Are you an aspiring math major, but don't know what your field of study should be? Consider using this flow chart to help determine what you should focus on!
This is an updated version of a previous chart I made, shoutouts/heads ups to the following
@algebraic-dumbass I used smartdraw for the first one (I screenshotted instead of paying) but since the scope expanded I figured screenshotting wouldn't work well here, and so I used draw.io here. Thanks again for the idea!
@spinspinspinspinspin @renew-world I have tried to include some more algebra here!
@eulers-biggest-fan @khnuvr @zahlenfreak I have now included combinatorics (and friends?)
@the-least-undefinable-ordinal I had no idea where to put set theory I am so sorry. I had the idea for a prompt ('Do you want people to wildly underestimate how complicated your field is?') but couldn't find a place to slot it
@mathemagicalfae I added in math education and actuarial science (I can't believe I didn't think of those)!
Also thank you to everyone saying this is accurate or that they followed it and landed on their specialty. If you couldn't tell from the above @'s I did read every tag <3
You die in a freak incident, perhaps a plane crash, and on your way to the afterlife you plead with death for a chance to return to your life. Death, having been trained as an actuary, acknowledges the improbability of your death, but asks for a copy of your medical records to make sure. After flipping through them and toying with an abacus for a bit, it agrees to cover the cost of your death this time, in exchange for 1.5% of your soul per annum. You return to your loved ones unscathed, but every month you can feel about 163g of your soul being claimed.
Me: and i told someone i want to study actuarial sciences and
Me: *wheezing from laughter*
Me: she said WHAT A RISKY CHOICE
Me: *now literally unable to stand upright from laughter*
Friend: (not laughing or understanding why i'm taking my glasses off to wipe my eyes) i'm sorry, i don't know what actuarial science is
Reader, it took me 6 minutes to type this post because i had to stop halfway and get the giggles out. It's such a bad joke but it's so funny. And i told my actuary friends, and they reacted the exact same way.
anyone know a discord server where we can study together, give advice, commiserate, etc? for both actuary students and ppl already in the field? i'm taking exam P for the second time next month (i bombed the first time this spring bc i was ..... not having a great time!) and it would be great to have ppl to study with for all exams.
