#actsci

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Well, here I am...

Almost a year later. 🤦🏾‍♀️ The posts went out the window. An update:

I’m a junior now. I took P in May instead of March and passed and passed FM in August. I’m currently studying for the March IFM.

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Studyblr Intro Post

Greetings and salutations! My name is Jemma and I am beginning this studyblr to log my first year of university. To properly introduce myself, here at a few facts about me:

1. I was born and grew up in England, but my family is South African and we moved back to South Africa in 2013. I was 14 at the time and I am now 18.

2. I am a great lover of maths, science and coffee. I find it very relaxing to study for maths in particular and I easily fall into a flow and lose track of time when studying for maths exams. I am a complete coffee addict and snob (I don’t use instant coffee unless I absolutely have to). I am a trained barista too!

3. I am studying Actuarial Science at university - hence my blog name. If you know what that is, I’m impressed! I had no idea what act sci was up until my final year of high school. In a nutshell, act sci is all about complex maths and statistics in a business setting. Actuaries assess risk for insurance and finance companies predominantly, but they can branch out into other fields such as healthcare.

4. I have changed my degree choice three times. I originally applied for medicine and I completed hundreds of hours of community service to boost my applications over 2016 and 2017, but I wasn’t 100% sure I wanted to give up maths. I then changed to a degree in maths and physics, and finally to actuarial science.

5. Without sounding arrogant, I do believe that I am a pretty efficient and effective student when it comes to learning, studying and exam technique. Part of this has to do with my switching high school curriculums when I emigrated and having to learn completely new and different subjects for the South African syllabus! I was very good at kicking procrastination, as well as remaining calm and collected during high pressure periods of my high school career. I managed to come in the top 1% of my country in my final high school exams as a result.

6. I love teaching. I was a volunteer tutor at a local orphanage in my final year of high school, and now I am employed as a tutor in my university town. I love explaining concepts and breaking down difficult problems and I find teaching very rewarding. Please feel free to shoot me a message if you ever need help with anything - I promise I don’t bite!

If you read this far, well done! I hope everyone has a productive 2018 and have a great rest of your day!!

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Introducing myself

Hi everyone! I’m a second year actuarial science major at Auburn University. I plan on becoming a property & casualty actuary for an insurance company. I’m from Dothan, Alabama. 

I am studying for my first actuarial exam, Exam P, which I’m planning to take in March 2018. I’ve already planned out my study schedule which starts Monday, and I’m using ACTEX for Exam P.

I’m a total procrastinator, and I’m hoping that by sharing my studies on here I can make myself a little more accountable. This probably isn’t going to be the most beautiful studyblr out there. Really, I think this is just gonna be a few pictures of my notes just about daily, a little of my thoughts, and little snippets of my life as a college student.

I hope to help other people studying, especially those studying act sci. I feel like there’s a lack of actuarial science on tumblr, so I’m gonna try and change that.

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Joint life annuity — this is not an annuity written in Colorado.

Actuarial Science Professor

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When I see another ActSci major at a bar

But then after trying to hold a conversation with them

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Other people when I try to explain what Actuarial Science is

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Looking at how much free time I suddenly have after passing an exam

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When all the Humana interns won't stop talking about their summer