Why I Chose College Accounting

Some students say they have known from an early age what they want to do after college. They choose a college that best fits their vision, choose each course cautiously, and then enter their chosen career after college or graduate school. Other students have only a faint sense of direction before beginning college. They take a myriad of courses, select a major only when they reach the point where they must, and then, after college, choose to work in an entirely different field. I was the former when I first entered UB, or so I thought.
I was introduced to science early in my childhood. My grandfather was a botanist and my mother an aspiring research scientist. I remember going with my grandfather to parks to collect samples for his research and with my mother to her lab. I wasn't allowed to help my mother with anything when I went, because the research she was conducting at the time was supposedly too complicated for me to understand. This time of my

However, sophomore year, I experienced my first college accounting course which began to quickly erode my interest in pursuing a biology major. I had enjoyed and excelled in business courses during high school, but upon entry into college, I decided to take a different direction in my studies. I made the decision to change majors after several more business courses during the following semesters, as I reconciled head and heart. The difficulty I faced acclimating to a new major was trying, but out of it emerged a renewed love for and pursuit of the study of business administration, namely financial analysis. These past three years at UB have helped me begin to understand why I am here, what led me to study Business Administration and what I need to do in order to ensure that I am equipped with the best possible intelligence as I face my future. It has endowed me with the skills to deal with other people, organizations, and all the hassles of daily