When studying for actuarial exams on top of work and personal responsibilities, it is very easy to neglect your physical health by not exercising. This is a big mistake. As Wendy Suzuki explains in her TED Talk, “The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise,” when you exercise it literally changes your brain for the better. Your focus … Continue reading Don’t neglect exercise in your study routine

Registration for all spring 2019 SOA exams is now open on the SOA’s site. Please don’t forget to register for the exam. The deadline is March 25, 2019.

In November 2018, we surveyed our customers to see how many hours they spent studying on their exam. The survey was sent a few days after they took their exam. The data we collected are shown in the graph below. The key driver in hours studied was the length of the exam (2-hour, 4-hour, or … Continue reading How many hours do fellowship exam candidates study?

There are two equally important skills needed to get a passing score on any FSA exam: recognition and recall. The highly comprehensive video lessons we include in the online seminar are intended to help you as much as possible with recognition, and the memory aids we include (Flashcards, condensed outlines, etc.) are intended to aid in recall. … Continue reading Recall vs. recognition