Accounting or Economics

OTRoad — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:16:27 +0800

Hi I'm an STPM student from Arts Stream. NTU is my dream uni and I've been contemplating between the two courses for a long time but I still can't make up my mind.

Accounting- It's a 3 year course so it's shorter than our IPTAs. This course is also quite established in Singapore. My senior with the same results as me got in so hopefully I can get in too. I've also experienced a lot about it since some of my relatives are accountants and I'm currently working in a small company after STPM (some bookkeeping stuff) and it's not what I expected. I thought I would get the 'rush' like in Form 6 when we balance the accounts. Most of it is quite dull work. I would say that my double entry is quite strong and I can understand stuff like tax very fast.

Economics- I find this more interesting than Accounting which I'm kind of tired of. However, I'm quite worried because JPA doesn't recognise NTU degrees generally. How about semi-gov bodies like BNM? Will they hire NTU Econs grads? I'm also quite interested in the Mathematics and Economics degree.

I kind of like Economics more but I find the lack of jobs uncomfortable. I'm also worried because I know Econ needs a lot of soft skills and critical thinking. I understand that you have to be a very good Econ grad to go somewhere whereas you don't really need a high CGPA for Accounting especially in the small firms. I know I have to work much, much harder in Econ. But I don't think I want to do Accounting even though it's ok to me. One more thing is that I can still study ACCA later on after my degree but not Econs later on.

I aspire to do macro-work like at BNM after I graduate. I don't really want to go into commercial or investment banking. Please wake me up if this is not realistic. Or maybe I don't like accounting because I don't know the real accounting yet.

Any opinions will be appreciated. Thank you.

IPTA Medium of Instruction

OTRoad — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:03:03 +0800

I'm wondering what's the main medium of instruction in our public universities? Specifically lectures/ tutorials/ exams. I would assume it's English but could it still be in BM?

How about UKM? Is it true that the language over there is Malay?

Thank you.

Hiking in Penang

OTRoad — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:49:15 +0800

Hi I'm from Penang. I would like to try out hiking in the hills. Anyone know where to start for beginner? And I don't know anyone who is familiar with the trails. Thanks.

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