Actuarial exams... in high school?

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<p>My AP Stats teacher posted a few questions from the level one actuarial exams on our last test, and I got an idea.
Could one take actuarial exams while still in high school? And if one did, would Ivy Leagues like this?</p>

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<p>Yes you could take them. No you would not have any shot of passing whatsoever.</p>

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<p>actually, Exam 1/P - Probability doesn’t seem that bad(maybe the sample problems are just too easy?). Although the other tests seem extremely hard.</p>

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<p>The probability one is the one she showed us. I don’t know about the others, but that one seems completely doable.</p>

<p>So if one could pass at least that one, it’s be a good sign to college admissions?</p>

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Not all of it is as easy as the simple probability questions you learn in AP Stats. Some of it does have multivariable. You can certainly try it, but you won’t get far without calculus.</p>

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<p>I have plenty of calculus =] lol.
So nobody has really answer my questions… do they allow high school students to take the exams? And what would colleges think?</p>

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<ol>
<li> You’re not going to pass. Seriously.</li>
<li> If you can pass, there’s no reason to go to an Ivy League school as the Actuarial Job market doesn’t really care much about where you went to school.</li>
</ol>

<p>But yeah, anyone that pays the ~$300 fee can take the exam. Colleges would maybe be impressed, if they didn’t find it disturbing that you thought it was worthwhile to take it.</p>

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<p>Oh, so maybe not a good idea? Eager-beaver in a bad way? Haha, thanks everybody!</p>

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<p>Well, they would be impressed. Just like if you passed a CPA exam or the BAR. But why would you do those things?</p>

<p>I’m curious though, what type of problems your teacher put on the test such that they would be doable in a high school class.</p>

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<p>I want to be an actuary, or something math-related. School is really boring. I can do all the sample questions I’ve found. It’d give me an edge in admissions.</p>

<p>Why not? ;)</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/P-09-05ques.pdf[/url]”>http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/P-09-05ques.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Try #102</p>

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<p>And they were easier than most; only a few of us understood it. She just wanted to give us a taste of higher-level probability.</p>

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<p>Actually, I have dino-dial-up internet. That’s why it’s taking me so long to reload this page and reply. PDFs take next to forever to load, and I’m about to go out (Saint Patty’s Day!), but I’ll keep the window up until it loads!</p>

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<p>i’m interested in this so i’m just posting for the red star so i can remember to come back here. ignore me</p>

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<p>Halfway loaded! Woo! :)</p>

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<p>Haha, #4 talks about blue balls :smiley: These are easy!</p>

<p>…</p>

<p>I’m drunk :confused: obviously.</p>

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<p>^ lol</p>

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<p>Well I’m getting off. I’ll do the rest of these later.</p>

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<p>Why, why, why, why, why?</p>

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<p>Why what…?</p>