Cheshire_Cat

You mean Cosmo isn't true? Oh NO! Maybe that is why I haven't found the man of my dreams. I was using their flirting tips, darnit.

OMG! Someone just read the "approaches to retain himan brain healthy" spam, please. It is horrible. It has to be from a translator. Or a random word generator.

Sitting for the CPA exam is no easy task. There are four tests, and only about 20% of people pass all four on the first try. It took me 9 months to pass them all and I did it quickly. I talked to a Ph.D student who had sat for them and passed his comps, and he said that the comps were slightly harder, but not by much. It is ranked as the hardest professional exam to pass. Harder than the bar exam. But if you are serious about moving up in the world of accounting, it is the only way. And if he hasn't at least tried by age 40 with no family or kids to keep him from it, that would be a huge red flag in my mind. If he tried and failed for a couple years, then I would probably give him a break, but still not date him because I need someone smarter than me to feel secure.

I feel for you. That is a really tough decision. I grew up in a military town and decided I could never marry someone who was military because I couldn't be away from them for that long. But, if you know you can make it, then take the position. The other thing I know about the military is that you aren't stationed at one place forever. In a couple of years he could be transferred and if you were at the other school, you could still be stuck hours away from him. But five years... I couldn't do it.

To some extent I agree, but a lot of people don't go to forums for information, they go primarily for discussion. Plus, 2012 information may no longer be accurate 3 years later.

I always say I'll do something big when I... graduate, graduate from masters, obtain my CPA, get into grad school, ect. I never have... well, I did get a horse when I got my first job, but that is it. I did buy a tablet recently, but that is because my aunt gave me a lot of money for Christmas. At some point- maybe next spring- I'll get a kitten. I promised myself one for passing my CPA exams, but decided against it. I also want to see Cavalia. I plan on getting a T-shirt and a hoodie from my school. My last day of work I plan on wearing the shirt.

If Finance is anything like accounting then you need a strong economic background to do well in the Finance Ph.D program. Basically, there are two "tracks" for research- looking at accounting from a behavioral side, or looking at it from an economic side. I think finance is similar. Econ is basically the pre-knowledge you need to do well in whatever business research you decide to do. So if you don't know it, you will have a lot harder of a time with everything. I'm planning on doing the behavioral track, and still have to take at least 2 econ classes.

Obviously. Not upset at all.

Anyone who isn't childish should realize that it is ok for people not to drink and include you in things anyways. Your headscarf actually might make it easier and make people more accomadating because they don't want to seem like they are religious bigots. Universities, for the most part, are pretty liberal and if nothing else they want to give the appearance of being open minded. I myself don't drink and am uncomfortable around drunk people, but there are certain pubs I will go to with friends, that seem more like restraunts and less like places people just go to get drunk and party. It really depends on the atmosphere, and I never stay too late.

I know this is supposed to be a venting thread, but WHOOHOO!! I just got let go from that damned project! I still have to finish my work, which sucks, but at least they won't be giving me anymore, and I will be going back to something I enjoy. My office wanted to keep me, so I'll still be working here, just not on that project. I'm glad they are at least as loyal to me as I am to them. I'm back on one of two projects that I enjoyed. Such a relief. I really was about ready to become a coffee barista.

That's awesome!!

I have to get 8-9 hours a sleep at night to function too! Every once in a while people tell me I shouldn't need that much and I try to test their theory with bad results. Just let me sleep! I drink caffine in the morning, but that doesn't mitigate my need for sleep. Also, one of my coworkers on my project was let go yesterday. Told he had a month to clean up his work and then he was gone. WTH? I mean, I knew he wasn't doing as well as I am at it, but still... they keep asking us for productivity and then firing people. What am I supposed to think? I understand the project, but lack the project management skills to make sure I don't forget one or two of the reviews I'm juggling. Hopefully this will get better with time, since it will be needed in the Ph.D program. Also, being bored really hurts my attention to detail. If I get fired then I really will breathe a sigh of relief and become a starbucks barista for six months.

I've only visited once. It was ok, as far as Atlanta goes. The campus areas I visited were historic and really pretty in an old southern way, but the roads were narrow and confusing at times.

You would have to drive or take a bus... I would suggest driving.

As someone in accounting now who dated a grad student... accounting is boring. There really isn't much to say about it. And when there is then we shouldn't talk about it because it is sensitive financial information of a business or person. But I wish my ex would have talked about his stuff more. Even though I had no idea what he was talking about, I found it very sexy when he talked about it, haha. My dad is also an academic and he would tell us about his stuff all the time, even when we were kids and didn't quite understand it. It was still really interesting. Obviously he didn't go into methodologies or anything like that, but he gave us a broad overview of what he was researching and what the results were showing. And sometimes into the weaknesses and strengths of the articles and what the reviewers were saying. Science education research sounds fascinating, even for me as an accountant, so don't be afraid to talk to him about it.

