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ajstudies
02-22-2007, 09:52 AM
Guess it is time to go through the old exams and figure out which questions might be fair game for CSP?

I have a study marathon coming Monday. (Didn't mean to plan it that way, but I have 8 hrs of company time + 4 hrs of personal time that day.) I'll need something to break up the monotony, so I may spend some time on this. I'll post what I come up with if you all will come back and say yay or nay. Any takers?
Willie Mosconi
02-22-2007, 09:56 AM
I'm in.

Given that I've only gotten through about 1/4 - 1/3 of the material, I'm in for as much as I know about the material. I'll be more help as time goes on.
Random Walk
02-22-2007, 10:55 AM
Sure. I've read almost everything but the chapters from "Fundamentals of Retiree Group Benefits" -- not that I really understand it, yet.
hockey_puck
02-22-2007, 11:31 AM
I'll be in for it... Has anyone used the google spreadsheet function? What do you think about making a public spreadsheet that we can all view and update. That way we don't have to scroll through posts to find the most recent info, etc.

I just started a template, but if anyone has more experience they should probably 'host' the spreadsheet. If not I'll figure out how to work this....
Rainson
02-22-2007, 01:04 PM
I have actually gone through the 2003 exam already. Once I complete the GRASP problem set (this weekend) I would be happy to go through the 2004-2006 and post my thoughts on which problems are applicable.
Willie Mosconi
02-22-2007, 01:15 PM
I have actually gone through the 2003 exam already. Once I complete the GRASP problem set (this weekend) I would be happy to go through the 2004-2006 and post my thoughts on which problems are applicable.


That would sure be a tremendous help!
ajstudies
02-22-2007, 02:06 PM
I have actually gone through the 2003 exam already. Once I complete the GRASP problem set (this weekend) I would be happy to go through the 2004-2006 and post my thoughts on which problems are applicable.

Sounds great!
jh
02-22-2007, 05:03 PM
I'm in.
NerdyEve
02-23-2007, 09:46 AM
I'm def in too!
I was nervous about not having enough sample problems for this exam but I think that with the Grasp problem set and the old exams it should be ok!

yay to studying (ok I think I'm just going crazy)

Also, does anyone know how many hours we are supposed to study for this exam (realistically???)
ajstudies
02-23-2007, 09:48 AM
Also, does anyone know how many hours we are supposed to study for this exam (realistically???)

I'm just going by what my company provides and what they expect. 2 hrs of personal time for every 1 hr of company time. That is why I started in November.
NerdyEve
02-23-2007, 11:03 AM
That sounds about appropriate. I am aiming for about 500... we'll see how that goes!
saahu5
03-31-2007, 04:14 PM
:bump:

Has anyone done this yet?
Rainson
03-31-2007, 05:36 PM
James Madison did here in this post:

http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/showthread.php?t=105768

I am going to try and look at it too and see if there are any to add. I know problem 7 from the 2006 exam is definately relavent as I have been discussing the solution with someone this past week.