Anybody here have a completely unrelated undergraduate degree before accounting? I have a bachelor's in Psychology…I really did a 180°

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One of the partners at a local firm had a degree in something completely unrelated to accounting. He’s a CPA. I guess maybe at one point you just needed to pass the exam and have experience?

I don’t know too many details. This was mentioned during a recruiting event and I didn’t ask for details.

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As long as you took the requisite minimum amount of accounting classes to sit for the exam you didn’t have to major in accounting.

Yes . I was going to nursing school and after two years, I went back and got an mba and am
So happy to be a CPA

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I have a bachelors in biology and chemistry lol

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Philosophy

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I’m better at audit because of it and it didn’t cost me any more money in my area since there aren’t undergrad accounting programs.

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Nursing degree 😳

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I flunked out of nursing school during my second semester of clinicals and went to accounting 😂
I aced all the classes, loved the nursing knowledge, but was not good at DOING it or interacting with the people. The extra A&P, nursing, and pharmacology classes have served me well through the years, so it wasn't a complete waste 🤷‍♀️

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Not completely unrelated but not accounting, BSc in Finance and Banking. I just had to do some extra credit courses in accounting when sitting for CPA exams

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Same for me, undergrad in Finance and postgrad in Accounting. I just happen to land an accounting job before graduating with my undergrad and didn’t have another route planned.

My doctor was a CPA and decided to become a physician. I tell her all the time I don’t trust her because I’m professionally skeptic 😂🤣

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Wine tasting.

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Nah

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bachelor of fine arts

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I have a bachelors and masters in religion, lol.

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History undergrad (thought about the PhD route), but ended up with a MBA in finance

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BS in music. Masters in accounting

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I don’t

bachelor in healthcare nanagement

Bachelors and Masters in criminal Justice and now I have a CPA.

Wow awesome. Who was your employer?

Bachelors in Health and Physical Education

Not another degree but I changed majors from Psych to accounting less than 20 credits from graduation.

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