Took Exam P Today · 10:05pm May 19th, 2016

Let May 19, 2016 mark the day I passed actuarial Exam P on my first attempt. I feel pretty good.

I had Five Guys to celebrate and a diet grape Faygo from Sheetz to celebrate. I always thought they ought to make a diet variety because there's so much sugar in it. I'm glad to discover that they have, and it's pretty tasty.

My family's happy for me, and I'm pretty proud. I think I really nailed that exam. I'll get the exact score in about eight weeks, they said, but the form I got in the end said that I scored sufficiently well to secure a passing grade.

At the testing center they offered over-ear noise cancellers for test-takers. I put mine on as immediately as I was allowed, and I was glad for it. There were so many sick people in there! In addition to all the coughing, sniffling, and sneezing, there was this one guy in there who kept making these unearthly sounds at regular intervals to the point where I could almost predict when he'd make the next sound. Those headphones helped a good deal, though. I didn't recognize any actuarial students from my university in the waiting room or in the exam room, from what I could tell.

This is very good. Knowing that I have passed this exam means I have known advantage over other sophomore actuarial candidates looking for internships during this fall's career fair. It also means I don't have to take it again, and I don't necessarily have to keep studying so hard for this. I can really start to relax now. I can start into audio reading more vigorously and resume responding to people's replies on dA.

Speaking of dA, I finished my first job for the client from dA I mentioned in my previous blog. The client seemed very content with the audio I submitted, and I should receive a money order in the mail for it in the coming week or so. I don't know when we'll begin our next project, but I look forward to it. Getting paid for doing what you truly enjoy is a very nice feeling, and the very least I'm helping somebody out and getting my voice out there.

Edit: I forgot to mention: for some reason, some of the epic rap battles of history kept playing through my head as I was taking the exam. It was quite bothersome.

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