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Believe it or not, there's a lot you can concentrate on now in the right high school courses and accounting courses to gear up for something you'll enjoy doing later. And it's never too early to start pondering the business major. So check out the top business schools and accounting universities, or see if you're eligible for a scholarship. Because unlike that second half of senior year, you definitely won't want to wing your career.
There are a lot of jobs, but not a lot of people to fill them. It doesn’t take an accountant to figure out that translates into higher salaries and greater job security for accountants. No wonder the number of graduate and undergraduate students studying accounting is up dramatically. Read more >>
Wendy Gates went to college with one goal in mind: to come out with a degree that would get her a job. "There's a lot you can do in accounting, which is one of the reasons I've stayed with it: I like the variety," says Wendy. Though far from being a math whiz, Gates majored in accounting and has been busily employed ever since. Most new graduates can expect a starting salary of about $43,000 a year. Read more >>
Katie Piniuk got a lot of yawns from friends when she chose accounting as her major at Virginia Tech. But two weeks into her final year, she had lined up 15 interviews with the biggest firms in the country. Recruiters treated her to trendy happy hours and fancy steak dinners, wooing her with impressive salaries, free Cancun vacations and irresistible sign-on bonuses. Read more >>