Hi Everyone,
I'm currently doing my A-levels and have applied to study Actuarial Science at university. Has anyone got any opinion on the best course? I applied to City, Kent, UEA, Heriot Watt and Southampton, and recieved all my offers back virtually immediately. I think I'm going to go for Kent as it seems to offer quite a well regarded course and a year in industry. Would this be wise?
I'm starting to think I should have maybe chosen a maths/stats course, but I was struggling to find a combination of course/university that I felt comfortable with - I'd have loved Oxford or Wawick's MORSE but both of those were realistically distant dreams (I got into gear too late for Oxford, and I don't do Further Maths - and STEP is out of the question for me due to family issues causing time constraints).
On a more positive side, I really do think Actuarial is a more suitable course for me - it seems heavily based in the type of maths I enjoy. And its getting me into the career I've been waiting to do since I was 13..
Anyway, my main questions:
1) Is there anywhere that offers pre-university work experience? I've had a look, but not really got any conclusive answers?
2) Is it worth me going through further maths modules before September, during my summer, just to get a head start, or are these unnecessary?
3) See above on my query of which universities?
Thanks for taking the time to read this