<p>Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this post. I have found myself in a bit of a pickle and need some help/advice to get out of it. here is my story.</p>
<p>I am currently 24 years old, will be 25 in January. I not so recently separated from the US AirForce in January. Prior to the Air Force, I was going to college on and again / off again as I was paying for everything myself. My first year and a half of junior college in Missouri went well, and then I started to run out of money,so I dropped out to get a job and go back when I could. </p>
<p>Well that was when I was 18-20. I was never able to get myself back into school, so when I was 22, I joined the Air Force in hopes to get my college paid for. Well, I was discharged back in January for Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I have the GI BILL which will assist me with college.I am picking up the pieces and trying to move on with my life....which is where Accounting comes in.</p>
<p>I knew I wanted to be an Accountant from my freshman year in high school. It is still what I wish to pursuit. However, I haven't taken an accounting course in over 4 years. My last Course was Intermediate Accounting in which I earned a B. I am worried at the moment that when I decide to enroll back into college next year, I'm not going to make it in the accounting courses as I don't remember A LOT of what I learned.</p>
<p>I am hoping someone can suggest some books to re-teach myself information over the next year and be confident to walk into my next accounting course next Fall. Any information would be greatly appreciated. And again, thank you for taking the time to read this.</p>
<p>Sincerely, Jaice2004 (Future CPA Hopeful.)</p>
<p>Generally you don’t need to know a whole lot of specifics from past classes to do well in later ones. </p>
<p>If you still need to take an “Intermediate II” class, you should just figure out which textbook you’ll be needing for that class and get it. There’s a good chance you’ll need to take Intermediate I again too because typically Intermediate I at a junior college won’t be transferring to a university. Those classes are for people who already have degrees who are getting coursework for CPA eligibility.</p>
<p>Do a google search and there are tons of online accounting courses, take a few from the very beginning to brush up the basics, you will be fine. You should understand Intermediate Accounting is the most difficult part. You should retake it at a 4 year school.</p>
<p>Thank you for responding to my post. @ Artloverplus: The problem is, the GI bill will not pay for any class that I have already received college credit for. Therefore, since I have taken Intermediate Accounting, it will not be paid for through the GI Bill.</p>
<p>I searched google and found a few books to teach yourself accouting. however, many of them were “Teach yourself accounting in 24 hours”. Which is not the type of program im looking for. I would like to thoroughly review the things that I should remember from Principles of Accounting 1,2 and Intermediate Accounting. I don’t want to be able to balance my ledgers by tomorrow, if you get what I’m saying.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is to go to your local college, and ask students, or ask people at the college’s library about the kinds of accounting books they use for a particular accounting class.</p>
<p>I took Introduction to Financial Accounting in 2006 (A) and took Introduction to Managerial Accounting in 2007 (C-) but then I took Intermediate Accounting at UCLA and I was in way over my head because it was super competitive so I had to drop it. I just graduated from UCLA with a degree in economics (June 2010) but I barely remembered my accounting material so I just re-enrolled in Intro to Financial Accounting and am enrolled in it right now at UC Berkeley Extension.</p>
<p>While in college I wasn’t serious about finding a career but right now I’m working toward completing UCB Extension’s accounting certificate program. I really want to master the material so I can eventually be a CPA. </p>
<p>I am kinda worried that employers won’t like my story though. Employers seem to like a clear, concise resume that shows a streamlined path toward a specific goal. If they question me as to why I retook two accounting classes that I already passed, I don’t really have a superstar answer. I just know that if I jumped into intermediate accounting right now I would fail. I tried to take intermediate accounting at UCLA and I had to drop it because it was super competitive and fast paced.</p>
<p>My plan is to get the certificate in accountancy from UCB Extension with a 3.7+ GPA and if that won’t get me a decent job then I can go for a 1 year masters in accountancy program at a school like Golden Gate University or University of Southern California. The masters program should be able to hook me up with recruiters for public accounting firms, and working for them will give me the work experience needed to be a CPA.</p>