<p>^ tl;but for some reason did read lol… and now my mind is mush</p>
<p>Thank you for reading, domrom1.</p>
<p>If you guys are college educated, then it shouldn’t be that hard to read that much material, right?</p>
<p>If there is anything that needs to be clarified, let me know. It’s not too technical, I think.</p>
<p>We have the ability to read it. The problem is we simply don’t care enough to read the ramblings of a random internet poster. My goodness man, I bet if you redirected your time to something else - you could do good things. In the long run nobody cares that much to read a 4 page essay on the subject of what to major in.</p>
<p>Good communication is clear and concise, like this post.</p>
<p>Another accounting question:
Say I’m in Illinois. How often can I take the exams for the CPA exam? I’m reading there is a two month window every three months? So, I can only take the exams once per two-month window, right? As such, a person has four attempts at the exam in a year?</p>
<p>When re-taking the exam, is similar material covered? Does a person have to do the task of studying EVERYTHING all over again as if it’s the first time the stuff is being studied?
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To those whom keep posting irrelevant details and criticizing my rhetoric:**</p>
<p>The information I offered was to help someone/anyone understand my situation and perhaps make comments and suggestions on my academic goals, not my writing style. Commenting my writing style does not keep things on-topic, really. To go off track like that is uneducated.</p>
<p>This isn’t 4chan or some other anarcho-website. I’m not interested in people posting counter-productive and antithetical comments, such as tl;dr.</p>
<p>Stop commenting on peoples education dude. You’re just obnoxious and long-winded. If you haven’t already figured it out - nobody cares about your opinion enough to read your ramblings. </p>
<p>Can you just stop now?</p>
<p>I’m currently an accounting major at a state university (SJSU) and the only required math courses are ‘introductory calculus for business and social sciences’ and ‘elementary statistics/probability’.</p>
<p>If I want to shoot for big 4, do they care about the math courses i’ve taken? Is a high GPA good enough, or will they want to see higher level math like calculus?</p>
<p>High GPA+Accounting degree(whatever courses that entails)+Work Experience+Social skills=Possible shot at Big 4 interview.</p>
<p>Doesn’t that cover almost everything domrom1? :/</p>
<p>^ I don’t follow Dawgie. lol</p>
<p>Is the information in the OP still accurate? I see it hasn’t been edited since 2008 so I’m curious. </p>
<p>If so (just for blatant clarification), going to a college that’s AACSB accredited in business and accounting (such as CSUF) is just as good as (or better because of the accreditation and accounting major?) a college with much more prestige such as UCLA? Hope that makes sense.</p>
<p>2nd question: </p>
<p>I’m currently attending a CC and am thinking about transferring to CSUF once I have the lower-division coursers completed. So, if I get and maintain a high GPA while attending, say, CSUF, should I focus on getting interviewed and accepted into the Big 4, or completing the requirements needed to sit in at the CPA exam? Can these both be done at the same time and should they be? As you can tell, I’m pretty clueless when it comes to this process and could use all the advice I can get. Thx.</p>
<p>donrom1:</p>
<p>I was just saying, you pretty much stated you gotta own at all aspects.</p>
<p>Lol I gotcha now Dawgie</p>
<p>For the fifth year for accounting majors… </p>
<p>Should we get an MBA or an MS?</p>
<p>What’s the difference?</p>
<p>what type of gpa would you say is good for big 4 again?
i got mine to over a 3.5 this semester.
will try and get it to around a 3.6 by after next semester…</p>
<p>@Mrocked-Any MBA that takes a year and doesn’t require work experience is useless </p>
<p>@Jacoby- I refuse to answer your question because you’re clearly a Sox fan!!</p>
<p>How much value is placed on knowing a 2nd language? And besides Spanish and Japanese, which (in my case, 2nd) languages would best serve you as an accountant?</p>
<p>^ anyone?</p>
<p>Also, I just noticed the CSU I’m considering transferring to offers a Business BA with a joint emphasis in accounting/finance and another with a joint emphasis in accounting/information systems. Would I be better served getting my bachelor’s degree in one of the aforementioned or with the concentration in accounting? Thx.</p>
<p>For the languages, I would say neither. </p>
<p>Spanish would be best if you are working in the Southern California area (as I presume you are since your previous posts regarded USC and CSUF) only as a means of being a menial tax man.
The best would be probably, overall, Mandarin.</p>