I (Jim Daniel) usually offer two 5-day intensive exam-prep review seminars in Austin, TX, for student actuaries preparing for Joint Exam C/4 for each exam sitting. Starting in fall 2010 I will also offer one in Washington, DC, and I will offer either one or two in Austin as well, depending on demand. Links in the dark green left sidebar and the orange top banner take you to more general information (click on Home) and info on housing, location, and other seminars offered.

Take a look at my Austin Study Notes, available to anyone as a free download; you should find some helpful to you in studying for Exam C/4.

Comments by participants.
I've created threads on the popular Actuarial (formerly Rebel) Outpost actuarial discussion site (www.actuarialoutpost.com) and asked former participants in my seminars to post comments there, pro or con. Here are links to the threads for Exam C/4 (and old Course 4).

Fees, payment, and registration.
The fee for seminar for the May exam sitting is $950. Payment can be made by check to Jim Daniel or by credit card over a secure connection. Since the seminar sometimes fills up, checks should be mailed for next-day delivery; if an employer is paying and needs time to process payment, I'll reserve the slot if a person with financial authority sends me an e-mail of fax guaranteeing payment by the employer. In any case, please complete a registration form and submit it to Jim Daniel.

The seminars.
The Austin C/4 Seminar is a traditional exam-prep intensive seminar. It assumes that participants have already devoted appreciable time to studying the material and are familiar with most of it. The daily format is about 50% fast-paced lecture, 25% my demonstrating problem solving, and 25% participants' working on problems with guidance from me, for five days including a weekend. Review Seminars are usually scheduled four-to-eight weeks before the exam.

• Dates. The following link is for registration and payment information on the currently-scheduled Austin C/4  Seminars:
• 5 – 9 Mar 2010 in Austin
• 24 – 28 Mar 2010 in Austin
• 26 – 30 Jun 2010 in Austin (form available in April 2010)
  
• 13 – 17 Sep 2010 in Austin (form available in July 2010)
  
• 25 – 29 Sep 2010 in Washington, DC (form available in July 2010)
  
• Format. Each day's session will consist of:
• 50% review lectures on the fundamental concepts most often tested
• 25% demonstrations of problem solving
• 25% guided practice solving problems
• Schedule. See the Austin C/4 Seminar Schedule for a detailed schedule.
• Materials.
  

• Participants are provided a collection of additional practice problems on the first morning of the Seminar.
• Bring the following materials to the seminar. You'll use these practice problems each day at the Seminar, so be sure to have them with you daily. And of course bring an approved calculator. Plus lots of scratch paper. Participants should bring to the Seminar the spring 2007 SoA/CAS Exam C/4 and any more recent released exams (available from a link at http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-c-detail.aspx ) along with the SoA/CAS's sample questions (and solutions) for Exam C/4 (available as Study Note C-09-08 from links on the Syllabus with Learning Objectives/Outcomes and Readings that is itself a link on http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-c-detail.aspx again).
• Although we'll not use them in the Seminar sessions, I recommend that you bring along for review as needed whatever textbooks or study manuals you are using to prepare for Exam C/4.