Experience with Honors Sem in Comp

dppilotmets
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:26:14 +0000

This is a late response about Pitt’s actuarial program. I’ve come to find that, although there is an actuarial club that has some connections with employers and a third-party career fair, the program itself fell below my expectations. There aren’t enough sections of classes vital to the major and the exams (e.g. They run one probability course in the fall semester, which includes a lot of non-actuarial majors, and no spring sections). I have resorted to completely self-studying for my first exam (1/P), which somewhat defeats the purpose of going to a school with an actuarial program.

Pitt is a very good school for students who are Pre-Pharm/Pre-Med, and they do give good scholarships. However, if your son wants to be an actuary, I would suggest going somewhere else. I myself am looking to transfer to Michigan or UNC-Chapel Hill for my sophomore year.