Can UChicago prepare me for becoming an Actuary?

TPrestige
Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:58:47 +0000

^Will do. I applied to Columbia so if I get accepted it’s definitely on the cards. And I took a look before at Wharton’s actuarial science track - I just didn’t like that UPenn’s math department, even though very good, isn’t ranked as highly as I would have liked. I was also told by two actuaries (one a Fellow of International Institute of Actuaries and the other an Associate of the same institute) that I should, as an actuary, have knowledge across a relatively wide range of subjects - something I think UChicago can give me through the Core curriculum. Also, U Chicago has a lot of research opportunies for an undergraduate as opposed to the other universities - something I’m very interested in. But yeah, I’ll definitely be considering all the stuff you all have said.