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SGH - MA in Fin & Acct with ACCA [5]
All,
Since I can't come to a conclusion on my own & I have been stuck on this for two weeks now - I hope I can get some help here and that there are plenty of people who will let me pick their brain for info on this subject... And if you take the time and reply - a big thanks in advance! :)
So - I am wondering if anyone has experience with the English MA in Fin & Acct (with the chance of ACCA accreditation) at SGH... I know that it is a good school... However, I need to know more!
1) How easy is it to get in/ be accepted into this MA? [Is it fine with a BA in anything? I have a BS in Acct & BA in Econ - but my sister has some bs BA in International Whatumacallit...social & ethical treatment degree from a uni in Malmo - :)
2) What is the GPA they are looking for? What matters to them? (Well besides the $$ u suitcase in :)
3) How bad will they shake & bake your brain? - They say it is "full time & intensive" - to me it looks like the same bs I have taken before - but for my sister it would be all new... (Think I would have to move & do it with her & help her though... No problemo there... Or is it doable for her with no prior Fin & Acct courses?)
4) Is this MA from SGH any good? Do they have good prof. & prepare you for the ACCA properly?
5) I know ACCA is the European CPA - well here a CPA is someone who makes decent money - is the ACCA the same for EU? Or do you end up as a cashier?
6) Can you take this MA or ACCA out of PL anywhere in EU - how did you find the job market after you were done? [Both fluent in PL...]
7) What would a swedish/ or us citizen earn in PL or EU with this degree? Can it be taken back to sweden? (Think additional tests would be needed...)
8) I am taking my CPA - will an ACCA do anything for me in the states? (Not that I care so much at this point! I already bleed from my ears after AUD - I good now! :)
9) Oh! And how is the parting for foreigner in the academic? :) Do ppl buddy up with other ppl in this MA or is it a "I going to knife you" situation?
I am asking cause I have a younger sister in warszawa that got stuck in the outsourced customer service BS going on there - I guess she wanted some work experience & didn't know better - and now she is finding that this is her life - just 6 years later :/
I can buy her out of the situation by providing transition cashish - (I know it sounds like serfdom - but her wage makes it almost so - given the high cost of rent in ww) - however I want to make the smart/ right thing for her future too... I think re-education would help to move out of the dead end, and I am trying to understand what would make sense... I am an cpa in progress - so MA in Acct makes sense to me :) But is SGH a good choice really? Or do people find f-off to somewhere else in EU is better for their future?
[She is really sick of the grind in PL - but I think it is only because she is customer service-ing herself to death. I had a blast in PL - but I did need a lot of cash & I didn't work cause I pretended I was studying - her experience has been quite the opposite... :( A solution has been evading me so far... ]
All info appreciated & a great Thanks for any input!!! :)
