We're not nerds!

Just to prove that not all actuaries / actuarial students are nerds...

... attached is a pic of ACT Sanlam (analogous to the ACT Brumbies, with an ACTuarial twist), a touch rugby team consisting of actuaries and actuarial students.

We're in Cape Town, South Africa and entered a touch rugby league and won the winter season!

http://www.in2touch.com/sa/venues/Durbanville/

 

your mate in the front role with grey sweat shirt is cute!!!!!!! He married???

 

He's our best player, a qualified actuary... and you can decide for yourself about his marital status:

 

Deniese, he's a long way from Will Smith, though...

 

Deniese, have you checked out http://www.actuarialdating.com ?

 

steve74....don't let out my secrets....obviously no man is greater than will smith but while I am keeping him on hold, I can still shop around

avanbuiten ...regarding the marriage finger - "DOH"...maybe next life time

 

sorry, second message for igitur not avabiten!

 

by the way Igitur....that page doesn't exist. Now why would you give me false hope?

 

hahaha!

maybe i should start such a site... could make a few cents of it

 

I wouldn't call the playing of touch-rugby conclusive proof....

What's wrong with proper rugby?

 

Sorry Deniese, just wanted to check it was actually you...

 

you sure do look like nerds

 

Have you heard about a well-known Australian actuary who became a comedian? Surely this proves actuaries are not nerds!

Check the website
http://www.dollyputin.com/About Dolly.htm

 

Oh yeah, undeniable proof that.

Of course we're nerds. The evidence:
We're studying well into our 20s,30s...
We like numbers.
We think spreadsheets are for calculations & macros (as opposed to using them as electronic graph paper).
We read The Actuary (well, have it delivered).

And most importantly:
We have a thread devoted to trying to convince ourselves that we're not!!!

But at least we're not accountants.

 

of course we are nerds, it's part of the job description.

 

You guys are such Nerds. I am not.

 

It's rather risky. And thanks to CA1, I could list you half a dozen ways of identifying what those risks are.

 

I think people who pass all the exams in world record time are pretty sad. And don't they get bored after that? Like what's the point qualifying so soon. OK you get payrise sooner. Then what?

 

One of the few good things about being a grownup is that I may still be a nerd, but I no longer care whether or not. And I don't have to spend time with anyone who does care.

scarlets, which is sadder: taking exams every 6 months for 6 years, or taking exams every 6 months for 3 years? I know which I'd prefer (if only...)

L

 

Trouble is, if you try and squeeze them all into 3 years then you have no time for anything else, surely. Forget relationships, hobbies, holidays...

 

not necessarily scarlets..

this situation could easily occur. Lets assume two new student actuaries, one male and one female. Both work at same firm, same study leave , same academic background, identical in all respects etc and both very much in love (the most important assumption !). both study and support each other over three years.
-their holidays are together, and on holiday they study as there being in love means time spent together doing anything (even if its study) is most important),
-their mutual hobbies is study (again this is no problem as there together)
-they study together.

result= both pass quickly!

(in fact they get 100% in CT5 as their union means they love joint life questions! lol)