I checked and found out that qualified actuarian in malaysia is actually less than 80. Is this course very very very hard to study and is the job opportunity wide? Those studying this or have informations on this, welcome to drop your comments.

This subject is actually very tough and you gotta be very good in maths. Currently im doing it and it requires a lot of practice, if you are those kind of person who can actually sit tight on the chair for few hours just to solve few maths equation. well you're qualified for that. other than that you need to be talented too, few of my friends decided to drop the subject because they cant cope up with the workloads.

Bro, where are you studying? I'm a maths craze.......

currently doing ADP, waiting to transfer to US

ahhhh.. i'm going to study actuarial science too. n i hope i wont giv up in the middle of the course

anyone can share their exam experience here? how much does one paper costs?? nid to take total how many paper?

If i am nt mistaken, there are 18 professional exams. (pls correct me if i am wrong)

alright if 18...then..is there any requirement to take the first exam?..

Ya,this sub really hard to study,and ur maths level is at least maths T of stpm.

Mathematics T is paper one or two?I don't really know it.

maths T has two papers..paper 1 and 2..paper 2 has statistical-related questions..

not maths L?
T = tulen or?
to me L = lanjutan

From what I've heard:-

1. There're 2 qualifications,namely degree and professional.The tough one ppl rave about is the professional qualification. The degree is supposedly easier,catered to the mass,and not that big a deal.

2.Job opportunities are supposedly low at the moment. (by this I'm referrin to course related jobs which supposedly pay zomgbbqcrazyhighsalary ) For example,the only defined benefit scheme for post employment benefit is that of the government's. All other companies use contributary schemes,which don't involve actuaries.

This post has been edited by ellimist: May 17 2008, 01:29 PM

So, this is a tough but not so demanded job?

my teacher got degree in actuarial science. now become math teacher...

it'll be my nightmare if i end up becoming a math teacher

Then why they call it mathematics S n T?

Anyway it is matematik lanjutan
the one that is recommended for those intended to pursue actuarial sci

as opposed to S and T

Is it called Further Mathematics T? I didn't take it in STPM. But in Uni sure gonna learn rite?

Maths T is Maths T
Maths L is Maths L

Maths T = Tulen = pure maths = taken by sci stream students
Maths L = Lanjutan = Further maths = taken as an additional subject and it is more advanced than Maths T

As what I know, some of my friends who were studying in Actuarial Science, now work as IT programmers. They said, to become qualified, one must sit in many exam papers and the fee is something around RM ... 5 digits