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Originally Posted by 04er  Unless you are actually interested in accounting, I would advise you against majoring in it. You can easily score a job in a big 4 accounting firm without accounting - hell, even without a commerce degree! Although obviously commerce makes it easier. |
Not that easily. When I did an internship at a Big 4, there was maybe 6 or 7 people in our group of around 120 that didnt have an accg degree and thats because they had done a course quite relevant to a particular area of the firm eg. actuarial studies --> working within actuarial. There were a couple other girls who had done non-corporate degrees (eg. psychology) and were working within a fairly niche area of the firm. I know they all like to promote that they take people from all different education backgrounds, but it is very much the exception rather than the rule.