Hmm, since TARC has internal stuff, I'm not too sure bout it. My reply was assuming u sat for all the papers as external ones.

And based on my understanding,yes you can take P3 instead of P2

I think it's TARC's arrangement with ACCA, they take some internally assessed papers instead of the ones we take.

Ah ok,cool. Nice marks for F7 there

Haha I actually kinda agree with you. I mean,it's definately not wrong to go hunt for the good lecturers out there.In fact,finding a good lecturer does help somewhat,but sometimes ppl seem to be overly dependent on having such lecturers

I on the other hand think his P1 classes helped me get through the paper.

So it really boils down to preference,go attend a class or two and see for urself

If you must know,his pass rates for the previous semester,well,weren't good

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..

Oh ceh...

He's probably true in certain sense,some of us do rely on a small element of luck to pass now and then.

But he's statement is way too sweeping

And hence the 3 years working experience requirement. The learning doesn't stop when u pass all the papers,there's still the working world for u to learn.

To thik examiners will repeat the questions and thus practising past year questions would probably work until the fundamental level. At the professional level,I doubt such a technique alone would give u the marginal pass.

No,I don't think the cert states the name. Having said that, colleges like Sunway do have like "arrangements" with the big four,so generally obtaining a job there isn't too much of a problem if you come from Sunway. But I'm sure ppl from all other institutes get a job there anyways.

You can do OBU with seperate mentors outside.Cost around RM3k (+/-)

If you can cope,by all means do it after finishing Part 2. Or you can wait till u pass ur core papers,and do it when ur left with the 2 optional papers. If not,do it after ACCA. It all really depends on urself.

I don't think ACCA is the toughest one out there. Putting CAT aside, (since it's the foundation of ACCA and hence for obvious reasons easier) ICAEW for one is supposedly tougher. To say CIMA is easier is also questionable.

No,you don't particularly need to repeat the whole lesson. You would have some stuff up in ur head and u would probably just need to brush up,so to speak.

Once again,no,ACCA is probably not the highest standard in accounting.

About degree vs ACCA,it really depends on what you want. Going the degree route would expose u to a longer "foundation" period so to speak,and you pick up research skills and what nots. It's slower and you take time to really understand the whole accounting concept,so to speak.

As for ACCA,it is sometimes somewhat of a rush. Your main focus is passing exams and sometimes u cut corners to do this,and hence you might sometimes neglect understanding fundamentals properly. Nevertheless,I suppose learning is a continuous process and u'll continue learning in the workfield anyways,so don't worry bout this too much. And ACCA is the faster route of the 2.

Yes,you can complete the OBU in 2 months if you don't slack off. But you'll get ur OBU results (the degree) sometime after you've started working. No big deal really,if you plan to start working after results and you have no other plans for the holidays,why not

For ACCA,yes,a maximum of 4.
No particular way to decide,really depends on what you feel you're capable off. In the past,it was good to try out the 4 paper combo with 2.1-2.4 because there was like a week's gap in between 2.3 (Wednesday) and the extra paper (2.4,following Wednesday I believe)

How to ensure lecturer has covered all.Hmm,maybe by looking at the syllabus guide thingie provided by the examiner (usually in the front pages of most textbooks) Lecturers generally give an overview at the start of the semester as well as to what is required and what shall be covered.

An additional degree to ur ACCA qualification. It's a collaboration between Oxford Brookes Uni (hence OBU) with ACCA.Since the ACCA course itself lacks the training in research skills,this degree covers that.
Also,while professional papers are generally regarded above degrees (especially to your employees), certain institutions might not recognize it,which can be a problem when if you intend to further your studies (say,take a Masters) with that particular institution.
Apart from that,at the moment,it honestly seems like a "can take,why not take" kinda thing.

This post has been edited by ellimist: Mar 7 2008, 11:52 PM

I'm not too sure,I think the startin pay is roughly the same.But seriously,it's just the starting pay.Look ahead,try relying more on performance than qualification

Probably yes to acca/degree,but I don't think OBU

First off,stick to the facts. Ppl were saying equal salary. Who the bloody heck said anything about lower salary? Ppl like you like to blow stuff out of proportion.

Secondly,think long term. Is the starting pay all that matters to you in the world (or at least the working world) As ppl rise up,employers might need them to take professional courses anyways to get certain promotions. You would already have that in hand.

Go do some thinkin or asking around,I'm sure you can find other reasons why we are proud of having ACCA as you put it


P/s : In contrary to post above me,I do think personal opinion is important in exams,well,to a certain extent at least,especially at the professional level. If you're gonna answer everything from the textbook,well,your future employer would be better off buying the textbook than hiring you.

This post has been edited by ellimist: Mar 9 2008, 11:42 PM

Well,yea it's fairly important. Obviously you'll need basic knowledge,understanding of concepts and theories,etc etc but that doesn't really make you stand out does it? So yea,personal opinion (good ones at least ) are fairly important,be it in exams or in the future.
But of course,don't go write a whole exam paper based on personal opinion and then look for me once you failed the paper It,just helps to have a personal opinion in the exams,especially for case study papers like erm,P3 Business Analysis

And yea,textbook I mentioned refers to theory

World PrizeGET?

So bila belanja

Congratz btw

I think it was 2.5 i.e. erm,F7 right?

eik,probably I didn't read through ur post properly,sorry