Is switching to an accounting major worth it?
Switching to accounting as a first-year student requires weighing career value against the uncertainty of changing majors. New students often struggle to decide between different university programs and campus options, and they need advice on whether public accounting is a worthwhile path.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1communing to San Jose for the summer
- 2trying to get into Berkeley instead
- 3asking alumni about their post-graduation salary
- 4asking for advice on actions to take in college to gain an edge
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/Accounting3 people · September 2026
Where this came up
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