8 years ago at 32 yo I found myself with a film studies degree and not job and decided to coming back to college. I planned to enroll on computer sciences, but days before the inscription I changed it to actuarial sciences mainly because the admission would be easier (like 100 vs 5 students per admission) and I wanted to be sure I was admitted. Best decision ever. Nowadays I have a solid stable job with full benefits, and at the end I’m a programmer (python/pandas now learning polars) but with actuarial/accounting/finance knowledge that gives me an edge over other programmers or actuaries.
I planned to enroll on computer sciences, but days before the inscription I changed it to actuarial sciences mainly because the admission would be easier
It’s the complete opposite in my country. Actuarial science requires you to basically have a perfect GPA (at least our country’s version of GPA), while computer science “only” requires a good GPA.
In my college is an admission test, best 40 get the spot. High school graduates know and arw interested om computer sciences, actuarial sciences have no glamor, nobody knows about and it’s have the reputation of being extremely hard, so almost nobody even gives it a try.
8 years ago at 32 yo I found myself with a film studies degree and not job and decided to coming back to college. I planned to enroll on computer sciences, but days before the inscription I changed it to actuarial sciences mainly because the admission would be easier (like 100 vs 5 students per admission) and I wanted to be sure I was admitted. Best decision ever. Nowadays I have a solid stable job with full benefits, and at the end I’m a programmer (python/pandas now learning polars) but with actuarial/accounting/finance knowledge that gives me an edge over other programmers or actuaries.
It’s the complete opposite in my country. Actuarial science requires you to basically have a perfect GPA (at least our country’s version of GPA), while computer science “only” requires a good GPA.
In my college is an admission test, best 40 get the spot. High school graduates know and arw interested om computer sciences, actuarial sciences have no glamor, nobody knows about and it’s have the reputation of being extremely hard, so almost nobody even gives it a try.