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02 Aug 2007, 1:30 pm

This post about my future should have a lot less whining than the original. I met with a counselor at my state's rehabilitation center to discuss future plans (I've been meeting with her for about 3 or 2 years now) and she and my parents think that I should go for my associate's degree and then take more accounting/business courses for maybe a year. After that, I think I should go for my bachelor's degree.

The reasoning behind all this is because I want to become an accountant when I finish school. I have read on various websites and forums that you need to have at least a bachelor's degree at the least, but my parents and career counselor think that after earning the associate's, and then taking additional accounting/business courses at the locla community college, thta I should be pretty marketable to employers.

Who do you guys think I should believe, websites that I stumble upon, or people that I have been meeting and living with for years and try to guide me in making decisions?



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02 Aug 2007, 3:48 pm

NOT the websites.



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02 Aug 2007, 5:28 pm

I would ask some accountants or some employment agencies that find jobs for accountants.


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02 Aug 2007, 8:23 pm

If you want to become a Certified Public Accountant, I think that requires at least a bachelors degree.



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29 Aug 2007, 10:30 am

I'm not going to become a CPA. Just a regular accountant. My dad isn't a CPA, and yet, we have been able to go to Disneyworld every two years when I was a kid.



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15 Sep 2007, 12:46 pm

Just start making decisions now. Write down some goals. Even make daily goals. Strive for perfection everyday. Have confidence in yourself and don't give up your dreams.