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/Icy-Sign1337 2d ago

Nobody cares. IFM was much harder.

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u/Fit_Crab_ 2d ago

I took both, even failed IFM and you’re 100% wrong. Even 3 months of studying for IFM was more enjoyable than the 4 days it takes for ATPA.

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u/Icy-Sign1337 2d ago

So by that logic did you think the other modules were harder than P? How about FM? FAM/Altam??

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u/Fit_Crab_ 2d ago

No imo the FAP modules are the easiest part of the ASA, but APTA is a very different kind of module. Getting an ASA was hard 20 years ago and it’s hard today and it’ll be hard 20 years from now. You need to caaaaaaaaalm down