Hong Kong ppl unite!!

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<p>Yes, Act Sci has the highest cut-off for last year together with MBBS.</p>

<p>HK ppl are a bit mad. They choose the subject that is going to give the most earning power for the next 7 years, when our working life is about 40 years. The world changes so fast now and in some sense it has become unpredictable.</p>

<p>I am not prepared to do something so vocational as AS or Business (terminal degrees), but rather more open ended ones like Maths and accounting that allows me to branch out into so many areas.</p>

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<p>Accounting is totally vocational though and is pretty different from math.</p>

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<p>Yes, it’s one of the reasons I don’t go back to live in Hong Kong. People are way too money-oriented.</p>

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<p>Who… what do you mean by that? You want to stay back in the US and work?</p>

<p>I know what is accounting. I know some financial accounting and managerial accounting. Yes Accounting is totally vocation and not maths, but I would say that accounting is quit board; just look at how many different units are there in the Big 4. There is not only audit or tax, but also risk advisory, for example.</p>

<p>Also, unlike business, which i personally think is crap, accounting is quite “technical”, as in it is not so easy for others to catch up. I don’t learn marketing but I believe I still can stitch together an advertisement campaign. But the untrained simply cannot close an account, period.</p>

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<p>But there also must be a balance between interest and practically. I like pure maths, but I also know that it is not as “useful” as statistics, for example.</p>

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<p>Very true. I find the idea of studying “leadership” or “organizational behavior” without having been in the workforce full-time funny. Anyway, accounting provides great job security. Every company needs accountants but there’s shortage of good ones. If you find accounting interesting, go for it. It’s a very useful field to be in.</p>

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<p>I want to be able to do high level maths and at the same time understand accounting. Few people can do it because if they opt for accounting at university, they can’t study maths and vice versa.</p>

<p>You can do accounting outside by doing things like ACCA, or, work for a Big 4 and receive their training after you graduate with a maths degree. (the “you” is anyone…)</p>

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LSE is very hugely overrated for economics. Chicago is actually so much better in terms of both undergrad and research.</p>

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<p>Is liberal arts college a popular choice among HK people?</p>

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<p>I think few Hong Kong people opt for liberal arts colleges in the U.S. because liberal arts colleges have relatively low visibility in Hong Kong. Most people will opt for schools branded as universities, and many might not have even heard of schools like Amherst of Williams.</p>

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<p>Speaking as an international, I would say that Liberal Arts colleges aren’t a big draw. </p>

<p>But apparently, HK legislator Bernard Chan is from a (top) liberal arts college.</p>

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<p>Yup, Bernard Chan went to Pomona.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bernardchan.com/eng/personal.html[/url]”>http://www.bernardchan.com/eng/personal.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;