Today the SOA announced new dates for the spring exams. Please be sure to read the announcement carefully (PDF) since there are many important details in it.
If you are on the ILA track, here are the new dates relevant to your exams:
- July 14: LPM
- July 15: LFMU and LFMC
- July 16: ERM and LAM
As I said, please read the PDF yourself for full details, but here are a few key highlights:
- Grades for the spring exams will be released on September 18
- The Fall 2020 exam registration deadline will be September 28
- Exam centers will change for many candidates and new exam centers will be created
- Exam centers will have 10 or less candidates, each seated at least 6 feet apart
- This is still a fluid situation: if things get worse, the SOA will decide on any further postponements or cancelations by mid-June
- Another registration window for the spring exams (now scheduled for July) will take place May 19–26
- Candidates who registered for the original dates and do not want to participate on the July dates have until June 1 to request either a credit voucher on their account or a refund of their registration fee
- The SOA is exploring computer-based testing options for Fall 2020 exams with written-answer components
Clearly it’s going to be a tight squeeze to turn around and do the fall exam after taking the spring exam so late, and I suspect many people will not try to do that. However, as always we allow folks to register for their next exam course before they get results from their prior exam. This lets you get a jump on studying. If you end up not passing the prior exam, we can simply pause the new course indefinitely while you go back to your previous exam. You can come back to the new course at any time and have all the updates for the current version of that syllabus as well. This is an option we’ve always offered, but it could be especially useful in 2020.
Please let us know if you have any other questions, and we hope you and those close to you are well and safe!