ACCA

[Robo]

Anyone here took ACCA before? or has friends taking ACCA.. please share with me which school is better for taking ACCA??

Kaplan?
SAA?
or others??

[Iziz]

Kaplan FTC.

[Drive_carcar]

Anyone here took ACCA before? or has friends taking ACCA.. please share with me which school is better for taking ACCA??

 

Kaplan?

SAA?

or others??

 

ICPAS? I thought this is the final authority as they are the certifying body here.

[Iziz]

ICPAS is e issuing body. Their education arm is SAA. Only prominent lecturer from SAA is Dr Ernest Kan. FTC has better lecturers overall.

 

And in case u guys r wondering, I do have an ACCA.

[Robo]

Kaplan FTC.

 

kaplan fees are higher right?

 

SAA is cheaper is it as good?

[Iziz]

Which is more impt, passing or fees? If u retake a paper, it will wipe out wadever cost savings u r trying to achieve.

 

Lecturers realli make a difference, I did my 1st stage at FTMS, went over to FTC after tat and I nv regretted my decision!

 

Like I said, only advantage SAA has is tat they have Dr Ernest Kan but he doesnt conduct tat many lectures.

U dun have to sign up for every paper at FTC or SAA exlusively, u can always switch in between them. ;)

[Robo]

oh really arh!? i can go 2 schools????

[Iziz]

Yes u can. U nv sign an exclusive agreement wif them rite? :p

 

Do find out abt which r the good lecturers on either side.

 

Samixxxxxxx from FTC is veri good, not sure whether he is still lecturing though.

And one more thing, ang mo doesnt mean good in finance

[Robo]

so in total how much did u pay??

[Iziz]

I completed mine yrs back ardi... Cannot remember. But I paid only once ;)

[Robo]

Yes u can. U nv sign an exclusive agreement wif them rite? :p

 

Do find out abt which r the good lecturers on either side.

 

Samixxxxxxx from FTC is veri good, not sure whether he is still lecturing though.

And one more thing, ang mo doesnt mean good in finance

 

[laugh] that i very well agree.... ang is pai tao nice nia. inside alot lao ya eh...

[Robo]

I completed mine yrs back ardi... Cannot remember. But I paid only once ;)

 

like that u quite zhai mah... :)

 

i scared xiong.. have to work mth end lagi jialat.. den gotta study.. come exam cmf sibeh jialat...

 

but for prospects i think LL have to take.

[Iziz]

like that u quite zhai mah... :)

 

i scared xiong.. have to work mth end lagi jialat.. den gotta study.. come exam cmf sibeh jialat...

 

but for prospects i think LL have to take.

 

I did mine while working fulltime as an audit asst. If I can do it, so can u!

 

Had to watch budget as pay was pathetic, work until time up, go there eat bread while listening to lecture. So tired until if I manage to get a seat on e MRT on e way home, I would be out like a light in a couple of mins

[Randolf]

Hi Iziz, sorry if i sounded blunt. May I know why did u not continue working in the audit profession? Is it due to the very stressful lifestyle? am at the crossroad and now thinking of what course i shoud take. Thanks !

[Robo]

I did mine while working fulltime as an audit asst. If I can do it, so can u!

 

Had to watch budget as pay was pathetic, work until time up, go there eat bread while listening to lecture. So tired until if I manage to get a seat on e MRT on e way home, I would be out like a light in a couple of mins

 

im worst lor.. am now i/c of a holdings accounts. only me and another accountant doing only.. mth end like turbocharged like that..

[Kangadrool]

Any of these schools conduct Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance (for non-financial people)? Seen this course last time, but seems like all have stopped. I really don't need ACCA and I really dun want to be an accountant.

[Mustank]

nowadays all profession are streesful

 

if you take law, you do pupillage and slowly progress from associate upwards. at the end of the day, one will be a salaried employee unless you can show your boss that you can bring in clients (business). then you progress from a high class worker to a rainmaker

 

if you take accounting, you work as audit assistant upwards. you can be a financial controller one day. same thing about the worker vs rainmaker

 

if you take medicine. also the same. sama sama

 

at the end of the day, it really really doesnt matter which profession you choose. because at the end of the day, all work is stressful, some more than others.

 

it is more impt that you enjoy what you do for a living

[Huat138]

If one want to be a trained accountant.. A Big 4 passage is a must... Without extensive Big 4 experience, one has to work very hard in order to go far in accounting profession...