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NEWS UPDATEFacebook (11/19/09) Please find us on Facebook. Our group name is "Bruin Actuarial Society" It's open to everyone, so join in and we can all connect! P-Seminar Head Count (11/19/09) Starting week 1 of next quarter, we'll begin holding the P-seminar. It is designed to help you with studying, solving practice problems, discussing problems, etc. We'd like to get a head count of how many students are interested so please reply and let us know that you'd like to be included. These sessions should help with the January sitting and the one after. We are creating a new mailing list just for our P-seminar students so, if you sign up, you'll receive separate emails regarding the sessions. Good luck studying for finals! P-Seminar Instructors (11/15/09) We are currently looking for 1 or 2 exam P Seminar instructor/s. We recommend someone who has passed the P-exam with a score of at least an 8. We are looking for someone who is confident in their ability to teach. It's a paid job at $20/hr. Job Description: Once a week, 2 hours per session, $20/hr. Focus is to guide students with their studying, review concepts for each topic, go over many practice problems. As members of the organization, you are given this opportunity to strengthen your resume with this possible, great addition. If you are interested, please reply to this email with the following information by Monday, November 30. Name: Grade: P-Exam score: Detailed teaching method: New Name (11/10/09) Our organization's name has officially been changed from "Actuarial Club at UCLA" to "Bruin Actuarial Society." We plan to make necessary changes by the end of this quarter. This means new organization email address, website content changes, etc. Important Notice (11/10/09) We are really excited about how this organization has been growing in size and hope that everyone has been taking advantage of all the events we have planned. In the coming months, we will be holding info sessions and workshops so you can get to know the employers better, all in hopes of helping you land a job in the actuarial field. Due to the fact that we have more members than we had expected and are hosting more events than originally planned, we will have to charge for the end of the year banquet in May. In order to accommodate everyone in the club and give an equal chance to everyone to attend banquet, we have decided to charge a fee of $10 per person for the banquet. The banquet will be held in the Faculty Center and will be a sit down dinner catered by the Faculty Center. Once again, we urge you to attend as it is a great time to network and learn more about the actuarial field since you will be seated with corporate representatives during the dinner. As we get closer to May, we will be sending out official invitations and information on the event. In the meantime, in order to plan out the logistics of the event, we would like to get a preliminary estimated headcount. So if you are interested in the banquet (interested as of now - this doesn't mean that you are obligated to attend) please send us an email ASAP (Friday at latest) and let us know. About Membership If you are a non-active member of the club, please read below before you proceed to any links/sections of the website. Our reasons for being strict this year about membership are: - We intend to be more in control over what we plan and what we can offer - It allows us to better connect with our members (90 Active Members) - It allows us to keep track of how many members we expect for each event - It helps us make various predictions and anticipate turnouts - It helps us host more organized and efficient events - It helps us report more accurately to the department about the club activities - For professionalism and organization - To improve and excel as a unit with our active members That being said, we mentioned that the Career Fair on the 2nd will be open only to our 90 active members. If you are an active, you should have received a formal invitation to the Actuarial Career Fair. That should be an indicator of whether or not you will be admitted to the event. Any guests or non-active members will not be admitted due to the fairness of the program. Our staff is currently doing our best to make it a mutually beneficial experience for our Members and Employers this year. We appreciate your constant support and understanding! FM Manuals The Math Department let us know that the FM manuals are on their way to UCLA Engineering Library. They should be available sometime next week AT the Engineering Library. We will let you know once these manuals arrive and update you on where you can check one out! T-shirt Competition Last time at the general meeting, we discussed designing t-shirts for our club this year. Whether you believe it should be dorky, nerdy, cool, or professional, it is now up to you guys to submit the design you think should go on our club t-shirt! There is only one requirement, we are limiting the colors on the shirt to three. As of now, the deadline for submission is set for Friday, October 30th. We will let you know the method of submission in a later email. This is a great way to participate in the club and win fabulous prizes. The winner of the contest will receive a $50 gift certificate plus an honorable picture on the club website! Be sure to let us know if you have any further questions! Exam P Seminar There will be no Exam P seminar this quarter since we do not have enough time (the test is only a month away) and it is too late for us to look for instructors. We will begin the Exam P seminar next quarter and instructors are needed. Good luck everyone! ABOUT THE UCLA ACTUARIAL CLUBWe are dedicated to informing fellow Bruins who are interested in the Actuarial field. We also serve as a support group for motivated students who plan on taking Actuarial exams and want to find internships/jobs in the field. Find out why Actuaries are consistently considered one of the best jobs in the U.S. according to the Job Rated Almanac. |
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EXAMS AND DEALINESExam P/1, ProbabilityNovember 2009 Administration Registration Deadline: October 8, 2009 CBT Dates: Nov. 18-30, 2009 Exam FM/2, Financial Mathematics December 2009 Administration Registration Deadline: October 22, 2009 CBT Dates: Dec. 1-8, 2009  Club email: BruinActuaries@gmail.com |