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Financial maths and actuarial science degree

  • 15-09-2009 10:34pm
    #1
    Xtina!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭


    Hey everyone! This is my first time posting on this thread and I was hoping if anyone could give me some advice/information.

    Im repeating this year as I am hoping to get into medicine, got 550+ points last year, but at the moment Im trying to look at alternatives in case I dont get in again.

    Im a consistent A1 student in maths and applied maths and I love these subjects at school. I love problem solving and Im the kind of person who wont give up on a question until I get it right.I also do business and accounting, of which I have mixed feelings about.

    My careers guidance teacher has continuously suggested that Financial Maths and Actuarial Science in UCD would be the ideal course for me, or Mathematical Sciences. But I kind of dismissed this area last year and I want to look at it as a possibility again. But the problem I have with this is that, ok Im good at maths at school and I like it, but theres a difference from saying you like it at school and wanting to do it for the rest of your life.

    Anyway, could people give me a bit of information on Financial Maths and Actuarial Science, or on Mathematical Sciences? I kind of need a bit more help on the actuary side though. And would ye actually recommend the course/career path? And did ye regret it?

    Please could anyone give me any bit of help!:)Bit lost for direction at the moment career wise!


Comments

  • #2
    Xtina!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭Xtina!!


    Anyone????:confused::confused::confused:


  • #3
    Fremen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Fremen


    It's a bit tough to be able to give advice without knowing you. Why do you want to do medicine? Why mathematical science?

    A maths degree can look very impressive on your CV but you'll most definitely need to keep studying after the degree itself. You need a PhD to work in academia, or an MSc or professional qualification to work almost anywhere else.

    I wrote some stuff about financial maths here for someone who was doing the finmath/actuary course in DCU, it might be useful. There's a forum sticky about pure maths as a degree too.

    At the end of the day, it's you who needs to decide. Try to identify which of your reasons for choosing either course are "real" and which are rationalising to allow you to take the path of least resistance and disregard the latter.


  • #4
    pljudge321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭pljudge321


    You could also look at some of the engineering or physics degrees about as these would give you the sort of rewarding metal challenge you seem to be looking for.


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