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Originally Posted by kaden1
Thank you very much for spending the time to address my concerns.
I have always understood ACCA to be sub-par to any business-related degrees but my research indicated that it is the most optimal choice of course to take when serving NS.
A cursory review of the the NUS Law syllabus also suggests that reading law, except for certain small modules, are hardly contributive to my goal of being a management consultant. While NUS provides us with the option of undertaking a Biz/Law DDP, I don't find the value in spending an extra year doing business, while crippling myself of the number of law electives I can take, when I can use that extra year to complete an MBA. This is also the reason why I refuse to spend 3 years to complete a BBA, even though it can be claimed that it is more relevant to my eventual goal.
My tentative plan is therefore as such: leverage on my ACCA accreditation to land a strategy or transactions (E&Y) role in one of the top 4 as an intern for 6 months before the school term commences, finish my law course and pupilage, take up an MBA at a reputable university then transit into management consultancy.
BCG and McKinsey's websites both revealed that they are seeking graduates with law degrees for their business consultancy work. This has led me to believe that completing ACCA, LLM and MBA will serve me well towards my goal of being a management consultant, while also giving me the financial security a law degree confers. |
Understand where you are coming from as you have no work experience, but the labor market does not work this way.
Firstly, an internship in a big4 will not enable you to “leverage” in any meaningful way. The big4 boys recruit fresh grads as associates by the dozens like packing sheep on trucks every year. A permanent role in a big4 for 1 year doesn’t even register in most CVs, much less a 6 month internship. An intern will not do any strategy role in E&Y, such work is reserved for partner level. Many associates are in big4 for 5-7 years until managerial/AD level and do not even smell anything that resembles “strategy” - It’s mostly process and reporting.
You cannot take up a MBA program in a prestigious university with just a pupilage. A pupilage prepares one to take the bar exams with the ultimate aim of getting called to the bar as a practicing lawyer. These world class MBA programs do not accept people with only short junior level experiences, you need to either be a principal in a practice or a well-experienced legal counsel in a big company. I don’t think even garbage MBA programs from
NUS/
NTU will accept a law grad who just completes his pupilage.
You are not giving due credit to the legal fraternity. A top practicing lawyer or General Counsel/Company Secretary of a MNC is in no way lower paid than a management consultant from McK/BCK/Bain.