CPA exam: Everything you need to know ... except the answers
Information about preparing for and taking the restructured, computer-based Uniform CPA Examination is included in the "Candidate Bulletin."
www.nasba.org/nasbaweb.nsf/exam
Find an internship
Look for internships and entry-level positions. See the latest listings here:
www.tomorrowscpa.org/members/
internship.html
Here they are: The top 10
The following are the top 10 "dumbest moments in business" of 2003, from the Business 2.0 magazine's fourth annual list of the most comical corporate blunders and biggest business mistakes.
www.smartpros.com/x42419.xml
Smart people read Accounting for Dummies
Find books you can use to get ahead. Check out these recommended reading lists now.
www.startheregoplaces.com/resourcecenter/
recommendedreading.asp?listid=1
Big conference, big discount for TCPA members!
Internal controls, risk assessment and topics related to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will join updates on FASAB, GASB, the Yellow Book and auditing standards at the MACPA's 2004 Government / Not-for-Profit Conference, scheduled for April 30 at the UMUC in Adelphi. Only $50 for TCPA members! www.macpa.org/conferences/NFP04.htm
Women must speak out to move ahead at work
Girls consistently outperform boys from kindergarten through graduate school, so why aren't more adult women moving ahead in the corporate world? Here is a look at what holds women back.
www.collegejournal.com/successwork/
onjob/20040210-hymowitz.html
MACPA has dollars for TCPA scholars
Apply for a scholarship for next year. The deadline is April 15, 2004. For details, go here:
www.tomorrowscpa.org/members/
scholarships.html
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Free! Live interactive Webcast on upcoming changes to the Uniform CPA Exam
CPA candidates and students: How to prepare for the new computer-based exam. Join the AICPA for a free, interactive Webcast on Tuesday, Feb. 17 from 1 to approximately 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The Webcast will include practical information for exam candidates: an overview of the new exam, a summary of the test center experience and suggestions on how to best prepare for the new exam. If you are a CPA candidate, an accounting student, or teach or employ anyone who might take the exam, this Webcast is for you!
www.cpa-exam.org/alerts/
newscast_signup.asp?addType=VERIFY
Bill Gates' 11 rules for living
Rule 3: You will NOT make $40,000 right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both. Quoted in New Accountant magazine. For accounting articles and insights, go to:
www.NewAccountantUSA.com
Campus reps wanted
Yaeger CPA Review is looking for a representative on your campus. This is a great opportunity to get a Yaeger's course for free. Please contact John Pelicano at (800) 824-2811 or pyaeger801@aol.com.
TCPA member profile
Meet Lena Parenyak of McDaniel College.
Graduation date: May 22, 2004
Hobbies: Music, playing the piano, reading
Favorite movie: "A Beautiful Mind"
Why I want to be a CPA: It is the profession that attracts me with its accuracy, with less gray areas than some other professions have. CPA is a good background for any kind of profession in the business world. In addition to that, I have been interning in a CPA firm and I seem to like public accounting and auditing a lot.
Favorite course: Advanced Accounting, with its accounting for mergers and acquisitions. It is very interesting to solve the puzzle of consolidated financial statements.
Least favorite course: Rights and Revolution — some philosophy class that I took a long time ago.
What people say when I tell them my career choice: "Oh, interesting. I hated accounting when I took it in college." — 95 percent. The remaining 5 percent actually like accounting themselves and are approving my career choice.
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