is an accounting degree real hard to get?

Question

i really believe that i went to a cheap school that grades real hard, makes you work your butt off, lowers everyones grades at every angle and makes it really hard to learn accounting. the instructors act like buffoons and grade harshly. they don't teach at all. am i going to be successful getting an MBA?

Answer 1

Accounting is the hardest of all business degrees. But probably not as hard as the engineering degrees at public universities. My freshman engineering physics class had 50% failure rate. My sophomore engineering class had 60% failure rate, which was lower then the other section of the same class that failed 80%. Just about every engineering class I took had 30-40% failure rate. The job of the college professor is not so much as to teach, but to filter out students. So your experience in accounting is probably not uncommon. The hard part of accounting is getting the CPA.

But once you get into graduate school, it will be different. If you are going into an MBA program with some business working experience, the professor usually respect you more since you can always say that wasn't how it was where I worked. In fact most of the business schools are about case studies where they want the student to provide inputs of their experiences. Your undergraduate experience isn't what will dictate your success in MBA.

Answer 2

I have an engineering degree and a minor credential (BSIE, EIT). This was hard. Most people would probably have found it very or very very hard, and many may not have been able to do it at all.

BUT, every degree is hard to get. If you select something that interests you, you'll have an easier time. AND if that degree will also likely mean a good job that will give you an excellent incentive to try hard.

Do you like accounting? Go for it.
Do you like Philosophy? Well, only if you have money to lose, cause its real hard (some of the hardest classes I took) and doesn't pay jack.

You should probably see the teachers assistants or the professor during their office hours, this really helps a lot of people when they have problems.