re: College student seeking advice

Pretty much what Bama said. I graduated with a degree in Accounting in December 2008. I started working for a public accounting firm in April 2009. I graduated with 138 hours, so I only needed 12 hours to sit for the CPA, so I knocked those out at Houston Community College while working in public accounting. Passed the CPA exam and left public accounting for much greener pastures.

If you have any interest in internal audit whatsoever, I would highly recommend doing the CIA program with Sumners. It sucks to go through it, but I did it and that is how I got my job. I interned during the summer and while I was there talked to the company about my wife and got her in there for an interview and she still works there today.