Quote Originally Posted by jiriku View Post
Ick, no. No early advancement tricks. RAW is fine on a character optimization board or in a thought exercise, but in-game, I interpret conservatively.
Actually, most COers agree that PA alone can't get you the 2nd level spells requirement. There's a few who go around saying that PA+Focused Specialist Wizard can get you 2nd level spells at 1st level (which it does, from a literal reading of the two abilities), myself being one of them.

Most people just try to avoid entering dual-advancement classes, or accept the losses and enter the hard way. Others use classes like Seul Arcanamach and Nar-Demonbinder, or Ur-Priest to qualify.