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i really want to do actuarial studies, it's like my only current thing which i want to get into! but at the moment im not doin so well in school
anywayz just lookin at the different degrees mq offers for actstds and it really confusing! what's the difference between all of em?

B Com - Actuarial Studies 96.80
B Com - Actuarial Studies B Economics 98.70
B Com - Actuarial Studies LLB 99.10
B Com - Actuarial Studies B Sc in Comp 99.00
B Com - Actuarial Studies B Sc in Maths 98.05
B Com - Actuarial Studies B Sc in Stats 98.60
B Applied Fin B Com - Actuarial Studies 98.05

is a single degree in actuarial stds really crap?
i might get uai around 95 if im lucky at the moment, so im basically ruled out of this. what should i do?
get into something and then change later??
what should i pick so that i can definitly change to actuarial stds after a year or a semester??

or should i just cross out mq and go to newsouth and do commerce (~95) and then major in actuarial studies??

 

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Wats the difference between them...
hrmm...they are combined with different things...applied finance is the most popular combined. If you do appl finance, eco or statistics, you'll end up working in financial industry. If you do combined comp, you'll design programs which could be used as a cheaper subsitute for actuaries (that companies cna use instead). Combined maths...beats me.

Single degree isn't crap. It just means you have limited options in finding jobs. Doing combined means you arent too specialised. Most of first years study the same thing in first year. So if you get into single, you can easily transfer to double if you show an average lvl of competence.

If you cant make the cutoff (which i reckon will rise this year), then unsw is a good option. But if you really really want to study at mq, then you can study commerce (~90 uai), which lets you select from many available units. You'll have to achieve high marks in certain subjects that are prerequisites for actuarial degree and then be able to transfer.

But my advice is that the actuarial is a hard subject with a huge drop out. So if you cant even make the cutoff, unless you're a genius who hasnt studied for ur hsc, its gonna get heavy for you.

 

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The aim is to get your foot in the door. Because once your in - just a single Actuarial degree - and provided you perform reasonably well, you'll be allowed to transfer to any of them. Of course, if you perform poorly, you'll be in trouble just getting through a single degree in Actuarial Studies. If you really want to do Actuarial Studies, then Macquarie is definitely the place to be.

Cheers.