Thanks Julia, so kind of you. Good luck 🍀

Hello! I committed to my big 4 firm a year before I completed the internship (I am finishing my internship this week). The firm visited my university pretty regularly to do presentations, host events, etc. I would recommend going to those events and familiarizing yourself with the recruiters and staff that attend. For the most part, though, you will walk in as almost a complete stranger - that’s common for most people, so don’t worry if you don’t build a huge network before the internship. Just do your best to support your firm through LinkedIn and school events :)

Thanks Briana! I’ll be on the lookout for those events.

I have a MacBook and am now a junior accounting student. I’m super jealous of other students who are able to use a stylus to take notes directly onto their laptops, as I can only type notes if using this method over pen and paper. As long as you have excel downloaded and your textbook, a MacBook is sufficient but for super awesome notes I’d recommend a windows laptop with a touch screen.

Windowsssss. Excel is better on windows imo and as mentioned before that there are touch screen laptops as well which are good for notes.

How are you doing now?

Shelby I think accounting is a very diverse degree! I know plenty of people who are able to work in different fields with an accounting degree.

@@80str8killa thanks, that gives me hope!

Shelby this is actually a great question and yes there was a brief moment that I wondered if I was better suited for another field... I was afraid I passed my exams for nothing. Thankfully I realized that you can be in accounting but work “infinite jobs” due to various office cultures, teams, fields, companies etc

Shelby in the end I’m very glad I studied accounting because my job allows me to tap in my more creative skillset and interests (:

@@LindseyDavis1 yes! That's how I feel, like I've worked so hard to do well and learn so much these past 4 years but that I would be happier in a different field. I'm glad that you are happy and discovered that there's so many variables that help you enjoy your work. I hope I am able to as well.