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I'm in bschool finance and can manage a 4.0, UVA is a much tougher school therefore more difficult for you philosophy majors to make the grade

You know what they say about finance: it's for people who can't handle accounting.

Lol no one says that. Successful finance majors are literally the most wealthy individuals in the world. Also your average finance major will earn more than an accounting student any day... AND finance requires advanced accounting courses so snaps to the humanities major over here! Accounting and Finance students respect each other, there's no beef.

Sweetheart, EVERYONE says that.

And a degree in finance without an MBA is barely worth the paper it is printed on. But a 150 credit accounting degree is golden.

Missouri's accountancy program is nationally ranked among the 25th best in the nation. The finance program (what there is of it) is not. If you're so smart, why would you choose a major that is not nationally ranked?

LOL actually MBA's show THE lowest return of all programs based on difference in ROI between BA and Masters degrees. Sorry you don't know what you're talking about, this is a Forbes statistic that made me think twice about getting an MBA which was my plan. The reason being is that unlike most BA programs, ba's in business tend to yield a pretty high return on their own. Personally still undecided, but get your facts straight before you chirp sweetie.

The bschool in general is ranked top 50 which is still decent but, since you asked, I didn't take accounting because my mom was an accountant and everything about it sounded boring as can be. Now that I'm in school I want to pursue a career in risk management or as an actuary and realize now that accountancy could also lead me into those careers, so it wouldn't have been the worst choice. Can I asked why you took women's studies instead of anthropology or wine tasting? What about theories of witchcraft? I bet those programs are on par with whatever liberal arts program you're wasting your $$$ on.

Isn't it obvious? I'm in accounting. With three internship offers in my hand, all with public accounting firms. A couple of years of public accounting and I can write my own ticket. Boring? Hardly. There's not a major decision made in corporate America without the advice of an accountant. And while accountants can do what finance majors can, finance majors can't do what accountants do. What made me realize that you are blowing smoke up everyone's a ss is that you said accounting is boring, but actuarial science isn't. Gosh, I'm still laughing over that one.

Actually, I said when I was in hs I had the impression that accounting would be boring. I love accounting now that I've actually taken it. I also love my finance, stats and economics classes, a little more passion towards those and I do find them a little less dry but obviously as a finance student I'm going to have major respect for accountancy. Most people hate stats and basically any of the math involved with acturial science but I love it. I do acknowledge most people, even other finance students who should be into math, find it dry... Anyways... no hate towards accounting, both lead to highly successful careers, you made a great decision in choosing your major unlike 90% of the arts students I know lol. Idk why you're hating on finance, I was under the impression it would give me a broader education and more options and I had also had two major internship offers and am currently working for the IRS, another reason for my respect towards accountancy seeing the money they make there and that's just the IRS lol. You can fight back at me but pretty sure neither of us are going to be hurting for money post grad.

Any business student knows working for the IRS is the bottom of the barrel. It's the McDonald's of business. But, hey, you just keep on trying to convince us you have a 4.0 and are brilliant.

My internships were at very successful corps, if the IRS is going to pay me nearly 30$ an hr with only intermediate accounting courses under my belt with flex time; I'm not gonna turn it down. Also work in compliance will bring me closer to getting my risk management credentials before I even graduate... Like I said, that's my college side job, what are you making?

Btw i guess this means you're hating on me for saying it's not that hard to get a 4.0... Meaning your own grades suck... Meaning I'm having this argument with an underachieving accountant student. I've gotten A's in all my courses (incl accting), what class is it you struggled with :( too many to name or ?

Are you telling us that you are spending this kind of time on Greek Rank as an upperclassman? That's more pathetic than all of the rest of your lies put together.