Any benefit in doing B Actuarial Studies/Law ? (1 Viewer)

[oompaman]

Hi,

Just wondering if there is any benefit in doing a law degree with B act studies?

What would the workload be like? what jobs would utilise the skills gained from this combination?

At this point in time i feel i would find the B Act studies more interesting but i haven't had any experience with law...



Thinking of doing it at UNSW

 

[iJimmy]

Bachelor of Actuarial Studies / Bachelor of Laws - Undergraduate degrees - Future students - Australian School of Business - UNSW

 

[oompaman]

Bachelor of Actuarial Studies / Bachelor of Laws - Undergraduate degrees - Future students - Australian School of Business - UNSW

had a look at that already.

Just wanted some insight into the workload of the combination? and if people (or their friends) had experience with this particular combination.

 

[iJimmy]

two very demanding degrees and a high cut off, would be pretty full on.

 

[williamdaft]

demanding as hell

 

[flashyGoldFish]

No point at all doing law just because you got the ATAR for it. If you like Acturial do that

 

[Praer]

well you're gonna be studying for 5years, and the workload will be enormous. but at the end of the day it may be worth it

 

[zhiying]

Firstly, don't do it just because you have the ATAR.

Secondly, workload will be very intense. I know two people doing it and one is pretty much at genius level and he has difficulty coping with it sometimes.

Thirdly, career wise I can't say for sure. Knowledge in law is almost always beneficial and it gives you a good framework in terms of analysis. But with actuarial the only thing I can think of top of my head is maybe do something regarding regulations. Otherwise, the combination isn't that useful to me.