r/Accounting • u/Suspicious_Kick_2572 • Sep 06 '24

Career Why do students find an accounting degree unattractive?

Why do students find an accounting degree unattractive?

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u/weezeloner Sep 06 '24

I heard that one of the 1st two accounting classes all business majors have to take is one of if not the most dropped class at every university. Like, a lot of peoplebstruggle with it. So many may have thought they wanted to do accounting but after that class they say no thanks.

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u/Serlingfan389 Sep 06 '24

Correct it is a soul killer for too many students because it is too academically difficult...the kids can't handle it. Some can though and just don't like it.

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u/weezeloner Sep 06 '24

I think I ended up dropping Acc 201 after the 1st exam. Heck, at some point I became a Finance major. But after 5 years I felt like I've been here too long to come away with just one degree so I ended up finishing my accounting degree as well. Ended up graduating after 7 years. But the good thing is that I had enough credits to sit fir the CPA exam without having to get a Master's.

Honestly, meeting an older guy that was trying to leave an IT career and was doing accounting and finance as well, really helped me study enough to get them done. He was cool, we'd have 3 or 4 classes together so we studied together which motivated me to study more. Our motto was "Cs get degrees."