<p>I can’t tell you whether accounting is a good major for you,you must decide that.IntermediateAccounting courses are rigourous, to do well,you will probably have to sacrifice your social life.When you get out you will be working long hours(longer in tax season if this applies to you)again chances are you will have to sacrifice free time with loved ones.The work in accounting is tedious and stressful,many of the people you encounter are difficult to deal with and there tends to be alot of backstabbing in many of these firms.If the work seems terrible now in college it is because IT IS! it doesn’t get any better.If you want to see more comments regarding the accounting life, google(“Holy crap this really sucks,” the anonymous accountant )or (26 Things you should know before working for a national accounting firm by Dr. David Sativa)or even (Why accounting practitioners and educators would not major in accounting again by Robert J. Sack and W. Steve Albrecht).These articles and blogs tell the truth about accounting, also look at job forum indeed.com under accounting and read the comments.I wish I could be more optimistic, most of my friends who started in accounting have left often frustrated and discouraged.Some who have a family accounting practice to go into do well or those who can take the degree and combine it with a masters degree and “sell it to Wall Street” will wake away with a success story but most people RUN away from accounting,some of the partners i worked for got ulcers or strokes from the nonrelenting stresses, hours and deadlines!The best way to learn about owning a business and being an entrepreneur is by starting small businesses and learning from past mistakes , THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE.</p>