Jim Daniel's MLC Seminars
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 MLC.
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 MLC/3 (and old Exam M and old Course 3)
Fees, payment, and registration.
The fee for the face-to-face seminar is $1100. 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 or fax guaranteeing payment by the employer. In any case, please complete a registration form and submit it to Jim Daniel.
The seminars.
Jim Daniel's MLC 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 six-to-twelve weeks before the exam. [Experimentation has shown that some people prefer "early-bird" seminars 11 or 12 weeks out, while others perfer the more traditional lead time. Already being familiar with the main ideas in much of the material is the key.]
- Dates. The following link is for registration and payment information on the currently-scheduled Jim Daniel's MLC Seminars:
- In Austin, TX: 11–15 September 2013 for the Fall 2013 exam.
- In Washington, DC: 2–6 April 2014 for the Spring 2014 exam (form available in October 2013)
- 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 Jim Daniel's MLC Seminar Schedule for a detailed schedule.
- Materials.
- Particpants are e-mailed a pdf file of a book of practice problems about a week before the seminar for use in the seminar.
- Participants should bring to the Seminar the Fall and Spring 2012 SoA Exams for MLC and any more recent released exams (available from a link at http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/syllabus-study-materials/edu-multiple-choice-exam.aspx) along with the SoA's sample questions (and solutions) for Exam MLC (available 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-m-detail.aspx ). You'll use these practice problems every day at the Seminar, so be sure to bring them daily. Plus lots of scratch paper. 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 MLC.