[ChrisH]

I used the strategy of identifying the 3/4 highest point problems and doing those first, then doing the rest of the problems in order. With the exam now in “excel” hopefully time isn’t a huge issue for you. I took and passed the exam this past sitting and couldn’t imagine having to do it by hand.

[ChrisH]

Here’s mine (for 4 hour exams):

1st attempt – 120 hrs
2nd attempt – 100 hrs
3rd attempt – 80 hrs

Actual exam does not count towards hours.

[ChrisH]

Have you tried just doing the highest point value questions first and leaving the smallest ones until the end?  I feel like if you just got through the entire exam you’d pass easily.  With the exam being in “Excel” you should be able to finish the entire exam in four hours.  I wound up skipping half of a problem due to running out of time, but that’s because I spent entirely too much time on the big indication problem.

[ChrisH]

@actuarymelissa – I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with this exam for so long.  When you say 4 questions, do you mean 4 complete questions or just 4 sub-parts?  Leaving 4 questions entirely blank is way too many.  That’s over 15% of the exam and leaves such little room for error on the rest of the exam.

[ChrisH]

I don’t think bookkeeping is the correct word to use.  But I think the most challenging part is to be able to apply the appropriate techniques very quickly, while dealing with any tricky situations they try to give you.  There are also open ended questions as well that don’t involve any math so there is some analysis or interpretation of what you are looking, identifying reasons why something is the way it is or just knowing some lists of things.

[ChrisH]

I 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.

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