The ATP gives you the opportunity to develop verbal public communication skills, which is crucial for businessmen and women. It also stimulates a deeper technical knowledge of Accounting and related fields of study, because you need to understand a subject matter very well in order to explain it to someone else. It also creates the opportunity for a first-hand experience of the academia as a possible future career. Lastly it provides you with the opportunity to further your studies and/or do research in a simulating environment.