02-24-2010, 10:49 PM
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.
@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.
