Writing your first actuarial exam soon? When you've never written one before, it's a bit tricky figuring out how to get started... Soooo...in this post, I'll be breaking down the steps that you need to take so that you're fully prepared by exam day! First things...

Most of you will already know what a study group is, but just in case you don't, it's a group of people that get together either in person or virtually (online) that are studying for the same test.As you can imagine, study groups are an excellent resource for people...

Exam day can feel slightly scary.  You're often already a bit nervous/anxious going into the day but having to go to a new place and figure out how everything works can just add more stress to your day, which you don't need right before you write your exam.  So to...

Most people say you need 100 hours of studying per hour of exam.  So that means 300 hours of studying for P and FM.  Crazy eh? (Check out why I actually plan our 400 hours for students I coach in my Next Step Community) I'm sure that fitting in 300+ hours of study...

I'm sure you've heard..."you gotta study about 100 hours per hour of exam", so if you're writing Exam P or FM, that's 300 hours! And when you heard that, were you like.. "ummmmmmmmmm not possible"? I was! I can't be the only one that felt like that's a crazy number of...

If you're just writing your first actuarial exam, it can be difficult to know which study manual you should use.  I'm here to help you figure it out!  I'm not going to tell you exactly which one to use, I'm just going to let you know the process that you should go to...

You want a formula to follow for your studying? Well, here it is! This is the exact process that I used to pass my last two preliminary exams (the two hardest) after struggling with them for many sittings.  This formula works just as well for any preliminary exams so...