Accounting Major: Personal Statement

Numbers have been my passion since I was a little girl. I remember how exciting was for me to solve math quizzes, it was like a game for me, a game that I certainly enjoyed. While growing, I could not decide which profession to choose. I knew that I wanted to do math, but there are so many professions that involve math that I was not certain on the path I wanted to follow. Finally, I decided to become an engineer, but that was not my final call. During the fourth year of my engineering career, I took an Accounting class that made me change the course of my future. I enjoyed that class so much that I decided to follow an Accounting major.
Accounting is defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, AICPA, as “the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of …show more content…
I did a lot of research on how to follow my major in a way that could allow me to work and gain experience while studying. I began my path as a student at Miami Dade College where I obtained my Associate in Arts of Accounting, at the same time, I got an entry level job as an Accounts Payable Specialist in the Accounting Department of a bank. Since I had completed all the pre-requirements of the school of Accounting at FIU, I was a step closer to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree from a United States University, I passed successfully the entrance exam for the program, and now, I am only a few credits away from my Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of 2014 the Accounting field provides employment for 1,332,700 people, and it is expected to grow in an 11% for 2024. Every institution, either public or private, needs accountants, and besides of being a well-paid job, with the median pay of $67,190 per year as of 2015, it is also a very interesting job. For a person like me, who enjoys a job that keeps my mind working, I think I could not choose a better