<p>Hey everyone, I am a high school senior and I am desperately trying to decide what I should major in. I am really interested in english or history but I know these majors are preceived as being precarious. My sister suggested I should do accounting, but I hate math. She told me that accounting actually does not involve that much math. Is this true, how much math does accounting involve.? If accounting is not that math heavy then I was thinking that maybe I could double major in english and accounting, does anyone have any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Accounting involves lots of +, -, /, and *</p>
<p>Could get icky in the long run, but the above is the norm.</p>
<p>If you want history/english, go for it. Don't do something just to do it. That's lame.</p>
<p>All the math involved in accounting is arithmetics - adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. There's also some basic Algebra and a little bit of statistics involved but it's no rocket science. </p>
<p>Accounting major is not considered an easy major, however. Math is easy, but it's the concept that makes accounting one of the hardest concentrations of Business. Heavy analytic skill is required and you'll also need to memorize lots of rules and laws (i.e. tax laws). </p>
<p>If you are extremely detail-oriented and is good at analyzing data and financial statements, then I guess accounting will be good for you.</p>
<p>Yes, there isn't that much math in accounting to most peoples' surprise; however, you do need a mathematical mindset. </p>
<p>First, there is a lot of probably solving,which is very similar to SATs. I always said that accounting is like living a perpetual math SAT in some way.</p>
<p>Second, as someone noted, it is a VERY hard major. Accounting profs usually try to week kids out. It is more akin to legal studies. There are LOTS of analytical skills required and lots of rules and laws to know and apply. Thus,it is a combination of problem solving, legal interpretation and memorization of a lot of material. It is sort of the business equivilant of Organic Chemistry. </p>
<p>Frankly, if you really don't like math, don't major in accounting.You should definitely major in what you like. If you enjoy what you are studying, you will do well. Geting a high GPA does have a LOT of advantages in the long-run</p>
<p>I'm hijacking another thread here.</p>
<p>What can you do with an Accounting degree besides...account? I don't want to sit behind a desk all day and crunch numbers. That's like working at a factory. If I have an accounting degree, can I be a banker, a business analyst, or an operations executive? Or do I truly need a more specialized degree for that?</p>
<p>Also, how do Accounting departments give credit to high school courses? I will have had two years of high school accounting, so I should get at least some college credit, right?</p>
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<p>umm you do not sit behind the desk all and crunch numbers as an accountants. All those tedious works are for the bookkeepers. Accountants actually do more business consulting with the clients, which may range from a local small business owner to a CEO of a giant corporation. Or if you expertise in tax, you do lots of tax advising.</p>
<p>Ditto what dal3 noted. In addition, you can do computer consulting, set up internal controls, look for fraud etc. Accounting is also a very good stepping stone for other jobs such as management, finance positions etc.</p>