Scared about graduating with an accounting degree and forgetting everything
Accounting students worry that they will forget everything they learned beyond basic journal entries and financial statements. This uncertainty about their actual skills leaves them terrified of what to expect in their careers after graduation.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Seeking reassurance from peers and experienced accountants on online forums
- 2Learning on the job through hands-on experience
- 3Studying for and taking CPA exams to learn practical concepts
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm a 4th year Accountancy student rn, what can I expect after graduation? I'm scared my future bruh?”source ↗
“Besides the general info like journal entries and financial statements, I feel like all the info I learn I just forget. Is this something I should be concerned about?”source ↗
Where this came up
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