[macychick08]

Any advice would be great.

One of my biggest fears is that I feel like I am taking forever to even be eligible to sit for the CPA exam. I am 23 now and graduated with my bachelors in accounting last year. I am almost complete with my first semester of graduate school but since I work full-time as an accountant for a large restaurant chain in Texas (I have the pleasure of balancing and closing the books every month -.-), I will probably need another year + summer to finish my master’s degree. I am dreading studying for the CPA exam once I get there. I have always been terrible at standardized tests and took me 6 months to prepare and do just medicore on the GMAT. I fear that at my age and what I have left for school and then to actually study and pass the CPA exam I’ll be 26-27 (hopefully) and I feel that I will be behind compared to every one I work with. I currently have interviews for internships at public firms and I know if I get one that will also possibly deter my school but I want to gain experience in public already. Not working and just going to school full-time is not an option. I fully support myself in every aspect and I enjoy having extra money in the bank incase anything should happen. I do not want to live paycheck to paycheck, ever, even for school. I just get stressed out when I compare myself to everyone and where they’re at in their career and graduate school is so much tougher for me than undergrad. I just feel like I’d be the worst accountant ever.

I try not to be so down on myself, but I’m always thinking if I choose the wrong career path because the end seems so far. =/