October 2011 Exam Thread - Page 12

MathAlwaysWins · #**111** 10-17-2011, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TrojanActuary

congrats! How was the difficulty for you??

It was hard for me. I was really surprised I passed. My PE scores were mediocre though, 5.67 on ADAPT and 22-29 on the ASMs. A lot of the questions were typical SOA questions in that you can't just have the formula memorized- you have to know the topic in and out, and the DM questions were a little harder than what i was seeing in ASM, at least for my exam. There were a few on the topic of convexity that tested more the concept than the formula that I wasn't really prepared for as well as for portfolio immunization that ASM didn't really cover. If you are doing better on your PEs it will probably be easier for you.

bernyard · #**112** 10-17-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MarathonMike

First post... Passed today! My adapt score was a 3.11...haha... I scored about 20 and 24 on the TIA exams. I used only TIA to study and then did the SOA questions (Both Sets). The best advice I would have for any person taking the test would be to make sure that the answer choices fit the questions.

DAAMMN!!

Congs Bro

mygu · #**113** 10-18-2011, 06:14 PM

Passed! I thought the exam was much, much easier than the two TIA sample exams, and the practice exams included in Broverman's study guide. Like a few others mentioned beefier, I felt the difficulty was on par with the SoA sample questions. A lot of the questions were surprisingly short and straight forward.

I had a few problems with some of the conceptual DM questions, but I had everything else down solid.

catdynasty528 · #**114** 10-18-2011, 11:10 PM

Passed today as well. Pretty confident I got an 8 or 9. Had 6 questions that mentioned immunization, didnt expect that, but hit the subject hard enough the days leading up to the exam that I was able to work through them all (had to guess and check with the answers provided in order to solve two of them).

Best last minute advice for those sitting for the exam in the next two days: study immunization (both conceptually and computationally), fully understand reinvested interest, and know how to use and combine options based on future expectations.

jpark · #**115** 10-19-2011, 12:53 AM

When you buy a 1-day trial of ADAPT does it only last until 11:59pm of that same day or do you get a full 24 hours from when you purchased it?

SALT1 · #**116** 10-19-2011, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jpark

When you buy a 1-day trial of ADAPT does it only last until 11:59pm of that same day or do you get a full 24 hours from when you purchased it?

Its a full, 24-hour subscription.

catdynasty528 · #**117** 10-19-2011, 11:05 AM

Full 24 hours. Don't quote me on this, but I think you actually get until midnight of the next night. When I bought a ten day subscription I had it for about 10.5 days since I bought the subscription around noon.