<p>Just want to reiterate: anyone interested in it should try the first couple exams once they finish a year of calculus and a semester of probability. That’s really all the background you need to self-study the the first-couple exams. These exams are likely more difficult than any math exams in your school, perhaps significantly. That said, an aspiring actuary should find the first two only moderately difficult at most after spending good amount of time on it. If you find them difficult still, that’s a bad sign because they are supposed to be piece of cake compared to subsequent ones. </p>
<p>800 on SAT I/II mean absolutely nothing. It’s a very poor basis to use.</p>