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#491
01-25-2011, 02:51 PM
 sarahl1286 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,607

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 Originally Posted by gugugug I try to limit the number of days I stay late to 2-3 per week and try to leave at 6 the rest of the days, and I try only work 1 day of the weekend if I have to...so as scary as it sounds, 10 pm is actually pretty early for a "late" night....i usually average around 2am.... I do have light months though...November, July, and the first half of December I always just end up working 40 hours.
um... that's a little crazy? do you enjoy your job?
#492
01-25-2011, 03:01 PM
 actuary_aspire Member CAS Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,248

Finished B.2.4.
#493
01-25-2011, 03:26 PM
 Bama Gambler James Washer / Notes Contributor SOA Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: B'ham, AL Posts: 16,178

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 Originally Posted by sarahl1286 you never have to calculate a straight interest-only annuity so the BAII+ is useless.
It is definitely rare, but I personally prefer the BAII+. Of course that might be because I use it so often. I'm just a lot faster with it than the multiview.
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#494
01-25-2011, 03:48 PM
 bledna2 Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 160

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 Originally Posted by Is This Wilt Chamberlain? It surprises me when I read about people taking classes after exams. It seems like kind of a waste, and makes me think the program could've been planned better, i.e. target exams earlier.
Well, see my unviversity made me take classes I had previously done twice (not for failure reasons, but because of redundant classes with different names ending up having the same content) for the first 2 semesters and absolutely none that helped me with exams. I had to drop out after that because of family issues, but eversince kept on working at home. It's only after a full 1st year of university doing nothing that I got to learn about ASA and FSA designations, the existence of material such as ASM, TIA, Actex, etc., and other specifications, on my own. I managed to do P, FM, and MFE and 1 VEE on my own during the 2nd year, at home. And here we are.

My 5000\$/year program was just crap, I hated it. The thing is, to follow up on 'Is this Wilt Chamberlain''s comment, after all of it, I can't get any internship since they all keep asking for my college grade :S After having applied twice at hundreds of places and went to a few interviews, I now have no other choice than to apply to some other university to re-do everything..

Here's to entering unversity with 4 exams under the belt already, han?

Coming back to this thread's main subject; I'm soon done with ch.8. Ch. 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the next 6 days!

Sry about the ranting I had to give my 2 cents too there..

Keep at it!
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#495
01-25-2011, 04:10 PM
 RDslippers Member SOA Join Date: May 2009 Location: A Pile of Sand Studying for fill in the blank Posts: 105

Quote:
 Originally Posted by gugugug I try to limit the number of days I stay late to 2-3 per week and try to leave at 6 the rest of the days, and I try only work 1 day of the weekend if I have to...so as scary as it sounds, 10 pm is actually pretty early for a "late" night....i usually average around 2am.... I do have light months though...November, July, and the first half of December I always just end up working 40 hours.
Craaaazy. I actually wish I had a job like that though.
#496
01-25-2011, 04:19 PM
 RDslippers Member SOA Join Date: May 2009 Location: A Pile of Sand Studying for fill in the blank Posts: 105

Yup, and is anyone else in Reserve's? This is an interesting section! I mean, on some of these problems there are so many pieces, I just want to break out a list of:

$Annuity \ 1 \ = \ X
Annuity \ 2 \ = \ X
Insurance \ 1 \ = \ X
Insurance \ 2 \ = \ X
Premium \ 1 \ = \ X
Premium \ 2 \ = \ X
$

And now,

$
repeat... \ since \ I \ messed \ up \ Annuity \ 1
$

Rough is a nice word for it.
#497
01-25-2011, 04:42 PM
 bledna2 Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 160

Looking back at ch. 7 ASM, can anyone tell me if, p.118 solution to problem 7.6, 2nd line before the answer, why the (+) sign becomes a (-) or if it's just a mistake??

Thanks
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#498
01-25-2011, 05:23 PM
 gugugug Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 136

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 Originally Posted by sarahl1286 um... that's a little crazy? do you enjoy your job?
I do when i am doing it, but it sucks when I have to cancel plans with friends b/c of deadlines and sudden, unreasonable demands made of me
#499
01-25-2011, 05:35 PM
 Abraham Weishaus Member SOA AAA Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,220

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 Originally Posted by bledna2 Looking back at ch. 7 ASM, can anyone tell me if, p.118 solution to problem 7.6, 2nd line before the answer, why the (+) sign becomes a (-) or if it's just a mistake?? Thanks
What's ln 0.5?
#500
01-25-2011, 07:30 PM
 act2106 Member SOA Join Date: Apr 2010 Studying for FAP Posts: 535

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 Originally Posted by DyalDragon when i study at work it is usually earlier in the morning while everyone is still dragging in... get there about 8:30-45 and if it is going well i go until 10, if not i quit whenever something comes up
I try to study for an hour before work, the first hour after I get to work, and for an hour during lunch. My mind is more fresh in the morning so I'm able to get more out of it then.

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