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While a large area of audit is looking over financials, it's not the only thing that happens- you have the wordy side too eg. looking to see if they are in compliance with legislation. That said, financials do occupy quite a bit of the job =)

I chose Accounting for Business and Managing People and Organisations for the first sem, and then Economics for Business and Marketing Foundations for the second sem. Most cadets at the firm I'm at are doing it according to the UTS recommendation thingy book so yeah.

isnt that kinda suss though? i sorta want to do that cuz then i'll be saving like $300 every 6 months or whatever but im a lil paranoid so yeah and how long does it take to get the actual concession card? oh and also, how do u drop a subject..?

thanks :)!

On my eCAF form thingies it ses to choose a course..both are identical just the 'att' (that i now know is 'attempt' THANKYOU!) is diff..one being 1, and 2. So am i supposed to choose the one that says 1 since..i havent attempted that course before sorta thing..? lOL thanks in advance!

But version of what? the course? *so lost* and the attendance of what also? thanks =)

Hey I'm just wondering, when do you usually pick your majors?

My careers advisor sent out a note to all the year 12s this week for this firm called CIB Chartered Accountants (I think thats what the name was lol) which is based in Parra and Penrith and they have 3 cadetship positions available for next year. Hope this helps =)

lOl very very true haha but wouldn't experience set you out more..since everyone would have a degree in that area?

I'm aiming for UTS because of the convenience (and the UAI cut-off is lower lol) and Macquarie's my back-up. I talked to a lot of people who said 'go to UNSW' for the reputation, but I thought you'd need the 'reputation' of ur uni for when u graduate and go find a job, but if you already have a...

at the pwc interview, they asked us about issues in the accounting industry...

I asked my cousin about it before (who does Commerce) and she said that her friends who do Business do the same things as her, just a different order.

..okay never ever ever posted here before but why not start now (even though i SHOULD be studying lol) =) I got into KPMG *grins* which was the one i wanted so im EXTRA happy. As for contracts, most KPMG contracts that I've heard of (inc. mine) are $28k...but I can't remember if the $550...