SIC & BMC

• |Uv`-f|UtE-`

  8 Jun 07, 13:36

  anyone here previously/currently in Singapore Institute of Commerce or the BMC Academy can tell me how this 2 private institutions differs ?
  
  i'm looking into their LCCI - Dip in Accounting course but their course fees differs by a huge margin. SIC is 4.2k & BMC is 2.2k although what they award at the end of the program is from the same external institutions. why ah ?
  
  also considering ACCA but to work full time & study ACCA is a real killer.
  
  right now my highest qualification is a dip in mobile & wireless computing from tp. will it be advisable to take up part time LCCI program ? cos i wanna make a big switch from IT to an accounting environment.
  
  help pls ? in a state of confusion man
• mhcampboy

  8 Jun 07, 13:46

  u got dip already?
  
  why dun u go take degree?
• |Uv`-f|UtE-`

  8 Jun 07, 14:12

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  u got dip already?
  
  why dun u go take degree?

  If specializing in accounting field, i find that ACCA is better in comparison. so i opt out a degree in accounting.
  
  n becos i dont possess any foundation in accounting (only once took up a module in basics of accts in poly) so really afraid to start off with ACCA.
  
  plus i cant commit myself to working & ACCA. even doing full-time can be real tough, what more den part-time ?
  
  so my plan now is to take LCCI acct + work full time > gain some experience by starting off in an accounting firm (perhaps as an accts asst) after getting my LCCI > take ACCA
  
  but my problem is which institution should i enrol in ? SIC or BMC ?
  and is my route really advisable ?
  
• |Uv`-f|UtE-`

  8 Jun 07, 14:48

  oh yah, CAT & LCCI, which is a better one ?
• ah san

  8 Jun 07, 15:03

  Originally posted by |Uv`-f|UtE-`:

  oh yah, CAT & LCCI, which is a better one ?

  I will say CAT is better cos i believe it leads to ACCA exemptions...alternatively i will think its beta you juz take ACCA pass the 1st yr and den go work in accounting firm as asst...if thats the route u wish...
  
  
• |Uv`-f|UtE-`

  8 Jun 07, 15:18

  if at the end of the day, i choose not to take up ACCA, is CAT cert still more valuable then the LCCI one ?
  
  i oso did look through jobsdb's accounting positions and most employers prefer to take in LCCI dip rather then CAT.