<p>SO right now I'm still only a junior in HS, but I know for fact that I'm going to the University of Arizona (in-state student).</p>
<p>Anyway, I already know that I want to major in Business (accounting?) and learn the following 3 languages: Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese. I'm skilled with languages, so I'm not so worried about learning them more as I am juggling Business with them. Could anybody answer some of my questions?</p>
<p>1) Is accounting indeed a good fit if I want to do business and travel a lot?</p>
<p>2) Are there [business] jobs that would enable me to travell imbetween these three places?</p>
<p>3) As far as accounting goes, I know you can go for CPA if you have at least 150 credits (5 years)... is it worth it to do the 5 years? Going to a college prep hs, they always badger us about graduating in 4 years or less.</p>
<p>4) I'd really love to study abroad to each of these places during my undergraduate years. Not all year-study programs of course, but would short term (semester/quarter/summer) study abroad trips be possible to manage while pursuing a business major?</p>
<p>5) How do you make sure that the credits from the school you're studying abroad at transfer? Is this something that you just discuss with you're academic advisor?</p>
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<li><p>The people who do the most traveling probably work in consulting, which you can definitely be hired for with accounting degree, but it’ll be a bit harder form Arizona.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m sure there are companies in those places that do travel between them, but it’ll be tricky to find a position where you visit all three regularly. Keep in mind that business travel isn’t like choosing a vacation, and it is unlikely you will get a job that would enable this.</p></li>
<li><p>If you want to do accounting, a CPA is very helpful, and you’ll likely get a master and bachelor degree from your 5 years, which isn’t bad.</p></li>
<li><p>If you come in with a lot of AP credits, you could definitely study in all three, especially if you did one or two over the summer.</p></li>
<li><p>You should discuss that with your academic advisor. If your school has connections with or sends a lot of students to a certain program, they might even have an online database of courses to take there and which credits they count for.</p></li>
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<p>Actually, the question is “[how] will accounting help me with international business”.</p>
<p>I don’t so much have a desire to travel id est vacation, but I really want to do international business specifically in asia. That is, working with these specific countries in a business setting, despite if I’m in America and only travel seldom. </p>
<p>Hence I suppose it was wrong for me to say “travel a lot” because vacationing isnt my goal.</p>
<p>So ultimatley, my career goals are that I want to work for a company that has partners/branches in these countries such that I could use both my business skills and language skills.</p>
<p>^ could you explain what GAAP and IFRS is? sorry, I dont know =(.</p>
<p>would being apart of a tourism business perhaps enable me to do business and language together? Tourism being like a hotel/resort company (wrong word) ?</p>
<p>If you are interested in the tourism business, consider getting a degree from a top rated hospitality program (such as Cornell,Syracuse, University of Denver etc.) which place students in positions with the top hotels…knowing foreign languages would be a big plus. Take some time going over the websites of schools with these programs…they are often offered in conjunction with the business school at these universities, and many of the requirements overlap.</p>
<p>The USC Marshall School of Business has a joint program which appears to be a good fit for you depending upon your qualifications. </p>
<p>Marshall offers a joint program called the Business/International Joint Program. USC has strong ties to Asia and the Pacific Rim. According to U.S. News rankings their international business program is ranked 5th in the nation. Accounting is 5th as well.</p>
<p>Special programs which may interest you are: Global Leadership Program, LINC Program, Global Summer Internship Program, ExCEL Program and the International Exchange Program.</p>
<p>Marshall sponsors Global Business Conferences. This last one was in Taipei and was sold out.</p>
<p>Accounting doesn’t sound like the right business focus given your interests. Marketing seems like it would make the most sense. Companies have lots of products they want to sell in Asia, and knowing how to market combined with your language skills could produce the top of job you describe with travel to these countries.</p>
<p>Thanks for the college reccomendations! I’ll deffinantly check them out.
But the problem is, I can’t afford to go out of state. My parents make too much money for need-base scholarships, and not enough to pay for it. Plus, I dont want any debt for undergrad.</p>
<p>Although UA doesnt have a hospitality program, i’m sure they have some classes. There’s also a Mariott resort on campus that I could probably get an internship at. Would pursuing both of these things help me?</p>
<p>Definitely! Also look into study abroad programs and internships with foreign-based companies or internships abroad.</p>
<p>Also, consider schools where you might get merit money. For example, the University of Denver has an excellent hospitality program and also is quite generous with merit aid…and the school has amazing internships both in the US and abroad for its students. My middle son is at University of Denver…one of his friends did hospitality internships in australia and hong kong, and was employed at Vail upon graduation; another is rotating through Lowes hotels in a training program; and one is with the Four Seasons, presently assigned to Chicago. Caveat: my son is a public policy major…not in the hospitality program.</p>
<p>@Tagged - Some private universities like USC meet 100% of financial need as they have big enough endowments to do so. When you do apply for your in state school, consider applying to a few programs like the ones mentioned above at USC or other private schools just to see if they throw decent aid packages at you to make it affordable.</p>
<p>Wow! I deffinantly wouldn’t have thought of Denver or USC being monetarily generous! VERY nice to know! =D I’ll deffinantly check those our then. ^__^!</p>