Finance is useless on the undergrad level?

tetrishead
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:41:37 +0000

Being an actuary is tough. I really hope you can take a lot of math (I wouldn’t say it’s the level of difficulty so much as it is the sheer amount of work) if you want to get through most of the actuarial exams. If you make it through, though, you’re set–and you can still work your way into “regular” finance by doing risk management work and trying to make a lateral transition over time.

Good luck, and I hope you can get some of the money your father was going to spend on BC and invest it intelligently while you’re in college–life is much easier coming out when you’re already financially stable. If he’s throwing that kind of money at a school he ought to have been maxing out a Roth IRA for you.