<p>I plan on majoring in accounting when I go university in 2010. I get decent grades (3.6 grade inflation), but I'm very aware that accounting majors don't have (grade inflation). I'm decent at math due to hard work (more hours than most people). But I love math and accounting, I'm willing to spend many hours on studying.</p>
<p>I'll be taking the regular number of credits for freshman year (Is it around 18 credits?)</p>
<p>I talked to accounting majors and they say that they have a lot of time as an accounting major (Freshmen that were in the IB/AP program and honors college 30+ ACT Score)</p>
<p>Please post your daily schedule (not just your class schedule)</p>
<p>I want to do a lot of extracurricular and part-time work in university, but I doubt I'll have enough time and over-commit myself.</p>
<p>Ex: Running Club or Crew, Accounting Association, Some volunteer organization, Mentoring, Environment Club, Badminton/Tennis.</p>
<p>The accounting program requires a 3.5 GPA in university. But my goal is to get at least a 2.5 (due to my poor reading comprehension and cognitive skillz)</p>
<p>Any tips for prospective accounting majors?</p>
<p>Well it really depends on the type of student you are of course. Some people are able to succeed by going to class and study a bit before the test to maintain a very competitive GPAs. Others must study their butts off.</p>
<p>Either way, I know both types of these accounting majors and unless your are the 2nd to the extreme you should have plenty of time on your hands to get involved. Being a college student is all about being able to manage your time. You will hear that over and over again. If you can manage your time you can be extremely social while succeeding. Some people crumble under the pressure also.</p>
<p>And also one thing. Shooting for a 2.5 GPA isn’t going to get you much. You need much better grades to land a job over your competitors. My girlfriend is dyslexic and has maintained a very good gpa, you can do it too. I mean I got to say, that’s the first time I have ever heard someone saying they were shooting for a 2.5 gpa. That’s like someone rephrasing the saying “shooting for the stars” to “shooting for that really big hill around the block”. </p>
<p>You can start improving your reading/writing “skillz” by not replacing “s” with “z”.</p>
<p>According to Urban Dictionary
skillz: noun - a word meaning the same as the proper English “skills”, but used to imply a higher level of said skills. </p>
<p>I have to study very hard just to maintain “decent” grades. My reading level isn’t where I want it to be right now. (I usually average a 19 on the ACT Reading Section and 21 on the ACT English) Critical reading doesn’t click with me. I can only understand uncomplicated or literal passages. I’m afraid that I won’t be able to read textbooks efficiently.</p>
<p>Currently as a high school (senior) I have to study 4 hours a day or 28 hours a week. The university students I talked to only study 15 hours a week or 3 hours a day.</p>
<p>I’ve been reading some old Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting textbooks. They currently don’t seem difficult to read. (So far)</p>
<p>It seems like the university students that I talked to aren’t in that many clubs (only 1-2 clubs ex: Mentoring and random IM). They seem to be “underachievers” compared to in high school when they were extracurricular “overachievers”.</p>
<p>"According to Urban Dictionary
skillz: noun - a word meaning the same as the proper English “skills”, but used to imply a higher level of said skills. "</p>
<p>This is a joke right?</p>
<p>“I’ve been reading some old Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting textbooks. They currently don’t seem difficult to read. (So far)”</p>
<p>You are not even a High School Senior, who is having problems with HS studies, and you are reading Sophomore, Junior (or in some cases Freshman) level college textbooks. You should be concentrating on your high school studies. </p>
<p>“It seems like the university students that I talked to aren’t in that many clubs (only 1-2 clubs ex: Mentoring and random IM). They seem to be “underachievers” compared to in high school when they were extracurricular “overachievers”.”</p>
<p>If you get involved in a couple that is perfectly fine, just really try to concentrate on ascending leadership roles in these groups.</p>
<p>Most likely your college will not require you to enter college by declaring a major so you have around 2 years to take general education courses and see what you may be interested in. Even if they do, you have plenty of time to switch.</p>
<p>I’m not (really) having difficulty with my studies. The problem is my “average/mediocre” 22 ACT score. My cognitive skills are lower so it’s harder for me to interpret the literature (fiction critical analysis). I do well with my high school course load. The only difficulty I had was in Honors Chemistry (Thermodynamics) and Pre-Calculus this year. But it’s over and senior year is more managable. I’ll be high school senior in the fall. Actually I’m supposed to declare my major in my university application in August.</p>
<p>I think you’ll be fine starstruck. You seem like someone who is really willing to work hard for their degree. You’re test scores do not indicate that you will do poorly in college courses, but you’re obvious hard work ethic is evidence that you can succeed. </p>
