI broadly like reading the same wikipedia page again and again and try to practice answering techniques with broad thinking HOWEVER with specific details BUT NOT to be too specific? Or Maybe just forget about SA3 and try some other SAs for the sake of just learning something new?
Share here with your thoughts and Merry Christmas to everyone!
The promise of the great cake at the end of the tunnel may not be as good as you would have thought.
At least not seen in the market for the last 5 years where average pay in actuarial are pretty much stagnant.
Future prospects are getting dimmer as we all know it doing simple multiplications with some simple VBA don't land you to the category of being a true technical expertise.
Many of my friends now considering switching their careers, many stuck on either this or CA3 for over 2 years, with so many I considered as true talents comparing to so many so called senior "qualified" actuaries who would fail miserably if they take just a simple statistical exam.
Trying to measure your progress in this exam is purely based on a pass mark SOME HOW calculated which is not available to members NOR could you look at your answers even paying for exam counselling NOR could you make a grade appeal now even the mark is so borderline to the pass mark. You just somehow need to trust the profession, and obviously with great confidence.
Could I also somehow find a way to keep moving forward? Maybe keep paying for ActEd tutorials or revision sessions? Keep revising the SA3 materials covering GI broadly like reading the same wikipedia page again and again and try to practice answering techniques with broad thinking HOWEVER with specific details BUT NOT to be too specific? Or Maybe just forget about SA3 and try some other SAs for the sake of just learning something new?
Share here with your thoughts and Merry Christmas to everyone!