May 2011 Progress Thread

[sarahl1286]

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?

[actuary_aspire]

Finished B.2.4.

[Bama Gambler]

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.

[bledna2]

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?

(Btw it's a Canadian university.)

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!

[RDslippers]

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.

[RDslippers]

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:



And now,



Rough is a nice word for it.

[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

[gugugug]

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

[Abraham Weishaus]

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?

[act2106]

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.