. any difficulties at first when you enter accounts?

Yes...studying accounting can get u into any industry...business admin job oso can..

I'm a 1st year student its, manageable

u do interest in accounting before entering this course?
i scare i will regret choosing either accounting or business admin
got to memorize a lot bla bla bla law?

Hi all ....
I was almost in the same situation with Neonlight
No basic on accounting at all..
Just wondering whether there is a need to have a very good command of english to enter this course?
How if my english standard is only so-so?
Will this really need an extremely hard work to catch up with others?

The things you learn during Form 4 & 5 is only about debit, credit and balancing the financial statements, which are only the surfaces of accounting.
As long as you master the initial concept of double entry (debit and credit) during your first year, you're good to go!

A good command of English is recommended as the questions might twist and turn, confusing you, especially in the final stages of accounting (e.g. the Professional papers of ACCA).

It won't be hard catching up once you understand the basics. I have tons of friends who have no basics in accounting achieving better marks then those with basics.

Then i really have to work even more hard on my English language 1st before i taking up this course..
Anyway..really thx for your reply =)

my MUET rank is band 5 , is it enough to fully understand everything in the degree of accounting or will i still encounter some very difficult and confusing words?

sorry for this question but every time i see some documents about degree posted in the internet, it tends to be very confusing. very different from back in schools day

This post has been edited by Neonlight: Mar 4 2010, 11:12 PM

Even with a band 6 the stuff will be quite confusing ^^ but with a band 5 your all set to start ^^ with enough practice you will feel it becoming less confusing with time ^^

thanks for the motivation. I always wonder why colleges use so difficult words. Can`t they use plain simple words like in text books lol

They use complex words because they have a strict definition, not being too loose.

Like, say... The panel 'illuminates' compared to 'lights up'.

Although both are somewhat similiar, 'illuminate' brings in light without actually heating up the 'lighted' object, but 'lights up' could mean both (heated or not)

my RM0.02



Back to topic: Any actuaries here?

This post has been edited by cheecken0: Mar 5 2010, 09:18 PM

don`t think so. But you can use the search function . search for keyword acturial science, there`s a 16 page topic there.