Just wrote an e-mail to my parents thanking them for all they do (which is a LOT!). Thought it'd be nice to share what's been going on lately =)
Hello Parents,
I just wanted to say a big, big, BIG THANK YOU to you all.. for supporting me in so many endeavors. It's hit me quite a few times lately how absolutely blessed I am to be in school.. and to have a job.. and to have parents willing to pay for my schooling and some personal expenses. How amazing is it that even in this economic crunch (or disaster!), I don't have to worry (for now) because I'm in school? And I know there will be many opportunities for jobs because of my education and all the things I'm being trained to do at Foster (Business School). Foster's goal is to become the #1 Business School in the nation!
And... the number of opportunities that have been put at my proverbial doorstep is mind-blowing. I've gotten pretty involved in the Business School and the Accounting club here and they're teaching me so much...! I learned how to use Quickbooks last week and will be working closely with the Financial Manager at a small company to help them get their books in order. And I've got an informational interview (interview to find out about positions, the interviewee's history, and how to be an appealing candidate) with the lady in charge of recruiting at Clark Nuber. (I really want to work for Clark Nuber. They're the #6 Accounting Firm in the Puget Sound, just behind Moss-Adams and the Big 4. 50% of their clients are nonprofit, so my chances of getting to work with a nonprofit are relatively very high!)
So, again.. thank you. I don't say "Thank You" enough for all you do.. including putting food on my plate and roof over my head. It means.. A LOT..
Love you all,
--
Jessica K. Nguyen
Accounting, Finance Class of 2011
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
accountingforAfrica.blogspot.com
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Fall has come!
School started yesterday. I'm really excited for this quarter - taking Intermediate Accounting, Business Finance, Marketing Concepts, Business Communications for Accounting, and a choir class. Monday and Wednesdays will be long (8 hours of class on Mon, 6 hours on Wed) but I only have one class on Tues/Thurs and NO CLASS on Friday!
I've been meeting with advisers the last couple days and they've helped ease many of my anxieties. Bill Wells (former Acctg prof) informed me that there ARE options to do Big 4 Accounting (or even acctg at a large firm) and still help kids in Africa. He said KPMG has (or at least had) a small, but decently-sized nonprofit segment and he could connect me with someone at Clark-Newton over on the Eastside. (He said Clark-Newton is fully nonprofit and they're the biggest nonprofit firm over on the Eastside). My academic adviser helped me sketch out a graduation plan and it looks like I'll be graduation in Spring of 2011 (instead of 2010, and with a French minor!) so that I'll have enough credits to take the CPA exam.
As it turns out.. I am no longer taking that Tax Course that I was so excited about. A good friend of mine talked me out of it, because I probably would have lost my sanity and good spirits if I loaded up 16 credits (5 classes), 6 hours/week for the tax course (+homework, probably), work, xAct, and a social/family life. I'm really thankful to her and my dad for encouraging me not to stretch myself too far...
Well, I'm off to an info session with EY (Ernst & Young, one of the Big 4 firms). Tonight I'll be going to the BAP (Beta Alpha Psi - an honors Acctg/Finance organization) Welcome BBQ... so much to do, so much excitement! It will be a fun quarter.
Jessica K. Nguyen
Accounting, Finance Class of 2011
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
accountingforAfrica.blogspot.com
I've been meeting with advisers the last couple days and they've helped ease many of my anxieties. Bill Wells (former Acctg prof) informed me that there ARE options to do Big 4 Accounting (or even acctg at a large firm) and still help kids in Africa. He said KPMG has (or at least had) a small, but decently-sized nonprofit segment and he could connect me with someone at Clark-Newton over on the Eastside. (He said Clark-Newton is fully nonprofit and they're the biggest nonprofit firm over on the Eastside). My academic adviser helped me sketch out a graduation plan and it looks like I'll be graduation in Spring of 2011 (instead of 2010, and with a French minor!) so that I'll have enough credits to take the CPA exam.
