Aspiring Accounting major with some unique questions

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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I'm new to this website and decided this looked like a good site to try to get some information. I want to major in accounting and saw a lot of discussions on here about accounting but I feel my main question is a little unique so I thought would ask and get everyone's opinion.</p>

<p>I was a college student quite a few years ago but dropped out. I started going back last fall at a community college and plan on transferring to a university next year. I already completed most of the transfer requirements from the first time I went, which included completing intro to financial accounting and intro to managerial accounting. But I took these classes around 8-9 years ago and I know I don't remember a lot of the information and knowledge. So I'm wondering what I should do to refresh myself on the knowledge before I get to the university and start taking intermediate accounting and other upper-division accounting classes. Should I re-take the intro classes? I have seen accounting books on amazon that seem similar to the textbooks. Should I buy these books and study on my own? Will I be fine to jump right into the intermediate classes without much refreshing ahead of time?</p>

<p>Any information that you guys can give me is greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Hmm. Good question.</p>

<p>Since it’s been so long since you took the material, it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea if you took the classes again. What’s the real drawback anyway? You already have taken the material before, so it should probably be pretty easy to re-learn it a second time.</p>

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<p>That seems like it would set you back about a year doing that. If our up to it I’d say go ahead and learn it yourself.</p>

<p>[Learn</a> Accounting Online for Free | AccountingCoach.com](<a href=“http://www.accountingcoach.com%5DLearn”>http://www.accountingcoach.com) is a great site to overview with.</p>

<p>Also most intermediate classes do a great job of reviewing depending on what school you attend</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies guys. Numbah0ne is right, trying to retake both would make it difficult to fulfill my goal of transferring for the fall of next year. I work full time, so taking anymore classes on top of what I already plan to take might be too much. Plus I’m paying for my own textbooks right now, so the less I can spend the better. </p>

<p>Thanks for the website Numbah0ne, it looks pretty good, I think it could be a good resource for me.</p>