I didn't have to take the GRE, but my GMAT score was horrid, for me. I went directly from studying and passing all four CPA exams to studying for the GMAT, thinking it would be more of the same. Several hundred hours and tears later, I finally took the test and got in the 83rd percentile, 50th in quant... and decided I was never going to go through that hell again. But it really has nothing to do with IQ or intellegence. I had a 3.97 undergrad GPA and a 3.8 grad GPA first go around, and obtained a CPA before 25. I just don't use that kind of math often and didn't particularly pay attention to math in school, so I was bad at it. Take it seriously enough, because some programs love to wave their student statistics in everyone's faces. But, don't get discouraged, and don't take it too seriously. They look at other factors too and their scores vary dramaticly. As far as general test prep while working goes, set aside about 1-2 hours a day to study, and don't let anything get in the way of that. Set weekly goals, and find a good test prep program. I know they may look expensive, but the structure can help a lot. Set a date to take the test before you start studying, and don't plan on dragging the studying out too long or you will just lose what you studied at the beginning.

I don't think so. And it depends on your area. They seem to me to be about 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the way done.

I've accepted an offer, so I'm only slightly waiting for my last program to come in. But my brother also applied this round, and now I'm waiting for his results too...

If I thought I would be doing this forever, I would quit in a heartbeat. But I just have to survive three more months and then everything should calm down. The last three months at my job should be better. In June I'll take a long vacation and use up some sick leave. Maybe ask my grandfather if I can visit him for a week or two. The way I look at it, every 2 weeks I get paid is over enough money to cover fees for a semester, so I should probably stay there as long as I can. My performance reviews don't really matter because I'll be in school in six months so I shouldn't worry as much about doing it wrong and getting review notes back. And it will teach me patience for reviewers, which is something I will really need in academia. It just hurts my pride to get multiple rounds of reviews, even if it is the reviewers fault. And part of it is the pressure I put on myself. I want to be good, better than everyone else. I want to get everything done and be able to take on additional work because I see our office struggling to get everything done and I want to save the day. But I can't, because I hate the project and just literally can't make myself do more than is neccesary to squeze by. I don't want to leave my office in a lurch. They have been good to me and are good people. It's not their fault the other office is crazy. I just have to walk the fine line of wanting to say exactly what I think because I know I won't be here in six months, and not saying too much and getting fired.

I've never wanted to quit something so badly in my life. I can't do it, okay?! I'm ADHD and bored to death with with project and it's too complicated for me to be bored to death with it. And all I want to do is hide away until I go back to school. And they don't understand how bad morale is. At least my morale, and the morale of one of my co-workers. We don't have enough instruction to do it right. I love my senior manager and my office, but I hate working with this other office. I think it is impossible. The person who is supposed to be helping is too busy, and 1,000 miles away. But he doesn't understand that if we don't get it right the first time, that creates more work for him in the long run. And if something isn't done, I don't want to come to work in the morning, which means I'm more likely to quit, which means more work for him and the others. And I just don't want to do it. Plain and simple. I'd rather be a Starbucks Barista. Think someone with a CPA would be considered "overqualified" for a job at Starbucks? I suppose I don't have to put that on my resume...

I've met Jimmy Carter and Mitt Romney, and probably some minor celebrities that I have no idea who they were. I go to a church with a "celebrity pastor" and honestly, that gets sooo annoying. We were great friends and neighbors with Danny Ford when their family lived in Clemson. His kids were a little older than me, but the only other kids in the neighborhood I think. My sister is on a first name basis with Tim Tebow and a lot of the football players at UGA. Also Joe Jonas bought her donuts once. She meets everyone famous. Just goes up to them and says hi. A good skill for someone who wants to be in Public Relations. I am a lot more aloof and not paticularly enamoured with celebrities. Why would I want to go up to a stranger and introduce myself if I don't have to?

1- Mom: Maybe in a few years. I'm not qualified yet. Haven't earned that Mrs. degree yet and not settling for anything else 2- Horse trainer: Nope. Not qualified. I trained my own horse though. But I like money and I don't want to be doing it when I'm 40 and can't heal as easily. 3- Reaserch oriented accounting professor: That is my goal as of now. Not qualified yet, but hopefully in 5 or 6 years I will be... 4- Arwen from Lord of the Rings: Not qualified. Only human. But who doesn't want to be a sword wielding elf princess and marry Aragorn?