As it turns out.. I am no longer taking that Tax Course that I was so excited about. A good friend of mine talked me out of it, because I probably would have lost my sanity and good spirits if I loaded up 16 credits (5 classes), 6 hours/week for the tax course (+homework, probably), work, xAct, and a social/family life. I'm really thankful to her and my dad for encouraging me not to stretch myself too far...
Well, I'm off to an info session with EY (Ernst & Young, one of the Big 4 firms). Tonight I'll be going to the BAP (Beta Alpha Psi - an honors Acctg/Finance organization) Welcome BBQ... so much to do, so much excitement! It will be a fun quarter.
Jessica K. Nguyen
Accounting, Finance Class of 2011
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
accountingforAfrica.blogspot
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Tax Course
Just registered for the H&R Block Income Tax Course! This is really exciting because I have wanted to take this for the last two years but it hasn't worked out until now. I start September 2nd, the day after I get back from a trip to the East coast, and finish at the end of November. This is will make my course load for Autumn quarter pretty intense, but I'm hoping that starting the class before school starts will help me ease into the academic year.
If things work out for Winter quarter, I'd also like to participate in the Business and Economic Development Program, which (from what I've gathered) is a program that trains and allows students to help real-life small businesses get their business on track. I think this will be a very enjoyable, beneficial program to participate in because I want to do some consulting (or at least know how to), as well. Laura Umetsu, a dear friend and Marketing/Entrepreneurship major at Foster, introduced me to one of the leaders who coordinates the program and he said it would be very useful to have an accountant on hand.
One of my desires as a Business major is to be well-rounded. It is so easy to specialize and get too caught up in one's own work that one forgets about the other perspectives and segments within an organization. We studied this in my Managerial Accounting class and it has been my conviction since high school to not get stuck in an Accounting bubble. I want to understand business as a whole, not just the books. Actually, I hope to understand more than just business, because the world needs all kinds of things to click in order to work well. That's another thing I love about our Business School - they encourage their students to be well-rounded by requiring them to take 90 NON-business credits (I'm at 95, but will hopefully still be able to take more) because they want their students to see the big picture and think outside of the box.
So... there are many things to look forward to. Oh, almost forgot that I want to do the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) xAct (Extreme Accounting) competition again next Autumn. (My team placed 3rd at UW last year!) Hopefully I'll be able to handle the tax course, 16 credits (5 classes), and xAct. November will be rough because that is when the triple-overlap occurs... We shall see! Either way, this crunch will be very worth the short-term stress. Yay, investing!
Jessica K. Nguyen
Accounting, Finance Class of 2010
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
accountingforAfrica.blogspot.com
If things work out for Winter quarter, I'd also like to participate in the Business and Economic Development Program, which (from what I've gathered) is a program that trains and allows students to help real-life small businesses get their business on track. I think this will be a very enjoyable, beneficial program to participate in because I want to do some consulting (or at least know how to), as well. Laura Umetsu, a dear friend and Marketing/Entrepreneurship major at Foster, introduced me to one of the leaders who coordinates the program and he said it would be very useful to have an accountant on hand.
One of my desires as a Business major is to be well-rounded. It is so easy to specialize and get too caught up in one's own work that one forgets about the other perspectives and segments within an organization. We studied this in my Managerial Accounting class and it has been my conviction since high school to not get stuck in an Accounting bubble. I want to understand business as a whole, not just the books. Actually, I hope to understand more than just business, because the world needs all kinds of things to click in order to work well. That's another thing I love about our Business School - they encourage their students to be well-rounded by requiring them to take 90 NON-business credits (I'm at 95, but will hopefully still be able to take more) because they want their students to see the big picture and think outside of the box.
So... there are many things to look forward to. Oh, almost forgot that I want to do the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) xAct (Extreme Accounting) competition again next Autumn. (My team placed 3rd at UW last year!) Hopefully I'll be able to handle the tax course, 16 credits (5 classes), and xAct. November will be rough because that is when the triple-overlap occurs... We shall see! Either way, this crunch will be very worth the short-term stress. Yay, investing!
Jessica K. Nguyen
Accounting, Finance Class of 2010
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
accountingforAfrica.blogspot
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