Actuary/Law - Late Round Offer! (1 Viewer)

[noneother]

WTF!?! I got offered Actuary/Law @ ANU...i only put it there for the sake of putting somethign down for the late round. But I got offered commerce/eco for the mainround. Which program of study should I choose!?! I have to make a decision quick.

Is actuary/law really really really really hard!?!?

 

[paper cup]

not that I would know, but seeing how acturial requires 4 u maths
I'd say yes

 

[CrashOveride]

Out of interest, what was your UAI ?

 

[hessie]

thats the program i'm doing, and thats what i thought too but after talking to the faculty staff at the open day and PEA day they said that the maths component of the course shouldn't be a problem if you did 4unit maths or got a high band E3/ E4 in 3unit... that if you got that you'd most likely have more trouble with the law part of the degree than anything. i figure i can always transfer to commerce/law if its too much without losing anything as the courses are pretty much the same to start with

 

[loquasagacious]

Well if you only put it down for the sake of it then I'd say that answers your question.

Also Law/Actuarial studies is meant to be just about the hardest subject there is refer to thread in General university board.

From what I hear both programmes demand alot of time.

 

[CitYgiRL]

Wow thats heaps good!
actuary is meant to be the best job in the world (it was number one on some list of good jobs) taking into account pay, stress, hours, etc
EDIT: best job in the world for people who dont get sick of maths
Im gunna try and get in next year...

 

[Himezaki]

i did some prior research on actuary/law course.

alot of people drop out of actuary in the first - second year from boredom and a general overall lack of interest. i think it was macquarie that told me approx. 50? or was it 75?% of the students that entered actuary in the first year don't make it to the end either from stress, bad marks or the course just becomes too tedious.

I have a friend who scored 99.3 and had thought about actuary/law...that was until he looked a bit deeper into the course. I also considered it because i did quite well in 4u and 3u maths.

Actuary can be said as the 'best job in the world' - but in actual fact, not alot of people get to work as actuaries. A small percentage of the graduates are offered jobs as actuaries and from some relatives who have completed the course, their advice was if you don't kill the course, you'll get a job, but not as an actuary because the market for actuary is flooded.

Hope that helps.

 

[Paroissien]

You can go to China. I heard they need actuaries

 

[Supra]

there is more demand for actuaries overseas and theres better money...australia has approx 1300 actuaries (according to the FIAA) so yeh as himezaki said its competitive here adn ull find urself in analytical sort of jobs..actuarial/law is a very good course but a bloody hard one. If u really want to specialise in actuarial maq is the place to b, but as this is a combo with law, anu is a good option...congrats to noneother and hessie and good luck