should i quit?

last SG · 2004-08-29T00:43:11+00:00

sorry bbwolf, but I disagree... nothing worthwhile in life ever comes easily and to quit doing something just because there is pain or inconvenience etc is s...

shinta SG

currently in 3rd year diploma in financial services

the longer i'm in this course, the more i feel that this isn the course i want to pursue...this course is more catered towards a career as a financial planner and sadly, that isn a career i wanna pursue...

the original plan is to finish my diploma n get an ACCA cert...

if say, i quit sch now, n go ahead to get myself ACCA, is it advisable to do so?

1 more thing, if say i wanna further my education, say in University of Western Australia, do u tink they would accept me? hmm..assuming I hav an ACCA cert, 3 years of working experience in relations to the course of study and 2 years of diploma study?

additional info: after this sem, I would have completed all the accounting modules in my course

MoonIce SG

den be an accountant loh

shinta SG

Thats wat i wanna do in the future, but for now, should i quit my dip and pursue ACCA?

SnowFlag SG

Originally posted by shinta:
currently in 3rd year diploma in financial services

the longer i'm in this course, the more i feel that this isn the course i want to pursue...this course is more catered towards a career as a financial planner and sadly, that isn a career i wanna pursue...

the original plan is to finish my diploma n get an ACCA cert...

I suggest that you stick to your original plan. Having a proper diploma can get you a proper job before you complete your ACCA. ACCA is a long process.

Originally posted by shinta:
1 more thing, if say i wanna further my education, say in University of Western Australia, do u tink they would accept me? hmm..assuming I hav an ACCA cert, 3 years of working experience in relations to the course of study and 2 years of diploma study?

It will simply means you dun have a diploma.

UandMe SG

just finish it lah since last yr liao… u will be surprised how many people are studying for wat they dun really want to be…

Devil1976 SG

Yeah... Plain old fact...

Devil1976 SG

If you give up on a diploma, what’s with the chance that you might just give up on the ACCA? At least you’ll still have a diploma..? Go think about it…

cooleo SG

Finish your Diploma first and let it serve as back-up plan in case u screw up for your ACCA. ACCA can stretch to 4-5 years easily and who knows what can happen during this period?

Xcert SG

finish your 3rd year.

I-like-flings(m) SG

If u really think u will be really INTERESTED in ACCA ... why not u just take it now...ACCA can be done part time...just continued ur diploma in case u lost interested in ACCA too....anyway 1 more yr nia then grad already and with a diploma u can go overseas uni easier....try doing ACCA in that 1 yr too lor... and u will know if u really like it.....i know of sch mate that did that b4....quit is never a GOOD choice Wink

101wish SG

u shld complete ur diploma 1st , at least u can find a job after graduating n tak up ACCA as ur part-time course..furthermore ACCA is bit too draggy, y not thk of taking up CIMA instead of ACCA, tis getting more popular now esp in uk..

shinta SG

I have been thinkin about going ahead with ACCA ever since Year 1....the thing is, i dun have the $$ to take it..

thinkin of takin it p/time while working f/time in the day...

shinta SG

Wats CIMA?

franzx SG

I agree, finish your dip first and it will serve as a good back up. ACCA does take a long time and in the mean time, yes its hard work doing this course that is not what you want to do but if it helps you get a decent job and pays the bills in the near future, I think it is wise to stick with it. Besides, you have already done 2 years and giving up now not only means that you got nothing out of 2 years of sweat and $$$ spent you got nothing to tell your future employer. Usually for junior positions and for that matter, what you studied dont really affect what you can apply and be employed to do. only when you become very senior then your CV becomes really important bec you become like a specialist.

So in the mean time, stick with this and work on your ACCA next. This is the best move!

I-like-flings(m) SG

then why wasted 2 yrs in the first place??? dun do things half way...if u decided to do anything just stick with it till u finished it. if u coz even have the will to finished ur diploma.. what make u think u can finished ACCA??? trust mi... the passing rate for those working fulltime and studying part time is SUPER low....and u dun even know whether u will really like it or not?? it's not that ex just try take 1 paper first lor.. few hundred dollars only.. compare to the few thousand u already spend for ur diploma??? Wink

shinta SG

thanks everyone for ur replies....

would changin course be a better solution then?

from financial services to accounting and finance. the year 1 modules are the same, and for year 2, only 3 modules are different...so i would hav to take cost accounting, and taxation...plus contract law, part of which was covered in another module that i took when i was in year 1, that is the legal aspects of financial services.

Devil1976 SG

It's always an OPEN OPTION? Cool

shinta SG

open option?

Ito_^ SG

dun quit, finish it first.

paperchicken SG

Agree. Get a cert first. Almost there liao. Confused