Recent content by Guol

Blade Runner's an awesome film. Why don't you get yourself a copy from your school, sit down for a few solid hours and make some detailed and yet concise notes that will help you study and understand the text thoroughly and thus see you through to the 2009 HSC. That will get you much further...

About the new curriculum: Great idea. At present, all the curriculum is doing is testing the ability of people to memorise pre-written essays. I mean I know a few people who got their teachers to help them write practice essays, and if you ask them about the essays (e.g. "what themes are in...

Is someone who makes it in based on the bonus points scheme considered at the same time as someone who attained the right UAI without any additional points? Or do they allocate as many positions to those who attained the right UAI, and then once those positions are filled select people based on...

Weren't all offers meant to be accepted sometime last month??

Going to the EY luncheon tomorrow. Anyone else going?

Does PwC have the whole salary sacrificing option for random stuff like EY?

Good luck Shakky. Keep us updated!

no, i don't think so. one of the current cadets at PwC said it was 7.5 hours because it's essentially one whole working day off. according to the ICAA all accounting firms must have received the contracts by July 25th. so that gives about two weeks to contemplate it, sign it then post it back...

EY and PWC do that as well

Yup, good old Baulko. Are you in a cadetship atm? What is it like? I was at EY yesterday (Wednesday) so pretty amazed at how fast everything has progressed. In the space of 24 hours I have my contract and everything Also, my EY contract specified how much I earn. So yeah I assume yours would...

Just received my EY contract about a minute ago. And got a free bag! haha, I'm sold :P

Yeah dw too much about it man. Maybe they're saving the best for last, haha. Did you get into KPMG or anything else?

Yeah it's cool. I still have EY. Just, I don't know. The people at EY are really good and EY seems to value it's employees alot which is pretty awesome I reckon. It does set them apart alot. But what I liked about PwC was I guess the fact that they actually had a defined "Tax and Legal"...

hmph just got my PwC rejection call. I guess they've filled all their cadet slots and are just rejecting everyone from this point on. what a shame..

yeah I heard that PwC and EY both mail your contracts out to you :| I haven't received a response yet from PwC (and it probably looks like I'm not in), but just out of curiosity - if any of you could choose between EY and PwC what would you choose and why?