<p>I have never known a CPA who wasn’t a “math” person rather than an “English” person. I’m sure they exist. The math isn’t difficult, but I do think it takes a person who is comfortable and likes working with numbers. Some people, and I’m thinking of some of my “English” friends, HATE numbers. They are scared of numbers. They run from numbers.</p>
<p>Personally, I thought numbers were cool. I particularly liked the multiplication tables and how nice and even they were, the tricks for them, how they lined up. I am a very detail oriented, analytical, logical person–most accountants are.</p>
<p>Accounting doesn’t take high-level theoretical math.</p>