<p>My son is studying applied math and wants to be an actuary. He has been told that it’s most important to start taking the actuarial exams ASAP. He is taking the first one next month, as a college junior. The exam is on probability. Wow!! I’m an engineer myself, but the math on that is more than I ever had to take. It’s closed book, too. He has been studying for it since May. He was told that it’s hard to get an internship before you’ve passed the first test.</p>