Is accounting a good major?

xenon528491
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:35:10 +0000

Over the past couple of months I’ve been doing research about what I want to major in and what schools I want to apply to. After narrowing my choice of professional field down to medicine or business, I chose business because I realize I’m not that passionate about science. After reading numerous threads on this website as well as doing my own research, it seems that the general consensus is that accounting is a good major because it’s the “language of business” and can help you get into any field of business, and the job prospects for accountants seem to be very good for the next few years. But how difficult is an accounting major? I consider myself to be pretty good at math (I’m a junior in AP Calculus AB) but I’ve also heard that accounting has very little to do with math. I’m going to be taking Honors Economics next year, but I’ve heard that Economics is very theoretical, whereas accounting is not. My school does not offer any accounting classes, although it does have an Intro To Business class that I’m taking next year as a Practical Art. If anyone can give me any personal opinions about accounting as a major, I would be greatly appreciative.:)

In case it matters, I live in Southern California (specifically Santa Clarita). I am a junior at a public high school. My cumulative GPA thus far is 4.3, unweighted is around a 3.8. I am not currently in any extracurricular activities, although I am a member of multiple clubs and perform various community service activities every month. I haven’t taken the SAT or ACT yet, but I got a 1780 on the PSAT (really bad I know, I’m studying hard for the March SAT…). I’ve made a list of schools that I tentatively want to apply to:
•NYU
•USC
•Northeastern University
•Boston University
•UCSB
•UC Irvine
•Cal Poly SLO
•SDSU
•CSUN
I honestly don’t think I’ll be able to get into NYU, USC, Northeastern, or Boston U, but I would like to apply to them anyways because they are all very good schools and have excellent accounting programs (plus Northeastern has a 5-year program that I’m very interested in), and I would like to go to any of those schools. I don’t really want to apply to CSUN because it’s so close to home, but my mom thinks its a good backup school if I don’t make it into any of the schools above. So again, if anyone could help me figure out if accounting is right for me, I would greatly appreciate it :]