Go for the Associates first - sm
Posted By: Laverne on 2009-06-03
In Reply to: Bachelors versus Associates? - No comment
If you are going to a community college, most have concurrent certificates you can earn along the way - ie, general accounting, advanced accounting and then your degree. Just make sure if you are going to transfer to a 4-year University for your BA eventually, pursue the AA Business/Accounting and not the AAS Accounting. Better even, check with the university you plan to transfer to as to their requirements. MOst have transfer agreements so that if you receive your Associates in Arts Accounting/Business degree, when you transfer you will transfer as a junior and be able to eliminate some of the crazy requirements. In my case, I was able to skip a science, religion (private univerisity) and philosophy class by doing this which basically erases an entire semester for me.
I am not able to work at $15 per hour unfortunately and as I want to specialize, I plan to get my BA, get a halway decent job and then pursue my Masters so I can sit for the CPA test in my state. Hopefully, at least from my research and talkign with various accounting firms, my age will not be a problem as there is a definite shortage of accounts and most will even help pay for your continued education for my Masters program.
Also, join a local chapter of one the accounting organizations. The meetings are great and the student benefits are well worth it as far as networking and job prospects.
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