Cornell's Actuary program

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Is cornell’s actuary program any good? I am trying to get into Cornell, currently have a 29 ACT but am trying to get to a 32, I got a 35 in math. Would you say Cornell’s actuarial science program is good, I live in Canada, and the obvious powerhouse that comes to mind is Waterloo, however, I would like to attend Cornell because I am undecided(just wondering if actuarial sciences is for me), and Cornell has a wide variety of courses, and also has small class sizes. Otherwise I am perfectly happy with Waterloo, but is Cornell’s Actuarial sciences program on par with Waterloo’s? </p>

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<p>Preparation for actuarial work in college does not require any specific major, but specific courses are useful.</p>

<p>See <a href=“http://www.beanactuary.com”>http://www.beanactuary.com</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Cornell has web pages with information on actuarial preparation in both math and statistics departments.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.math.cornell.edu/m/Undergraduate/actuary”>http://www.math.cornell.edu/m/Undergraduate/actuary&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://stat.cornell.edu/resources/careers/what-does-actuary-do”>http://stat.cornell.edu/resources/careers/what-does-actuary-do&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>For someone undecided, Cornell seems like a strange choice as transferring between the different Cornell colleges is, I believe, harder than at most private elites.</p>

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<p>@PurpleTitan I visited Cornell, and they made it seem as if it was not hard at all, especially if one gets into CoE, switching into arts is easy. However, I am applying to CAS because they have the math and CS program I want, but I don’t have the language requirements, but they did say on a sheet to list any deficiencies in the application, so I am assuming that its fine, and have a good reason for not taking them. When I say I am undecided I have a narrow view of what I want to do. Math+Something Else(its the something else I have trouble with), and even with Math, I am undecided on what type of math, so like actuarial sciences or pure math and what not. I believe Cornell is a fit for me in terms of helping me choose my major, they have over 4000 courses.</p>