03-31-2004, 08:01 AM
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crazy math, from where can i get books for SOA Course 1,2,3,4. In the statelife building they say that visit the website of the book distributor in USA and order them online, isnt there any book store in karachi.
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I am doing it from the Society of Actuaries-SOA, (nick named society!). For you guys intending to do it from the Institue of Actuaries-IOA, (nick named institute) the track is a bit different, i dont know much about it as i am doing it from the society. all i know is that they have a series of papers to pass... and one more thing... institute also gives exemptions for some of their papers... you'll have to check out their web site to know more about it.
as far as course 1 is concerned... i didnt buy any books from abroad... just did Sher Muhammad Chaudhary's statistics and mathematics from thomas finny.... and the past papers and got a 10/10 score!!!!
No there is not a single book store in Pakistan, rather I could safely say that there is none is Asia! You will have to order them online.
They can be purchased from www.actexmadriver.com. See the website for more information.
About tution... huh!!!! if you are to take up actuarial science as a career, you'll have to do every single thing all by your self... forget about tution... no one will teach you... rather no one can teach you!!! I know a couple of statistics professors at GC Lahore, who couldnt solve a single question of course 1 (which is a paper of mathematics and statistics)... these questions are actually all about the basics foundations of actuarial science, similar was the case with economics, interest theory (something that only actuaries study), and corporate finance (charted accountants call it SFM).... and what to say about actuarial models, loss models and actuarial mathematics........ you wont find a teacher... and an actuary wont have time to teach
Why am i doing it from the SOA.... i dont know... i started off with the society... and i never gave it a second thought....
i hope this was enough.
I wont be replying to any messages till mid of May as I have an exam to take in May. Any of you guys who want to be in touch, do email me at my email crazymath@beaconet.net. I will try to reply if time allows.
Till then, bye.
AZKS
crazy math, from where can i get books for SOA Course 1,2,3,4. In the statelife building they say that visit the website of the book distributor in USA and order them online, isnt there any book store in karachi.
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I am doing it from the Society of Actuaries-SOA, (nick named society!). For you guys intending to do it from the Institue of Actuaries-IOA, (nick named institute) the track is a bit different, i dont know much about it as i am doing it from the society. all i know is that they have a series of papers to pass... and one more thing... institute also gives exemptions for some of their papers... you'll have to check out their web site to know more about it.
as far as course 1 is concerned... i didnt buy any books from abroad... just did Sher Muhammad Chaudhary's statistics and mathematics from thomas finny.... and the past papers and got a 10/10 score!!!!
No there is not a single book store in Pakistan, rather I could safely say that there is none is Asia! You will have to order them online.
They can be purchased from www.actexmadriver.com. See the website for more information.
About tution... huh!!!! if you are to take up actuarial science as a career, you'll have to do every single thing all by your self... forget about tution... no one will teach you... rather no one can teach you!!! I know a couple of statistics professors at GC Lahore, who couldnt solve a single question of course 1 (which is a paper of mathematics and statistics)... these questions are actually all about the basics foundations of actuarial science, similar was the case with economics, interest theory (something that only actuaries study), and corporate finance (charted accountants call it SFM).... and what to say about actuarial models, loss models and actuarial mathematics........ you wont find a teacher... and an actuary wont have time to teach
Why am i doing it from the SOA.... i dont know... i started off with the society... and i never gave it a second thought....
i hope this was enough.
I wont be replying to any messages till mid of May as I have an exam to take in May. Any of you guys who want to be in touch, do email me at my email crazymath@beaconet.net. I will try to reply if time allows.
Till then, bye.
AZKS