Description: Brief article on my SOA preliminary exam taking process. Includes specific steps taken on a daily basis to earn a passing mark for SOA Exams P, C, FM, and IFM.

Description: In May 1981 the Academy distributed an exposure draft, “Qualification Standards To Sign Statements of Actuarial Opinion on NAIC Annual Statement Blanks.” In it we read, with pleasure, the following bit of proposed wording: “Before considering himself or herself qualified, the actuary should have sufficient experience . . . With that experience the actuary should have . . . developed a healthy skepticism concerning data and other information proffered by others . . .” This article describes that the healthy skepticism was removed in the future language and the editor's disagreement with the ommission.

Description: This article discusses actuarial education in both the United Kingdom and Australia looking at their current issues and proposed changes.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 6 the authors publishes solutions to various exam problems.

Description: In the process of getting credentialed, there are more important things than a passing score. Life is not about numbers but transferable behaviors.

Description: This article provides insights and advice on job searches and recruiting for actuarial students and candidates to get their very first job.

Description: Article An Interview With Orlo R. Nichols, FSA 1979 a blind actuary, who recently completed the Society of Actuaries Fellowship examinations

Description: The author adds his name to the list of those who achieved Fellowship in an actuarial association prior to the age of 25.

Description: The author offers a mathematical model for determining how much time to spend on a multiple choice question when taking an exam.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 3 that compares the actuarial exams to CPA exams.