UCB/UCLA/UCSB for Actuarial Science

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<p>Just thought I'd see what you all on College Confidential thought about this:</p>

<p>I'll be applying this year for transfer. I have a 4.0 (so far, with 1 W) and will satisfy all the prerequisites, and will have IGETC done, and I worked as a tutor at my school (and did some private tutoring), and I worked at a magic shop, and I got a super-tutor certificate (I think that counts as an award), and I did some event volunteering, so I feel like I have a pretty solid base of activity. </p>

<p>I'm confident I can get into wherever I want, but I don't know where I OUGHT to go. Everyone cries Berkeley, Berkeley, it's the school with high prestige! You'll go far if you go to Berkeley. But I can think of several good reasons to go to UCSB or UCLA. Namely:</p>

<p>Possible Double major in Math and Act Sci (UCSB)
Quarter system implies fewer classes at a time (more consistent with my learning style)
Distance from home (I'm sick of the SF/Bay Area)
Actuarial-specific classes (not offered at UCB)</p>

<p>What do you guys think? Is the prestige of going to UCB important enough to outweigh the above?</p>

<p>-Sega</p>

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<p>My Dad is an Actuary, and it doesn’t matter where you go to school, or what degree you get, as long as it’s a quantitative degree. If you want to be an Actuary, make sure you pass 2 exams and get at least one internship while in college.</p>

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<p>The Berkeley statistics department mentions actuarial preparation:
[Undergraduate</a> learning goals | Department of Statistics](<a href=“http://statistics.berkeley.edu/programs/undergrad/learninggoals]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate Learning Goals | Department of Statistics)</p>

<p>[Be</a> an Actuary](<a href=“http://www.beanactuary.com/]Be”>http://www.beanactuary.com/) describes general actuarial preparation. Specific “Validation by Educational Experience” courses at each school are listed here:
[VEE</a> Requirements | Be an Actuary](<a href=“Study Methods and Suggestions for taking multiple choice exams – Be An Actuary”>Study Methods and Suggestions for taking multiple choice exams – Be An Actuary)
[SOA</a> - Society of Actuaries - Validation by Educational Experience](<a href=“http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-vee.aspx]SOA”>Validation by Educational Experience (VEE) | SOA)
<a href=“https://store.soa.org/Home/VEESchoolSearch/tabid/323/Default.aspx?VEE=displayonly[/url]”>https://store.soa.org/Home/VEESchoolSearch/tabid/323/Default.aspx?VEE=displayonly&lt;/a&gt;
Note that introductory economics courses taken at your community college may fulfill the economics part of the “Validation by Educational Experience”.</p>