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itsaholiday
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Posted: 30 Aug 2012 at 22:10 \| IP Logged

hey all!

so, I have a rather scattered academic history from various universities. I
suppose I should give the chronological story to make it easier to follow. I
got my B.A. in Psychology in 2008 (3.5 GPA) with the plan on going to law
school. I went to law school for one year, hated it and dropped out. I have
since got a Masters in Marketing (3.58 GPA) in 2011, but to be honest, I
did not enjoy that line of work.

Long story short, I did some soul searching and signed up for some
classes in the summer to see what fields I would be interested in. Turns
out that I quite liked the Accounting course that I took, so I am taking
some business prerequisites this fall so that I can apply for a Masters of
Accounting program.

I suppose my major concern is that I have appeared to scattered and
unfocused with my studies. Is that going prevent me from getting a good
accounting job? or once i've passed the CPA test, does that override any of
your past mistakes?

thanks for your help.

FARB-FinAudRegB
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Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 01:34 \| IP Logged

There is such a thing as a "Masters in Marketing"?

An accounting degree will help you get an accounting job. If you elect not to get the accounting degree but just take the classes to sit the CPA exam, then your passing of each of the four CPA exam sections will help you get an accounting job.

I'm not for certain (you'll have to do research on your own), but my gut feeling is that, when you work as accountant, you won't receive pay for having a master's degree. A master's degree will *usually* increase your pay, & I doubt this type of master's degree would. You should keep it on there, nonetheless.

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