Pass ST2 (life insurance) exam - Institute of Actuaries

I didn’t sit it for the last 18 months as I couldn’t face seeing it again but thought it was about time to try again.

Results in December – 7th time lucky anyone?

I don’t know how well I did as I was ill for the exam which is unfortunate as I liked the paper.

Just got to wait and see. No point worrying now.

At least I tried. They took an age to get the result to me but I would have wondered “what if…” if I didn’t appeal.

I have a tutorial the day after tomorrow and my exam is in three and a half weeks time. It is enough time after my other exam to get this aced. I know my stuff inside out so will spend the week between the two exams doing past exam questions.

I think I did better than the grade they gave me (they said I was less than 5% under the pass mark so was very close) so I’m paying (a lot) for my script to be re-marked. I get refunded if they find out I should have passed. I find out in a month or so.

I’m so pissed off.

I put in so much quality study, wrote good answers and still didn’t get it.
A colleague who was out all the time and professes not to have studied for it passed. Is there no justice in the world?

I worked damn hard but the exams are also damn hard (usually approx 1/3 pass).

If I don’t get it then I’ll be really, really, really pissed off.

I’m not sure I want to know the result. I guess that sounds strange.

I have to wait until early July for the result.

I’ve worked so hard for this (150 hours study in the 4 weeks before the exam plus plenty of earlier work). I’ve spent the past few days recovering from this mammoth effort. Literally.

I hope I did OK.
I really don’t want to see these notes again.
I went off course in one answer but hope I had enough ideas despite them being non-planned and going off on tangents occasionally. I won’t be the only one who did a duff-ish question (only about 35% of people pass this exam).

I’m now on study leave and have the weekend to study before my exam on Monday.

Practice, practice, practice to get all the marks I can in the exam. I know my stuff but unfortunately I miss obvious and easy marks. I’m trying hard to include these in my answers but it doesn’t come naturally to me – if they’re obvious then why do I need to write them down? I prefer the tougher applied questions as these don’t have as many marks on obvious areas and require more knowledge.

I hope I can hone my “easy mark radar” over this weekend and pass the exam this time.

I know the course pretty well and am working my way through past questions. It’s all there is to do now.

I’m getting tired now and don’t want to overdo it so I’m not fit for the exam but I also want to do as much as possible to make sure I have every possible chance of passing this time and not having to sit it in the future.

I hope I can find a good balance between study and rest.

OK so I’m working hard again this time.
I know my stuff but don’t like the way the questions are phrased. Practice, practice, practice.

I hope I do better than the last couple of attempts and finally get this one passed.