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Old 07-13-2012, 12:06 PM
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Ha nice try. . You need 3 years of relevant Canadian experience to get your FCIA.

Just do some FLIMIs or become an accountant or something easy.
Well I think now it is 3 years of experience, including one year of relevant canadian experience (example if you work for a US company doing Canadian stuff and you are working on it) .

For the exam itself it is mainly a 3 hour open-book examination. 50% of the syllabus has already been covered in DP and CSP (canadian versions) so for us it can be seen as old stuff that we need to re-study (should be easier and you don't need to memorize lists) but for you who made the US track everything should be new stuff with over 2000 pages syllabus...

In my opinion this should not be as hard as DP-IC and CSP-IC, but you definitely need to put in the effort to pass.
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Well I think now it is 3 years of experience, including one year of relevant canadian experience (example if you work for a US company doing Canadian stuff and you are working on it) .

For the exam itself it is mainly a 3 hour open-book examination. 50% of the syllabus has already been covered in DP and CSP (canadian versions) so for us it can be seen as old stuff that we need to re-study (should be easier and you don't need to memorize lists) but for you who made the US track everything should be new stuff with over 2000 pages syllabus...

In my opinion this should not be as hard as DP-IC and CSP-IC, but you definitely need to put in the effort to pass.
I'll just pursue the CERA instead. Whoever said I should go for FLMI had to be kidding. I already graduated from middle school but thanks.
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Got a 6!!! Means I studied just enough hehehe... It's crazy how the margin can be thin between a pass or fail. Makes me even more grateful for that passing grade!

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Home with an 8. Always good to see a little bit of wiggle room
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Home with an 8. Always good to see a little bit of wiggle room
Me too! I wasn't expecting an 8, I'll take it!!
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Me too! I wasn't expecting an 8, I'll take it!!
Got an 8. I wanted to a 10

haha j/k, I just wanted a number>=6
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I got a 5. Feels like a punch in the stomach. I love that feeling.
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When does the SOA release the list of names? Today or later in the week?
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When does the SOA release the list of names? Today or later in the week?
It always seems to take a couple days more than you'd expect (assuming you expected today). Kind of annoying though because as vain as it sounds, I love to open that list and stare at my name for a few minutes haha
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It always seems to take a couple days more than you'd expect (assuming you expected today). Kind of annoying though because as vain as it sounds, I love to open that list and stare at my name for a few minutes haha
I want it to get posted out of spite so when my psychotic ex googles my name it will pop up and show I'm doing some epic winning while she sits around and gets fat.

And I'll get my raise.

I will derive utility from both.
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