Hey, I am deliberation you do the stand in vital in commercial operation (finance) as well as accounting. I can do it in 4 years, I would only have the parsimonious report with the tougher work bucket as well as not be means to take any elective classes which appear interesting. Is it value it to risk the improved GPA if I were only to mahjor in accounting? How does it good me if I wish to go in to monetary services (corporate finance, i-banking, in isolation equity, sidestep fund, try capital…) and/or corp. monetary in appetite or healthcare?
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No need for the double major.
Major in Finance and it will cover the basics of Accounting. You’ll do fine in the corporate world.
An advance degree will set you apart from the competition.
Good luck.
If you want to go into financial services, the accounting degree probably won’t help you out too much. If you wanted to go this route and double major in something, I would say your best bet would be finance and economics, or economics and Mathmatics.
However, if you want to stay in corporate finance, the accounting degree will probably be worth it as finance and accounting work very closely with eachother in that environment.
I hope this helps.
I would probably go for the Accounting degree. You will have more career options available to you. If you look at most job postings in the financial services field, they require a degree in either Finance or Accounting. If you ever decide to become a CPA most states require you to have a master’s degree or 150 hours (30 in accounting) on your transcript to even be eligible to sit for the exam. The double major would help you in that respect, but taking the electives would be more enjoyable. The Big 4 accounting firms like for you to have a good GPA as well. Also, make sure you have a good credit rating if you are going to be working with other people’s money, so STAY AWAY FROM CREDIT CARDS while in college!!!
Seek the advice of someone already in that field. Who would know better?!
Good luck to you…