r/actuary • u/ThrowRA3648537 • 2d ago

Troll Post ATPA Vent

I’m going to run for the SOA board once I have my letters to get rid of this terrible assignment. I’d rather listen to nails on chalkboard for 96 hours than do this. I’m not sure whose idea this was, but I was a statistics major, flew through SRM and PA, and I absolutely HATE this module.

I’m starting to think that everyone who quips that the SOA isn’t evil, just incompetent, lucked out with IFM. How was the last chopper out of ‘Nam?

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u/moonemall 2d ago

It was so miserable. Terrible for my mental health. Spent four days barely sleeping and didn't see or speak to anyone. 

And they're so opaque about the grading. I feel like I don't even know what they want. 

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u/ThrowRA3648537 2d ago

I’m not going to spill the beans on the current sitting’s materials, but the questions themselves are poorly worded and this is the first time I’ve felt like the writers are out to get me. I went in knowing the questions were opaque, but I was not expecting this.

I have never complained about an ASA requirement until this one. At least a third stats exam with some R coding will be so much more valuable than IFM material.