1. You get a little high on life when your balance sheet balances.
NOTHING CAN BEAT THIS FEELING! Balancing a balance sheet is addicting.
2. Contrary to popular belief you are not boring.
Just because you like accounting does not make you boring! You know how to have fun too.
3. You know what the Big Four are and have dreams of working for one in the future.
Ahh yes the Big Four - the ultimate goal. They are amazing and you want a spot in one so badly.
4. Accounting does NOT equal tax!
GiphyThere are four branches - tax, audit, advisory, and consulting - and within each, there are different sections.
5. You either like financial accounting or managerial accounting better.
It all depends on how your mind works.
6. You love accounting puns.
"It's an accrual world." "LIFO the party." "Work your asset off." "Be audit you can be."
7. You dread the CPA.
GiphyIt is hard to pass, but at least you only need a 75 - on every section that is.
8. When you hear the word gap, you immediately think of GAAP.
GAAP = the rules to live by.
9. You lowkey have dreams of finding fraud.
You probably never will, but you can dream right?
10. People think you are a math genius.
Nope - just really good at using my calculator and knowing which number goes where.
11. Speaking of calculators, you are very attached to yours and have certain ones for different things.
Your calculator is like your right arm.
12. You know that debits = credits and assets = liabilities + stockholder's equity.
Never forget these - you will fail your classes.
13. People ask you to do their taxes.
Again, you may not even do tax.
14. Usually you enter the work force in audit or tax.
And then you can move around.
15. You love the rules associated with accounting (and are probably a rule follower yourself).
Accounting is all about following the rules.
16. You know the struggle of balancing networking, case competitions, classes, and extracurriculars.
Anything for your future!
17. You did the Volunteer Income Tax Assitance (VITA) program if your school has it.
GiphySo cool to get hands on experience early.
18. You plan your life around doing leadership programs one summer, an internship the next summer, and then working full time for a firm.
GiphyEven accounting recruiting for jobs is structured.
19. 150 is your magic number.
150 credits to sit for the CPA exam that is. You will either cram them into four years or do a Masters in Accounting.
20. You cannot imagine being any other major!
Accounting has your heart!
Accounting is an awesome career path! Good luck and thank your awesome accounting professors for teaching you all that you know!
The Creep Trekking The Campus: A Narrative
He looked like a CS major who never got laid.
A girl, 20 years of age, treks through her college campus.
She notices a man keeping pace with her to her side. He had a mop of raven black hair atop his head, eyes blue as ice, glasses, and several pimples blistering his face. She thought he looked like a CS major who never got laid.
His mouth opened, pouring out waterfalls of undesired questions.
He asked her where she was from.
"Dubai."
"Isn't that the place with the one really tall building?"
"Yeah."
"Have you been there?"
"Yeah."
He says something about being from Wisconsin and visiting a tall building in Madison. She doesn't care — she barely hears him.
"Let me guess. You're an Accounting major, aren't you? You look like one." He's wrong.
"No, I study Economics."
He tells her he doesn't even attend the campus. He's just a random man unaffiliated with the university walking around its campus without a reason.
She enters a campus building, hoping to leave him behind, and begins her search for an empty classroom in which to study before her next class. He follows her inside.
He continues to badger her with comments. "Can I get your number?"
"No. I'm not comfortable giving my number to a stranger."
"Well, we've been talking for a bit. I'm not a stranger anymore, am I?"
"I literally just met you."
At this point, a third party suddenly steps in. A boy nearby walking down the hall asks the girl, "Hey, is he bothering you?"
"Yes," she tells him.
"You need to leave," the boy says to the man.
The man huffs, dissatisfied with the outcome of the situation, and storms out of the building.
"Are you okay?" the boy asks the girl.
"Yeah." She laughs nervously, her breathing heavier from the increase in the pace of her heartbeat. She's unsure, but she thinks she's okay now.