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Spin03 · 06-29-2009, 06:23 AM

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this question, but if someone has any information I'd greatly appreciate it.

I just graduated from High School and I will be starting at a local Community College this fall. I am pretty much set on majoring in Business and I am currently most interested by accounting. I wanted to know if it is recommended to do basic Accounting courses (accounting 1A/1B) at my CC before transferring or should I wait until after transferring to start taking business/accounting related courses. Some schools I am interested in require Accounting to be eligible for transfer (Stern) but others do not (USC), but I don't know if they'd prefer to see me have taken an accounting course already if that is my intended major.

Also, how important is it to go to school in the region you want to work. For instance, I am most interested in living in either New York or San Francisco after college, so would it be advisable to go to schools such as Berkeley or NYU in order to have the most legitamite chance at finding a job in these regions, rather than going to USC and wanting to leave the LA area following graduation, based on that reason alone.

Thanks for any help!

06-29-2009, 06:23 AM	#586
Spin03 New Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 11	Not sure if this is the best place to ask this question, but if someone has any information I'd greatly appreciate it. I just graduated from High School and I will be starting at a local Community College this fall. I am pretty much set on majoring in Business and I am currently most interested by accounting. I wanted to know if it is recommended to do basic Accounting courses (accounting 1A/1B) at my CC before transferring or should I wait until after transferring to start taking business/accounting related courses. Some schools I am interested in require Accounting to be eligible for transfer (Stern) but others do not (USC), but I don't know if they'd prefer to see me have taken an accounting course already if that is my intended major. Also, how important is it to go to school in the region you want to work. For instance, I am most interested in living in either New York or San Francisco after college, so would it be advisable to go to schools such as Berkeley or NYU in order to have the most legitamite chance at finding a job in these regions, rather than going to USC and wanting to leave the LA area following graduation, based on that reason alone. Thanks for any help!
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