02-25-2010, 01:10 AM
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<br />Salam,
@pauliangenius
It's good to see that you are quite keen about your future & yes you have raised a good question.
I too am an A level student & insh would be completing it this june.I would agree with you that some people talk too much but as this is a PUBLIC forum you should be ready to accept it's drawbacks especially those people who just can't figure out what to post where!![(!]However,some members have made some excellent points.[)]
So let me share my research & opinion with you
First of all,ACCA is not so global as it claims to be & they have not made articleship mandatory which make them comparatively inferior.As far as I have noticed students who are doing ACCA do it for various reasons & not one particular.For eg
=>Some do it as it is a foregion qualification;
=>Some do it after being failed from ICAP;
=>Some do it as a route to bigger goals like ACA,CPA etc(to claim exemptions);
=>Some do it as it's resources are abundant in pak(study material);
=>Some do it simply because it is cheaper & easier than other more premium qualifications;
=>Others do it because their long term goal is narrow...& so on.
Now some people might argue that ACCA is equal to ACA/CPA but they are wrong even though they would not accept this...well most of them.Some even argue through advertisement of jobs but BOSS clarified the situation.
Hence my advice to you will be
If you want to stay in pakistan then best choice for you will be CA from ICAP BUT if you wanna move abroad then ACA from ICAEW or american CPA will be the best possible solutions for you.
I can only recommend ACCA if you do it as an entry route to some premium qualification as in my view if someone want to be at top of this field then ACCA alone will never be sufficient.
Hope this helps.[D]
Now having said all this I must make this point clear that I am not against ACCA & above post was only my personal view so anyone & everyone is free to disagree with it.[8D]
So would you like to share your AS grades with us if you dont mind ofcourse?[^]
Regards.
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You can have your personal views, but not wrong ones. I would like to clarify some views of your
You have yet to enter this field, so the information you gain may not be the actual case
Some PpL take the non-mandatory audit training as an advantage, arguing that it is flexible; Allowing you to switch between roles. It is not that training is not required at all. You MUST complete 15 performance objectives and 36 months of relevant work experience if you were to become an ACCA
By your post, it seems you have been misled to some extent and it seems you think ACCA has a very narrow scope(derived from your narrow vision sentence). I presume you were talking about its international scope. It's scope is vast, allowing you to have several options at the end
I don't know where did you find out that ACCA is monetorily CHEAP compared with other qualification. You should check out various qualification's exam fee, subscription fee and practising fee(including ICAP and ICAEW)
If you don't call a qualification having students in ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY countries as "global" then i don't know what is your term "global" defined as. You can check out the job market of Ireland, Malaysia, China, UK, Canada, even PAKISTAN(There are several job ads for ACCAs. That means ACCA is being recognised here)
We study to earn a living in future To do JOBS. Jobs are a good, perhaps the best, yardsticks to judge which qualifications have recognition and their worth. I don't know what made you say boss' sayings as "clarifying" enough. Most of his sayings were totally biased and impartial as can be seen from his various posts
In the long term every qualification produces EQUAL results for an individual. Some qualifications "premium" for you may not be premium for others
There is a reason why MOST PpL(As quoted from your post) are of the view that ACCA is equal to ACA(in the long run)
<br />Salam,
@pauliangenius
It's good to see that you are quite keen about your future & yes you have raised a good question.
I too am an A level student & insh would be completing it this june.I would agree with you that some people talk too much but as this is a PUBLIC forum you should be ready to accept it's drawbacks especially those people who just can't figure out what to post where!![(!]However,some members have made some excellent points.[)]
So let me share my research & opinion with you
First of all,ACCA is not so global as it claims to be & they have not made articleship mandatory which make them comparatively inferior.As far as I have noticed students who are doing ACCA do it for various reasons & not one particular.For eg
=>Some do it as it is a foregion qualification;
=>Some do it after being failed from ICAP;
=>Some do it as a route to bigger goals like ACA,CPA etc(to claim exemptions);
=>Some do it as it's resources are abundant in pak(study material);
=>Some do it simply because it is cheaper & easier than other more premium qualifications;
=>Others do it because their long term goal is narrow...& so on.
Now some people might argue that ACCA is equal to ACA/CPA but they are wrong even though they would not accept this...well most of them.Some even argue through advertisement of jobs but BOSS clarified the situation.
Hence my advice to you will be
If you want to stay in pakistan then best choice for you will be CA from ICAP BUT if you wanna move abroad then ACA from ICAEW or american CPA will be the best possible solutions for you.
I can only recommend ACCA if you do it as an entry route to some premium qualification as in my view if someone want to be at top of this field then ACCA alone will never be sufficient.
Hope this helps.[D]
Now having said all this I must make this point clear that I am not against ACCA & above post was only my personal view so anyone & everyone is free to disagree with it.[8D]
So would you like to share your AS grades with us if you dont mind ofcourse?[^]
Regards.
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You can have your personal views, but not wrong ones. I would like to clarify some views of your
You have yet to enter this field, so the information you gain may not be the actual case
Some PpL take the non-mandatory audit training as an advantage, arguing that it is flexible; Allowing you to switch between roles. It is not that training is not required at all. You MUST complete 15 performance objectives and 36 months of relevant work experience if you were to become an ACCA
By your post, it seems you have been misled to some extent and it seems you think ACCA has a very narrow scope(derived from your narrow vision sentence). I presume you were talking about its international scope. It's scope is vast, allowing you to have several options at the end
I don't know where did you find out that ACCA is monetorily CHEAP compared with other qualification. You should check out various qualification's exam fee, subscription fee and practising fee(including ICAP and ICAEW)
If you don't call a qualification having students in ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY countries as "global" then i don't know what is your term "global" defined as. You can check out the job market of Ireland, Malaysia, China, UK, Canada, even PAKISTAN(There are several job ads for ACCAs. That means ACCA is being recognised here)
We study to earn a living in future To do JOBS. Jobs are a good, perhaps the best, yardsticks to judge which qualifications have recognition and their worth. I don't know what made you say boss' sayings as "clarifying" enough. Most of his sayings were totally biased and impartial as can be seen from his various posts
In the long term every qualification produces EQUAL results for an individual. Some qualifications "premium" for you may not be premium for others
There is a reason why MOST PpL(As quoted from your post) are of the view that ACCA is equal to ACA(in the long run)
