Study Manuals

CASO members may borrow study manuals for the Associateship actuarial exams at no cost, but it is the borrower’s responsibility to replace lost, damaged or stolen items.  A student who does not return or replace a manual will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct.   Membership in CASO is assumed to end when a student graduates or otherwise withdraws from the University, and all borrowed items are due at that time.

To request an item, please contact the Vice President of Education & Examinations (contact info on the Executives page).

Here is a list of available study manuals.

Online Study Materials

There are a number of online study materials that students have found helpful in the past.

The Infinite Actuary (TIA) has video lessons for many of the exams as well as practice tests with video solutions.  TIA offers some free exams that are quite useful when preparing for an exam, and students can pay a fee in order to access TIA’s full video/practice test database.

The Society of Actuaries provides online sample exams for Exam P and Exam FM.

Coaching Actuaries/ADAPT is an online testing software that adapts to the student’s current level.  As you learn more and are able to answer more difficult questions, you will start to see tougher questions.  The goal is to reach a difficulty level to equal to or greater than the difficulty level of the actuarial exam.  Though this is not free, many students have used it in the past and found that it was worth the expense.

Study Groups

Some students may find it helpful to have a study group when preparing for actuarial exams.  These study groups can be used to ask questions, exchange study materials, coordinate study sessions, etc.

Here is an online spreadsheet that students may use to coordinate study groups.