Event: ACCA Careers 2008
Date: 28 June 2008
Location: Crowne Plaza Mutiara KL
Time: 11.00am till 5.30pm
Fees: Free admission

Yes. Im going. see whether can meet up with coolly o not.

I am in dilemma now. Previously I visited to Sunway and I been told that for those who fail in CAT cannot proceed to ACCA Part 2(Well, all of us aware of this rule). But problem occured as Sunway required its CAT students to take T8 which is an audit paper instead of the one I had studied that is T10 Financial Management. ACCA students always claimed that audit is the toughest paper. I worry if I really fail(touch wood!), my 30% ACCA tuition fees have to be forfeited and the rest defer to next semester. Money is not a big matter since it is not a big amount. But how about I fail this time, and I do the audit paper(is compulsory to all malaysian students, this is the rule set by Sunway) then I fail again? This will definitely diminishing my confidence and determination to further anymore. As this is the case I saw many times, many students suffer from this before.

My next option would be to study at Singapore since I'll be seeking my career in the later days at Singapore. But the application of student pass is troublesome and it takes time. Furthermore the course commenced on July. I'm think of whether I should really take a break for half year or find a half year job at Singapore perhaps?

Any suggestion from you guys?

You can take T10 in Sunway actually. But this will take some effort. I have classmates switching from T8 to T10 after the first few weeks. It certainly raised their chances of passing CAT.

On the other hand I also know some who continue with T8 and failed. They are now taking T10 but 6 months wasted. Basically T8 is an OPTION, you can choose not to take it.

It just might take some effort of explaining to them why you don't want to take audit.

Thank you for telling me so. They told me for Malaysian students, it is compulsory to take T8, while T10 only if you're China students.

don't worry too much.
t8 seems to be the toughest paper in CAT. However, Sunway has a very good passing rate of T8. 80%++..

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Added on June 28, 2008, 8:01 pmin sunway, its not compulsory to do t8.(it only seems to be like tat). when you register for exam, you can take up t10.
sunway has no control over which ppr ur taking. i assume, there are only 2 intentions for them to encourage ppl to tk t8 :
1. as there are few colleges doing t8, the chances of getting prize ( 100%) will be from sunway.
2. to provide a good foundation for students, prepare them for advanced level as the knowledge for this ppr is almost the same wf f8. (60-70 % same)

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Added on June 28, 2008, 8:07 pmwhen you have your 1st lesson, you may proceed to the TES office there...
just outside the office, there is a notice board. normally the venues wil be stated there.

mine is ACCA-EM-PT right?? ...yaya..you are correct...

The admission said i should come on 5July for orientation....i think you dont need to go for the orientation as you are a part time student, and there is nothing in the orientation that benefits you, except getting to know few full time friends. normally, in the orientation, sunway will be giving brief introduction about their facilities, staff, lecturers, some rules, etc.

This post has been edited by Joel718: Jun 28 2008, 08:07 PM

just back from acca career fair,not too bad,roughly same as last year and got many big companies also..

and i am able to meet up with vin ann also..keke..who else going?

now we have v4,really great news,hope this forum become a peaceful discussion channel,but not a fighting place..

just back? thuoght the fair ended at 5.00pm?

i back around 3.30pm. hungry and exhausted. no time for lunch. anyways, this is my 1st time visiting to ACCA Career fair, it's really good. how come previously i never bother to attend. i shd have attended last year.

i went for the fair too....1st time to ACCA Career Fair
wel...just to gather some info of wat employers expectation r
will go again next year.

you shd join the Career talks... it's very useful..

y never tell u were there? should have met u there...which booth were u?

this was my first time going to ACCA career fair too. it was pretty useful i would say. the BDO Binder career talk was interesting. managed to talk with OCBC deputy CEO Mr. Jeffery Chew just before i left he is a very nice and friendly person and managed to give good advices too

i think i will join finance instead of audit coz that's my interest but i've dropped the resume for audit position in the career fair...how ar? is it fine for fresh grad to go to advisory without audit background? advice plz guys.....

This post has been edited by roy_pck: Jun 29 2008, 12:03 AM

aiskk.. i missed the BDO Binder career talk ady.. damn regret for not attending the career talk..
wat's so interesting? mind to share with us?

is the acca career fair really crowded???
and any thing to share with us

This post has been edited by littlediana: Jun 29 2008, 12:23 AM

Hi. Currently, I have a short interest on accounting. Just wondering, what does ACCA students do throughout the whole year? 6 hours of studying in the lecture hall? Practical works? And what things you guys have gone through?

Career talk is what ah? Is it companies will conduct something like "seminar" and explain what they want to see from graduates or u have to walk to them to talk with them personally?

career talk?? need to pay for it??
i read the magazine of ACCA need to pay hundred plus for ???

No need pay for the career fair,actually it is like a career fair organise by jobstreet etc,just this is the one organise by the ACCA and more specific to financial area of career..

one more news,Dr. Choong Kwai Fatt might conduct revision class for tax paper this coming sitting,so for those who intended to take tax papers,please take note lo...

anyone knows any changes in p1 last sitting and this coming sitting?

That's good, a lot of my friend very disappointed when hearing he didn't conduct class for 2 sitting. Now good news....

Hey guys, I have a question. I sat for CAT exams in june 2008. At the front page of the answer booklet, there are boxes for us to tick for the questions we answered, right? What would happen if I forgot to tick those boxes? Will they not mark my answers? *touchwood*