in my time, the students who were selected will immediately begin their training (ie. work) in the sponsoring firm while doing their application papers part time..no full time studies at that time.. and there were two other firm sponsoring beside BDO,, but medium size firm,..not big 4

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Added on January 16, 2011, 12:43 pmno harm if the young people have the capability in order to be ambitious right? lol

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Jan 16 2011, 12:43 PM

it's now 68 in order to be assured of first class.. any lower, your theses have to be good in order achieved first class

the entrance scholarship does not requires interview..so as long as u got required As, you'll get it..

ya..what more can you want? the exam fees only got 3k

when proceed to acca, apply for macpu scholarship..

my opinion is that even Malaysia will soon be pro-ICAEW. Imagine this. Sunway TES is now promoting ICAEW and there is at least 100-200 candidates..In just a decade this will increase and the number of top jobs (ie. openings for fresh grad) will be less than number of ICAEW.

At that time, when the most prestigious qualification becomes normal, you can can expect where ACCA fresh grads will stand..Lol

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Jan 19 2011, 07:13 PM

whether you have time or not i believe depends on yourself.. I quote this from a professor i once met during a talk in my high school. he said that imagine you did everything faster, such as walk faster, bath faster, eat faster, don dilly dally, efficient ways of doing things etc.. If due to these factors you save 10 minute per activity for 6 activities daily. You would suddenly have an extra 1 hour a day which is a lot

furthermore, whether you have enough time or not also depends on the achievement that you target. Obviously, if you want better marks and got prize such Watt prize, you had to work harder. Anotehr factors will be natural born talents. I have a friend in ACCA which literally sleep in most of the class and always got scolded for that but got a malaysia prize for a professional papers.

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Added on January 19, 2011, 11:33 pmactually i don't think the 3 months top up for a degree will add any value and will not be considered more prestigious in contrast to the degree offered by OBU to those who completed Part 2 of ACCA and a theses.

so if one want to get such a low level degree, taking ACCA and achieved the OBU degree will be more cost beneficial

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Jan 19 2011, 11:33 PM

ya, why not. Just that foundation saves more time

u got 10A right? shouldn't the scholarship cover your entire foundation. it wouldn't make a different for you in terms of cost between foundation and stpm right?

the consensus among my lecturers, seniors and siblings of my friends in the industry is that ICAEW is more prestigious. I expect it should be for the next decade too even if the quality does deteriorates. But hey, it's perception that counts

btw, working in UK isn't easy for people who is not from the EU. The law has been tighten even for those studying there to remain to work there; what more for those of us who studies here.

The most probable way you can work in UK if u study here is that you have a postgrad qualification, a certain threshold of current salary as well as an offer from an employer. But bear in mind, this is only possible if you had worked for at least a few years. I'm under the impression that the UK government had created more hassle for the employers to hire immigrants in order to protect their people

yup

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Added on January 20, 2011, 2:09 pmtry explaining to your grandpa that time is money. Getting 1 year earlier to the workforce will net you a cool RM 28800 (RM2400*12)

btw, why do u need your grandpa approval? it's your life anyway and who is he to stop you from studying for you future?

http://sunway.edu.my/scholarships/internal/tsjc-entrance.. starting searching the internet for the information you need.

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Jan 20 2011, 02:09 PM

it all boils down to you in the end. Doesn't mean getting a qualification will make you in any way inferior.

It's just that when you have certain qualification which are perceived by others as better, it makes you stand out from the rest. This will helps a lot in job application especially for fresh grad as fresh grads don't have any track records. Getting to work in prominent firms after graduation will in turn polish ur resume, allow you to build up contacts as well as providing you with working experience a mediocre firm may never provides.

not to be forget when a certain qualification is viewed as prestigious, it usually attracts more talents (ie. smart people will be of higher percentage in that course). This will allow you build up your contacts with those may rise to ranks of CEO, CFO etc early on in ur life

don't worry..sunway will definitely be able to get you a firm to become your training sponsor.. the audit firm is damn in need of people

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Added on January 21, 2011, 11:11 pmhe's also ICAEW now btw, he came from LSE

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Jan 21 2011, 11:11 PM

yup

pay more for study environment and the opportunity if u can afford it. I heard 20 top performers are being selected to work for PWC during their p1 p2 p3 this sem

take ICAA instead of CPA

not to be rude. although ur CPA programme did not prepare you for the required technical skills, why can't you take the initiative to learn those things yourself?

just get a book for those professional exam or best, get those issued by IASB or ISAAB and read

sometimes in life, there's a certain risk u must take in order to gain. scholarship holders all round the world have to maintain a certain grades or they will be deny the scholarship. top uni like princeton would not grant u their master of finance if u get more than 1B and there is no resit except in certain exceptional circumstances

anyway, back to the point, he can always go to bank for a loan, or work in audit firm requesting them to sponsor him. if his marks is good, definitely there will be no problem

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: May 30 2011, 03:40 AM

haha.. it's a good course. icaew is quite prestigious and regarded as creme de le creme in the accounting profession. the only disadvantage is you won;t get a degree and this will complicate things if u want to go for specialist master like in finance or econs. MBA should be no problem though