<p>I probably will major in accounting for my business major, but seriously, coming from someone who was pre-med first but then switched to business, your classes aren’t going to be THAT HARD. I know accounting is supposed to be the toughest major and all, but come on, can you still compare the difficulty of accounting to pre-med classes, engineering and that sort of thing? I remember when I took bio and chem in the same term, I took less credit hours, but spent a helluva lot more time in class and outside of class doing homework/studying. When I took intro to business and economics, I did almost nothing and wound up with a 3.88 GPA. </p>
<p>So don’t get me wrong, you will have to study, and I’m sure you’ll have to study quite a bit for the upper level classes, but I wouldn’t worry about it so much because business majors have much more generous curves, and I highly doubt the difficulty exceeds that of something like upper level math or physics. There might be a lot to memorize, but I’d rather memorize a lot of rules than study my ass off for an advanced physics class only to fail anyways because I have hit a wall intellectually. Not everyone can understand upper level science/math, but anyone who puts the appropriate work in will do fine in business.</p>
<p>bring on the flames (I know they’re coming for me)</p>
<p>“When I took intro to business and economics, I did almost nothing and wound up with a 3.88 GPA.”</p>
<p>You’re judging your classes on intro to business (never even took a class that sounded this easy) and i’m guessing Micro/Macroeconomics? </p>
<p>If you can’t do well in these two classes than of course you won’t be able to do well in upper level courses.</p>
<p>You also speak of only basic level bio/chem classes. You sound like you’ve NEVER taken any upper level classes…Of course I could be wrong, but I figure if you did you would have cited those as examples before low level classes. So if I am correct perhaps giving advice about how much one needs to study for upper level accounting shouldn’t be given by someone who has never done it.</p>
<p>Well call me crazy but if you felt the same way I did when I did my very first journal entry in intro. financial accounting, you will never look back. lol</p>
<p>plscatamacchia: Yes I haven’t taken upper level accounting yet, but, while you are correct that I shouldn’t have generalized to upper level courses, the main point of my post was to say that, in my experience, business classes are NOTHING compared to some of the other majors out there. Based on my assessment of the quality of my peers in business vs pre-med (NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE HERE THAT MAJORS IN BUSINESS BECAUSE I KNOW MY EXPERIENCE ISN’T THE SAME EVERYWHERE AND THAT IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON…no flaming me on this one), those who I have talked to who have taken upper level science and business classes, I can reasonably assume that accounting will be tough, but manageable as long as the OP is smart, motivated, and time-manages appropriately. Btw, I’ve heard from many people that upper-level classes are easier to do well in compared to the entry-level classes. Go figure.</p>
<p>I just finished up my undergraduate business degree with accounting and finance majors, and I think cream is pretty much spot on. Most general business courses aren’t particularly difficult, and I’m pretty much positive that accounting is nowhere near as difficult as most science and math type majors. That said, most accounting courses I’ve taken are harder than the average business course, and while not exactly intellectually rigorous, they do seem to require more effort than pretty much any other course I’ve taken. (I also have a political science minor, so I do have a rather limited point of comparison in terms of other liberal arts UD courses). In my experience, UD accounting courses are generally a lot more more work, but overall less difficult to score well in than intro level weeder type accounting courses. But overall, yeah, I agree, its not physics, and a high threshold for pain and a willingness to put in a lot of effort can probably compensate a lot more for other shortcomings than would be the case in other fields of study. </p>
<p>At OP: My GPA was a 3.86 and I probably put around 3.5 to 4 hours a day into studying (so 25-30 hours per week), taking between 15-18 credits per semester. On the plus side though, virtually everything involves being able to memorize and put together A LOT of simple rules. It gets more complex with more specialized courses like auditing and corporate tax, but I think if you put in enough effort and can tolerate a lot of boredom, you’re virtually guaranteed to do well enough.</p>
<p>Dear god Whistleblower1, bumping old threads are we? Strong life. One would think a hardcore engineer such as yourself wouldn’t have so much time to ■■■■■ one particular forum.</p>
<p>this isnt hs where it necessary that you are in 5589444 clubs . Join a few … I’m in a student accoutancy society and I’m going greek and becoming a Sigma NU. Perhaps you should consider a greek organization it encompasses many of the things you are trying to achieve from multiple ones . As far as college its alot different from hs Ive never had to use a textbook yet and I generally do not need to go to class to do good ; then again we all are different learners . My suggestion to you since you seem to have learning issues of some sort is to take 2 classes over the summer at your CC before going to college and just take 10-12 credit hours to ease in the transition classes I suggest would be pysch and some random gen ed . Time Management is the key to success in college that and figuring out what is the ideal time to begin your classes</p>