<p>Hello everyone,
I'm a transfer student 2011 and I am currently majoring in economics.
As the graduation years approaching, i began to worry a lot i need to make a lot of money because of fall of my family business + my sister's medical school tuition. </p>
<p>Unfortunately I could not get any internship from finance field so far for this summer.
Also, I do not consider as one of those "social" who can network like ninja, so I am worried about what kind of carrier field i should choose.
My dad told me to go for accounting, so I was looking at that, do you think I can take enough classes for accounting to fulfill requirements for cpa exam?
Can you guys give me any advice on how to finish undergrad as econ major with cpa requirment?
and do you guys have any internship tips/route for this summer?</p>
<p>hanjh705, fresh graduates are not going to make a lot of money. The average salary for just-out-of-school college graduates is anywhere between $30,000 and $50,000. If you are lucky, you may find a job that pays a little more. </p>
<p>Ross is obviously going to be better if you are looking to find a job when you graduate, but Econ majors also land good jobs, they just have to look harder. Go to career fairs, contact representatives that visit the university, upload your resume on several company websites’ careers section, forward your resume to open jobs that meet your qualifications, answer classifieds etc…</p>
<p>An Economics major from the University of Michigan with a reasonable GPA (over 3.3) and a healthy dose of initiative should have no trouble finding a good job.</p>
<p>Most states require 150 credits to sit for the CPA. Unless you come in with a lot of AP credits, you might want to fulfill that with a year of Master’s in Accounting. Michigan’s MAcc program is designed for that. In fact, the program was used in the past for people to change career to accounting. Michigan’s MAcc grads are highly recruited by the Big 4.</p>
<p>Starting salaries in the Big 4 are in the $50K-$60K range. You really should think it through if a career in accounting is for you, otherwise life can be quite miserable in the first few years.</p>
<p>For starter, check out the thread “Everything you want to know or should know about accounting”</p>
<p>if you want, put your resume on razume and hide personal information and pm me a link, I can give you some pointers on how to gear your resume towards a high finance job.</p>