<p>Rank these schools from worst (1) to best (6). thanks !</p>
<p>Wellesley College
Amherst College
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Notre Dame</p>
<p>U Mich is probably #1 because they actually offer an actuarial/finance degree. Not sure about the others.</p>
<p>You study accounting to be an accountant, not math. It is a common misconception that you have to be good at math to be an accountant, when you really only have to be able to organize and interpret numerical data.</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.beanactuary.com%5B/url%5D">www.beanactuary.com</a> and look on the high school page for lots of information. While you don't need to go through an actuarial program as an undergraduate, many do and take some of their exams while still in school. However, I have spoken with a recruiter for a large firm, and she said they are interested in graduates in other majors, including math, finance, economics and computer science. Her firm gives new hires paid time off to study for the exams.</p>
<p>The best pure math school on your list is the University of Chicago, but, as others have said, accounting is nothing like advanced math. The University of Michigan would probably be the better choice.</p>
<p>Check out Mathematical Method in Social Sciences at Northwestern. Two of the alums just earned the Fellowship.</p>
<p>Fireflyscout is partially correct. Accounting does involve some practical problem solving. However, studying accounting is more akin to studying law. There are lots of regulations and accounting pronouncements that a student has to know and apply to practical situations. Being able to digest large amounts of information and data, organize it into an understandable format, and apply that information to practical problems is the hallmark of a top student in accounting. In a sense, it is also akin ( although less sophisticated) to the study of Physics, where you learn a formula and must be able to apply that formula to a variety of complex situations. With accounting, you learn reams of information and must apply this information to practical and sometimes complex situations too.</p>
<p>Make no mistake: it is a much harder discipline of study than many folks realize.</p>
<p>Depending on what kind of job you get, accounting can often be one of the most boring jobs in the world. Maybe doing auditing for Big 4 is okay. But if you work for those small or mid-size companies, you often end up doing AP/AR, cutting checks, calling clients for anything unpaid--sometime over and over like a pest.....lol! I personally wouldn't be able to stand for a week doing those! Actuary seems to be much more fun though the acturial exams make CPA look easy and there are nine of them!!</p>
<p>W&M has a strong acct program,esp for a LAC. Also know of several classmates that became actuaries at Hewitt Assoc and the old Cigna which is now Ace.</p>
<p>Agree, there is no hard core math in accounting.</p>