Study Schedule???

[noonan]

Does anyone know where I can find a study schedule for Course 3?

[Summer]

what do you mean by a study schedule?

[Course 5 Zoombie]

you may plan it on your own :P :wink:

[Dr T Non-Fan]

I'll give you a bit:
"July 1: Chapter 1 of Actuarial Mathematics, including exercises."

[The Drunken Actuary]

How about something that starts 8/1 and ends 11/6?

[Dr T Non-Fan]

TDA, I think we'll have to do the whole nine yards (even though it takes ten for a first down).
The following works for all study schedule.
1. Count the number of chapters on the syllabus.
2. Write them down in the order you feel comfortable studying.
3. Give yourself two to six weeks for comprehensive review. (More if you're concerned about not having enough time to review due to not getting through the chapters.)
4. Split up the reading as evenly as possible.
5. Check the chapters to see if any warrant additional time.
6. Put a date next to each one. The date will be when you plan to finish the reading and the problems, from a manual or the text or both. Do not put in dates prior to the present, nor dates after the exam.

That's how I make a schedule. It will be unique to your needs. Someone else's particular study schedule might not suit your needs.
This is all predicated on our understanding of the word "schedule."

[The Drunken Actuary]

I think I know what the word schedule means. Thanks. DTNF, the original question was not idiotic, there are published 'recommended' schedules for some exams.

[The Drunken Actuary]

Umm, wasn't there another post here by a recent graduate of this section? Or did I have too much to drink last night?

[ASA_Woman]

Umm, wasn't there another post here by a recent graduate of this section? Or did I have too much to drink last night?

Yes. :)

[ASA_Woman]

What I had posted was:

DTNF: I think TDA meant to ask was is there a published suggested study schedule (like JAM) for Course 3.

TDA: I think DTNF meant that one could probably make up their own schedule. I think it's a little more difficult when one is unfamiliar with the material, but I guess it could be done.

[The Drunken Actuary]

Yes, I know. Why did you delete it?

[ASA_Woman]

Yes, I know. Why did you delete it?

I don't know. I thought that maybe I shouldn't speak for other people. That is what you meant though, right.

[The Drunken Actuary]

Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks. :D

[AOnly]

This is what I would do: I passed my first time, although I did not have to do it on such short notice.

Bowers:

Week 1: Chapter 3, Chapter 4
Week 2: Chapter 5, Chapter 6
Week 3: Chapter 7 (reserves)
Week 4: Chapter 9 (joint lives)
Week 5: Chapter 10 (multiple decrement)

Probability Models:

Week 6: Markov Chains
Week 7: Poisson Process

Week 8: Loss Models
Week 9: Ruin Theory

Weeks 10-12: more problems, problems, problems.

Of course, you might want to move ruin theory up in the list so there is more time to absorb it.

With time so short, Don't waste your time with textbook problems, just hit the study guide and run, don't walk, to buy Batten's book.

Another possibility is to knock off one of the non-LC topics to give more time to Life Contingencies. I agree with the CAS that for a joint exam,this is weighted way too heavily towards Life Contingencies.

[Toonces]

The following schedule is used for Ramanathan's online seminar...broken up into a life and non-life schedule...

July 22 Review of some prerequisites
July 29` Survival distributions for a single life
August 5 Multiple lives
August 12 Multiple decrements August 9 Review of some prerequisites
August 19 Actuarial Present value August 16 Loss distributions
Break August 23 Frequency distributions, compound distributions
September 3 Life insurance August 30 Compound Distributions contd
September 9 Annuities September 6 Ruin Theory
September 16 Premium calculations September 13 Ruin Theory contd
September 23 Reserves September 20 Break
September 30 Reserves Continued September 27 Poisson Process
October 5 Practice Exam October 4 Markov chains
October 11 Brownian motion,
October 18 Simulation
October 26 Practice Exam
October 31 Comprehensive exam for both parts

[drctypea]

what do you mean aonly about time running so short...it looks like your schedule had 12 weeks to it..as of now there are 13.5 weeks till the exam. i know this isnt a boatload of time but i think it is adequate.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

What are you basing your opinion of "adequate" on?
TDA, I didn't mean to imply that YOU didn't know what "schedule" meant. I'd never insult you to your face, in front of others. My concern was the the word was used not for the intended need.
My suspicion was based on my opinion that anyone should be able to make a schedule, based on the amount of time left and the amount of reading to do, regardless of the subject.

C5W, schedules are for planning, not for rigid excesses. When something unscheduled pops up (more pages, more difficult, etc), it will be important to review the schedule.

Ramanananananthan's schedule is probably the best one here, TJMO, ICBW.

[ASA_Woman]

C5W, schedules are for planning, not for rigid excesses. When something unscheduled pops up (more pages, more difficult, etc), it will be important to review the schedule.

That's true. But it's nice to have some starting off point. A preliminary schedule to make your own adjustments to.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Think of a Dennis Miller quotation. The one he uses at the end of a rant.

Should be: "OC, TJMO, ICBW."

[ASA_Woman]

I figured it out DTNF. I edited my post to get rid of that question.

TJMO, ICBW = That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Are you writing C5 this session? I saw you post in the SOA5 thread, I think.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

No. And I can't even provide sage advice about SOA5.
(Awaiting the snipers taking the set-up.)

[ASA_Woman]

No. And I can't even provide sage advice about SOA5.
(Awaiting the snipers taking the set-up.)

:shake:

Sometimes I don't understand what you're saying though I do get that you're joking (I think).

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Sometimes I provide advice.
Sometimes it's about SOA6.

Some people wouldn't consider it sage.
Some people wouldn't consider anything I say sage.
Some people might see my post as an opening to a punch line.
The intersection of the above peoples is likely non-empty.

There's always a hint of non-seriousness in nearly everything I write.

[ASA_Woman]

I've noticed. :)

[Brutè]

what do you mean aonly about time running so short...it looks like your schedule had 12 weeks to it..as of now there are 13.5 weeks till the exam. i know this isnt a boatload of time but i think it is adequate.
He/she said that is what he would do, not that that is what he did do. I take it to mean that he studied longer than this schedule allows, but knowing what he knows now, if he had to take it again and start studying now, that is what he would do.