Studying Accounting

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I am having trouble getting As in Accounting classes. Accounting started getting hard with Intermediate Accounting I and II. Now Tax accounting is getting harder. I can image that Advanced Accounting and Auditing will get harder still. I put in a lot of time and practice a lot of examples, but there are so many rules to remember. One thing is that it is so easy to forget the information with so much information and detail to remember. Accounting feels like it’s part law in that it has so much rules and regulations.

Are there any successful Accounting students that can offer any techniques or advice on how to remember so many details in accounting and how to excel in accounting courses? Also, any advice on retaining all this information? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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The Bs are okay too, you don’t need all As to get a Big 4 internship/job and pass the CPA exam. Your TA may have advice. Does Beta Alpha Psi have a list of upper classmen/grad students who will tutor for $? Auditing is less number crunching and more ideas/theory so some students find that easier than the tax classes.