Hello,
I am a few years removed from school and have been working for an insurance company pursuing the actuarial route since. While I have found the profession to be challenging and rewarding at times, I realize today that I no longer have the same passion and fervor to continue in this industry. I have shifted my focus away from the actuarial profession and am hoping now to land a spot at a top ten MBA program.
As an aspiring actuary, I feel that I have developed a good core set of skills on the job and have a pretty firm grip with the necessary quantitative skills in calculus, statistics, etc. As an undergrad, however, I struggled my frist two-three years in school as a cell biology major. As a result, my grades somewhat suffered and I look at my transcript today and feel that it could use a little boost.
I have already begun to put together my application, while preparing for my GMATs, but the transcript issue seems to be one component which I am not entirely comfortable. As a result, I would like to some classes on the side to build up an alternative transcript. I have decided to take two-three courses from a local community college, along with a course from UCLA Extension.
My questions are as followed:
- Typically, how many courses should one take to build up an alternative transcript?
- What types of courses should one take? From what I gather, many have suggested calculus, statistics, accounting, econ - any others?
- Does it matter where one takes courses? - i.e., community colleges v. UCLA/Harvard Extension v. four-year universities?
I appreciate all of your comments and suggestions in advance.
Thank you!
I am a few years removed from school and have been working for an insurance company pursuing the actuarial route since. While I have found the profession to be challenging and rewarding at times, I realize today that I no longer have the same passion and fervor to continue in this industry. I have shifted my focus away from the actuarial profession and am hoping now to land a spot at a top ten MBA program.
As an aspiring actuary, I feel that I have developed a good core set of skills on the job and have a pretty firm grip with the necessary quantitative skills in calculus, statistics, etc. As an undergrad, however, I struggled my frist two-three years in school as a cell biology major. As a result, my grades somewhat suffered and I look at my transcript today and feel that it could use a little boost.
I have already begun to put together my application, while preparing for my GMATs, but the transcript issue seems to be one component which I am not entirely comfortable. As a result, I would like to some classes on the side to build up an alternative transcript. I have decided to take two-three courses from a local community college, along with a course from UCLA Extension.
My questions are as followed:
- Typically, how many courses should one take to build up an alternative transcript?
- What types of courses should one take? From what I gather, many have suggested calculus, statistics, accounting, econ - any others?
- Does it matter where one takes courses? - i.e., community colleges v. UCLA/Harvard Extension v. four-year universities?
I appreciate all of your comments and suggestions in advance.
Thank you!
