Wouldn't it be nice if, before your exam, you could look at data from previous exam takers on what it took to pass the exam? You'll soon be able to! 👩🏫 Take the Actuarial Exam Study Survey If you recently got results from an exam, please complete this survey and help your fellow actuarial students. Then: 🕵️ Explore the data! 🧪 Survey Information Always open for responses - please submit your information today! From what I can tell, this is a resource the actuarial community currently does not have. I will share the underlying data with the community (for non-commercial purposes) Please give feedback on how to improve the survey, additional questions you would like to see, study materials that should be added to the list, etc. The survey is intended to cover all SOA and CAS exams. Can always be expanded in the future if there is demand. 📰 Publishing Results Done! I will create a page on Average Actuary that allows users to explore the results and the underlying data. Hopefully, we have enough data within a few weeks to look at something meaningful. Done! I should be able to create a dynamic page that updates as data is submitted. Questions or feedback? 👇️

Actuarial Exam Study Survey

CalebWetherell

Wouldn't it be nice if, before your exam, you could look at data from previous exam takers on what it took to pass the exam? You'll soon be able to!

👩‍🏫 Take the Actuarial Exam Study Survey

If you recently got results from an exam, please complete this survey and help your fellow actuarial students.

Then:

🕵️ Explore the data!

🧪 Survey Information

Always open for responses - please submit your information today!
From what I can tell, this is a resource the actuarial community currently does not have.
I will share the underlying data with the community (for non-commercial purposes)
Please give feedback on how to improve the survey, additional questions you would like to see, study materials that should be added to the list, etc.
The survey is intended to cover all SOA and CAS exams. Can always be expanded in the future if there is demand.

📰 Publishing Results

Done! ~~I will create a page on Average Actuary that allows users to explore the results and the underlying data.~~
Hopefully, we have enough data within a few weeks to look at something meaningful.
Done! ~~I should be able to create a dynamic page that updates as data is submitted.~~

Questions or feedback? 👇️

CalebWetherell

Two responses so far. Thank you!

amp

Do you want us to just fill out the survey for our most recent exam or should we do all exams we've taken?

CalebWetherell

amp Great question. Feel free to fill out the survey for all exams taken. In the future, the "recent exam taken" will be more applicable since people will have already filled that out. I'll take a look at rewording that later.

Also - 10 responses so far, thanks for getting the ball rolling, everyone!

CalebWetherell

Added a question that asks: "How likely are you to recommend your primary study material to a friend or colleague?" No need to fill out the survey again for everyone who has already responded (20!!), we will just collect new data as it comes in. If you have feedback on which questions we should be asking please leave a comment!

CalebWetherell

I am close to having the initial survey data ready to publish. I expect to make it public on Friday morning. So far, we have 80 survey responses - great success! The data is still pretty thin across most cuts, but there are already some clear patterns emerging.

Please check back Friday morning and you'll find a link to start exploring the survey data.

I also just added a question for people to leave a written review. Once we get a few written reviews I will work on adding them into the app as well - should be pretty straightforward.

CalebWetherell

The app is live!

kumquat

Maybe add an option to specify how many attempts you needed, cause I'm going for numba 3 real soon haha..

CalebWetherell

kumquat That's an interesting idea. I bet right now people have just been submitting from when they passed the exam, for the most part, and ignoring previous sittings.