looks like u had achieved high marks for your last semester's exam...
ACCA wil send a letter informing tat u scored d highest in msia or world...
a few weeks after d release of ur results...
however, the letter wil reach ur house much later than ur lecturer inform u bout the good news...
if ur from sunway, dun wori, ur lecturers wil surely check for u...
pls b patient....hv 2 wait for a few weeks...
coz d prize winners list wil b out by then...
if u scored 100, then it wil b a confirmed world prize d....

may i noe wic paper ur enquiring for??
coz sunway CAT got many 100%....
paper 6 got 6 pppl got 100%..
paper 7 100%...
paper 8 87%....
paper 9 98%...

paper 5 i tink 97%..not so sure...
im adi in ACCA stage...tats wat i heard from my juniors...

wow, our CAT fellas are pretty darn competitive, aren't they XD they're making it look like SPM exams, (even then I nvr scored about 80 for SPM)

This post has been edited by ThanatosSwiftfire: Feb 28 2008, 04:19 PM

i noe a fren...hu continued wf ICAEW after her CAT...

CAT (1 year)---> ICAEW + working at big 4....
jz wana share wf u all tat ICAEW is available for CAT students...
dun nid 2 wait til get ACCA den oni do ICAEW....


CIMA, ICAEW, CPA, ACCA, CFA.....n so on r all professional degrees...
degrees wic r regulated n governed by respective professional bodies....
unless ur degree is from reputable universities, these professional degrees r more valuable n highly appreciated by employers....

i tink ther is a foundation for CIMA oso...
its jz like CAT to proceed for ACCA...
i forgot d....pls dun hesitate 2 check bout tat....

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Added on February 28, 2008, 4:22 pmhaha....yaya v competitive instead...
u scored 100% for paper 3 b4 ma...
haha..
n nearly got ur 2nd prize for F7...
haiz...

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Added on February 28, 2008, 4:30 pmif u cant handle or manage stress well,then d safer way is to obtain a degree 1st den oni further ur studies in ACCA...
coz ACCA is a professional degree wic require self discipline a lot....
if u hv a degree, u wil b exempted from some papers, depending on what degree u hv acquired...

e.g. UTAR n MMU accounting degree wil enable their students 2 b exempted for 9 papers in ACCA....
left oni d hardest 5 papers....wic had d lowest passing rates among ACCA papers....

whic insitution provides d best tuition for ACCA???
few factors hv 2 b taken into account:
1) $$$$
2) location
3) lecturer
4) time...so on....

currently, sunway n KTAR r both recognised as platinum status.....
PTPL duno wat status d....

Kasturi offers a gud range of lecturers...n cheap tuition fees...
kolej bandar has a very gud lecturer- mr low chin ann....
mc orange's fees r quite expensive...
FTMS oso has gud lecturers....

it depends...

This post has been edited by Joel718: Feb 28 2008, 04:30 PM

CIMA is just as tough as ACCA, so I was told, to the extent some say CIMA is actually harder. So if ur sis can handle CIMA, ACCA should be alright to her.

EHHHH...I didn't know ICAEW was available to CAT students or I would have opted for that. Oh wait,they (Sunway) probably didn't provide ICAEW yet when I finished CAT,not too sure.

Oh well..

it seems dat tis acca v acc degree thingy is running in everyone's mind.i wana know wat is da benefit of a degree compared to acca.

hahaha, it was available because deloitte offered top scorers a chance to work with deloitte, at the same time being their approved ICAEW employed, that's why they can take ICAEW.

sadly, the contract is for 5 years. So, you're stuck in audit for 5 years lor

True. A few of my former classmates got sponsored to continue to ICAEW after completing CAT. Of course, their CAT marks were probably a lot better than mine..lol

i would like to ask those who attended philip woo's P1 class before , will he finish everything in syllabus? as i heard from " someone " that he won't teach everything in syllabus ...

thanks a bunch =]

Oh ceh...

if u hv an accounting degree from reputable universities such as LSE, NUS, SMU , harvard....n so on n so on...
it wud have more attention from the employers than ACCA qualification....
those prestigious uni wud hv strict monitoring of the quality of their graduates...
n 2 enrol in2 such unis, one mz obtain extremely excellent academic results n other prospects....

unfortunately, not evi1 can mk in2 such uni.....
n luckily v got professional bodies such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CFA, ICAEW.....n so on to help us 2 b recognised as professionals too...
as these professional bodies wil oso hv tight control over their quality, it is not wrong to say that professional degree's graduates r more employable...as there is presence of quality control....

degree holders wud hv their own benefits as well....u wud get d chance 2 enhance urself much beta than in acca...
u wud definitely sharpen ur communication skil, leadership skil and presentation skil...
whereas in acca, one wud b busy with their revision n class...coz acca students are given 5 months to study for each exam....dun reli get any chance 2 relax....

jz my 2 cents...hehe

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Added on February 28, 2008, 9:24 pmu cant enrol in2 d ICAEW course without being employed by ICAEW approved company.....
sunway is d oni institution providing tis course...
n it wud b reli tough 2 handle ur time, juggling between work n studies...
hehe.....i wonder how those young CAT graduates can manage their stress well at such young age...
its reli impressive....



This post has been edited by Joel718: Feb 28 2008, 09:24 PM

hey anyone know when is the OBU graduation day that hold by UK people in malaysia?

This post has been edited by mengsoon_accanerd: Feb 28 2008, 10:18 PM

Not lah! For CG, Ethics and Risk Assessment, he will cover everything. Only Internal Control, he more concentrate on Turnbull Report cos wat ever we study in P1 for Internal Control was same as F8/2.6.

My place here is Sarawak,Miri.
yea what i thinking that is ask LYN's member whether to sell me not if they got that

thanks very much to your infor.

can i ask something. does an actuary with degree in actuarial science can take the ACCA?

why not ...as long as u pay...but the problem s which level shall u start from,i think probably u gotta start from F1,maybe no exemptions for u.

u gotta ask about it

Does it means if I take the ACCA, i can work in accounting field? Just for knowledge. thanx.

edited: another thing, can actuary work in finance/business/banking field like accounting with the actuarial science degree? actlly am asking this bcoz i've search for actuary job in jobstreet and there is only small place for them.

This post has been edited by destroyer: Feb 29 2008, 02:52 PM

yeah, why not. whilst u don't get much exemptions (if any to begin with), actuarial sciences and ACCA are complementary in nature, to a certain extent, especially in finance. Why the small amount of jobs for actuaries in our country?

Because our pension system is the EPF, unlike overseas where it is company managed, ie requires the use of an actuary.

This post has been edited by ThanatosSwiftfire: Feb 29 2008, 04:02 PM

i remember what philip woo said about the differences between degree graduates and ACCA graduates during P1 class.

according to him , degree holder gained knowledge throughout his/her studies , they will do research on a topic , as well as assignments . therefore, it's true to be said that they're knowledgeable . however , they are lack of skills in working place , which is quite true. they may not be able to apply what they learned in working .

While on the other hand , ACCA graduates are trained to work . what we're learning now will prepare us to apply it in working . ACCA graduates are independent and able to work by himself / herself . Some ACCA graduates may not be as knowledgeable as degree holder , but it may not true for some diligent students who always do research on studies .

anyway , there's pros and cons in everything , right ?

This post has been edited by nobuta: Feb 29 2008, 04:23 PM

But it seeems those who r doing acca graduate faster than those doing degree.
Am I right to say that opting to do ACCA is better???