I failed Exam P yesterday and it is so depressing

[Simply Brilliant]

I passed P the first time, but failed many other exams many times, once I learned how much studying they actually took, I got through them. Keep your head up, P and FM seem to be at a similar level, the rest of the preliminaries are a different level, and the uppers are another one. We've all been there, lucky for you, you didnt have to explain to your dad thatnyou have to wait another 6 months for another attempt.

[AAMCO]

Just keep at it. I was stuck on FM for a while. Once you figure out how to study/pass you will know what works. These exams are another animal.

[STYX Fan]

The exams are hard. Keep studying and try again at a later sitting.

[maram1]

Originally Posted by urbansombrero

Take it again, get a 10 and forget about your first screw up.

not sure what the value of the 10 is. I had one, and it did little.

[asdfasdf]

Move to Waterloo, take intro to basket weaving, automatically recieve FCIA, apply for mutual recogntion, get FSA. No need to ever fail again.

(or more realistically as everyone else has said, buckle up and try again, we're typically all smart people, who've never failed at anything before the exams so it's humbling, but once you accept that you can fail (which is different from failing), you'll find the strength to push though that much stronger and finish)

[Maine-iac]

Originally Posted by maram1

not sure what the value of the 10 is. I had one, and it did little.

No value, other than you get that nice warm "I'm a genius" feeling briefly to offset the nasty "I'm a dope" feeling you get briefly when you fail.

[maram1]

Originally Posted by Maine-iac

No value, other than you get that nice warm "I'm a genius" feeling briefly to offset the nasty "I'm a dope" feeling you get briefly when you fail.

I think its a false sense of genius...and I wish I didn't get it. I soon realized it's all part of the scoring system. I guessed on last 4/5 questions actually. Altho did well on rest (just ran out of time, was so nervous).

[Maine-iac]

Well, you shouldn't take either feeling too much to heart, but I've heard fairly convincing arguments that if you handily beat the "guessing correction" on a multiple choice test, it likely isn't all luck. You probably knew enough to eliminate some of the choices, and then got lucky in picking from the rest. 10 doesn't mean perfect, it just means "I was in the best of the bunch this sitting."

[hellomath]

Originally Posted by campbell

Perseverance is necessary in this profession.

Perseverance is more important than intelligence in passing these exams.

We are a smart bunch and often underestimate how much effort it takes to pass these exams.

[Tabulator]

we're typically all smart people, who've never failed at anything before the exams so it's humbling

This.

To succeed on the actuarial track you not only have to learn how to pass exams, you need to change the way you think about failing. Learn to fail forward.

Cheers.