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January 25, 2021 at 10:12 pm #2757
doctuary
ParticipantJust failed MAS 1 for the third time and am feeling super discouraged. I received a 1 and have no idea how. This is the lowest I have gotten on any of my attempts and I felt much more prepared than the other sittings. I used TIA for the first attempt, then used ASM for the last two attempts. I feel i might got back to TIA and try reading source material.
For those who have passed, What material did you use?
January 25, 2021 at 10:40 pm #2759FCASplz
ParticipantTia for me, took me 3 tries. Its a tough one but you’ll get it if you stick with it
January 25, 2021 at 10:57 pm #2760ChrisH
ParticipantI used TIA for everything before regression. Then switched to Mahler for the rest. I passed on my second attempt (Fall 2019). Waiting for Exam 5 results now.
January 26, 2021 at 12:55 am #2762doctuary
ParticipantThank you for your reply. I am going to give TIA another shot.
January 26, 2021 at 12:56 am #2763doctuary
ParticipantCongrats and all the best with exam 5! fingers crossed
January 26, 2021 at 3:42 am #2767Olmstead
ParticipantMahler was the most significant in helping me pass. Given that you’re on your third try now I would just get the Mahler Seminar slides rather than the whole manual. It will give you the final boost to pass this thing.
January 29, 2021 at 6:15 am #2908Desire_Young
ParticipantThis is first and I passed. I tried the GOAL, Mahler’s study aids and Mahler’s practice exams. It should be cognized Mahler’s aid was hard to the most of candidates. It has 5000+ pages. Indeed, I had read it but I don’t think it’s necessary.
I think you should focus on the question of aids. It includes some fixed type of questions. The part of stochastic model was relatively certain question type. I suggest the GOAL. It can help you establish a conditional reaction. When you see some keywords and you will react how to calculate.
February 6, 2021 at 7:33 pm #3138jcabrams21
ParticipantFor those of you that used Mahler, do the study manual and the seminar slides hit on the non-calculation questions/topics in the exam (types of regressions, splines, etc.)?
I took and failed MAS-I last fall and am retaking in April. I used ASM last time, and I feel like it prepared me very well for the problems that required actual calculations, but for the word problem questions, I was very unprepared, as the ASM manual hardly touched on those topics. I didn’t expect there to be so many word problems on the exam, and I ended up leaving about 10 or so blank because I really had no clue. Any suggestions or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
February 6, 2021 at 10:24 pm #3139Olmstead
ParticipantFor qualitative questions Coaching actuaries is quite good. I would get a short subscription on it and just filter on qualitative questions in their question bank
February 7, 2021 at 11:05 pm #3145jcabrams21
ParticipantThanks for the advice. I’ll definitely look into coaching actuaries. Do you know if Mahler touches on the qualitative questions well? Only asking because the Mahler study guide is much more cost effective than a coaching actuaries subscription.
February 8, 2021 at 3:49 am #3146Olmstead
ParticipantNot sure about full manual . Only got Mahler Seminar slides. It explains concepts well but it doesn’t have as many practice qualitative questions as Coaching actuaries.
February 15, 2021 at 3:39 am #3217jrmichels
ParticipantFirst time taking MAS-1, I just noticed that Pearson gives us a scratch pad to use during the exam, which is basically a simplified Excel. Is this at all useful or relevant? Will I be fine just solving problems with pen and paper like I’ve been practicing?
April 28, 2021 at 3:50 am #3917doctuary
ParticipantThe spreadsheet is indeed useful. TIA provided quite a number of great examples with their online seminar.
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