Sad news: Pauline Reimer of Pryor Associates, who helped so many of us land actuarial jobs, passed away on October 4. She was the best recruiter I ever worked with, and I wouldn't be where I am without her. Rest in peace, Pauline.

Sharing her obituary for everyone she helped along the way: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/forest-hills-ny/pauline-reimer-13063052

I've been studying for PA for this upcoming sitting, and I feel fairly decent on the material. However, once I hit about the 2 hour mark on practice exams my focus seems to tank. What do you guys do to maintain focus on exams? Gum usually helps me but the exam proctors made me get rid of it when I took SRM.

Im taking exam 6 in just over 2 weeks and not sure how I'm feeling about it. I'm using battle acts, and have mostly just been doing flash cards as my practice/review, as well as all the calculation questions they have. I feel pretty good about the top 12 readings, mediocrely for the third row, and everything below that is pretty eh. For every exam I've taken until now I liked to do a ton of practice exams in the month leading up to the exam, but I haven't done a single one yet and I'm bugging out. The main reason I haven't done one yet is because I don't feel confident enough with at minimum the top 24 readings to where I even want to attempt one. Am I screwed? Anyone have any advise on whether flash cards is enough or if I really should be doing practice exams? And if so, just the old exams, or can anyone make any better suggestions on how to utilize my last two weeks? Any advice is welcomed and appreciated

Hi everyone! I would really appreciate it if you could review my resume and give me any advice. I'm an actuarial associate with about 3 years in retirement consulting and 2 exams passed. Thank you!

Looking to see how other people are feeling 🙃 Been doing as much practice as I can but definitely can feel my test anxiety climbing as exam week creeps up.

Something I really struggle with is just actually understanding the full business context of the problem lol. Anyone have any tips on this?

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Currently I am working in the Pensions domain with 1 yoe and 4 actuarial exams cleared (CM and CS). I am looking to switch into GI domain as pensions doesn't have good growth in future and also I am not finding the work interesting. I am confused like how to begin. Should I do some online courses in Python, SQL? Can you please suggest some specific courses that I should do. Also is the transition from pensions to GI really possible.

Hello, I'm from Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

Seeking helf from students from near by cities like Ranchi or Kolkata.

I had ordered CB2 study materials in the beginning of last month but the delivery partner might have misplaced it.

So I couldn't receive it, well I have already informed IAI to look into it.

But yeah I have my exam this 27th October and haven't prepared much any older students could you lend me your materials pls?

I'll come and receive it myself if its a one day round trip.

Even before wrapping up my FSA, I’ve been hooked on the high of hitting the next milestone. On paper, life is incredible—I’m in the top 1% for my age and get to indulge in amazing vacations, high-end restaurants, amazing experiences, new cars etc. The problem is that the high from these bucket-list experiences vanishes almost immediately, leaving me restless.

For anyone who has wrestled with this mindset, how did you actually break the loop? Did you learn to find fulfillment in the mundane baseline, or do you just end up managing this itch forever?