Certified Public Accountant

The accountant

Project Duration
One year

I got the idea of becoming a CPA from the the movie, The Accountant. Despite the movie not having anything to do with actual accounting, I thought it would be beneficial to become educated in finances and accounting. This’ll help me when I start my own business. Besides, I had some months of free time during my senior year where I could handle the extra workload.

Since I already was on the senior year of my first undergraduate degree, I had a leg up on the needed 150 credits to sit for the CPA exams. All I would need is the necessary accounting credits and a years worth of experience to complete the requirements.

Western Governor’s University – Needing to complete my credits as soon as possible and with as little time wasted as possible, WGU was the perfect solution. Not only would they accept some of my current undergrad credits, but their competency progression model allowed me to move at my own pace. This meant as long as I passed a final, I would get credit for the class.

Journal – Below is a record I took while completing the degree

BS in Accounting – 37 classes total to complete

PRE-GAMING

11/21/2023

  • Finished orientation
  • C715 Organization Behavior – PA passed
  • C168 Critical Thinking and Logic – PA passed somehow
  • D072 Fundamentals for Success in Business – PA FAILED (passed 11/22)
  • C273 Introduction to Sociology – PA FAILED
  • C236 Compensation and Benefits – PA FAILED
  • C232 Introduction to Human Resource Management – PA passed
  • C483 Principles of Management PA passed

11/22/2023

11/23/2023

11/24/2023

11/25/2023

12/1/2023

  • Took and passed the following OA’s:
    • C715 – Organizational Behavior
    • D072 – Fundamentals for Success in Business
    • C168 – Critical Thinking and Logic
  • Submitted both tasks for D082 – Emotional and Cultural Intelligence
    Waiting for mentor to open up more classes

12/2/2023

  • Mentor opened up 4 more classes – I think he’s starting to believe in my one term completion.
  • Submitted all tasks for C121

12/3/2023

  • Failed OA’s for C232 and D077 – got overconfident even though I passed the OA’s. Waiting on appeals.
  • Passed C720
    Waiting on mentor to open up more classes – got back to me and said I needed to finish the appeals first
  • Submitted revisiosn for C121 – Task 1
  • submitted revisions for C121 – task 2
    -submitted revisions for C121 – Task 3
  • D082 tasks evaluated and accepted

12/4/2023

  • retook and passed C232
  • CI for D077 wants me to do entire study plan to retake
  • submitted revisions for C121 tasks 1, 2,3,4 – just issues with citing since I didn’t use the textbook at all

12/5/2023

  • Met with mentor – he agreed to open up 3 more classes after hearing my overall strategy and planning process
  • Submitted all 4 tasks for C455 – English Composition 1
  • Passed OA for C273 – Introduction to Sociology
  • resubmitted revisions for tasks 3 and 4 for C121

12/6/2023

  • Submitted revisions for C455 – tasks 2,3, and 4

12/7/2023

  • Passed OA for D077 – Concepts in Marketing, Sales, and Customer Contact
  • all tasks for C121 accepted
  • mentor released 4 more courses

12/8/2023

  • passed OA for C955
  • resubmitted revisions on task 4 for C455
  • submitted revisions for task 1 of D081
  • submitted revisions for tasks 1 and 2 of C456
  • submitted tasks 1 and 2 for C717
  • Passed OA for C236 – Compensation and Benefits

12/9/2023

  • Submitted task for C236

12/9/2023

  • Failed OA for D100 by 1 point
    12/11/2023
  • submitted revisions for task 1 C717

12/12/2023

  • All C717 tasks accepted
  • Passed D100 OA

12/13/2023

  • Mentor opened up 4 more classes
  • all tasks for C455 accepted
  • Both tasks for D078 submitted
  • task 2 for D079 submitted
  • starting to feel sick…

12/14/2023

  • finished finals for other degree, but now sick – work capacity slowing down
  • D078 passed
  • D079 task 2 revised

12/15/2023

  • D079 task 1 submitted

12/16/2023

  • all tasks accepted for D079
  • still very sick – no WGU today

12/17/2023

  • sick

12/18/2023

  • C233 Employment law – passed OA
  • submitted task 1 for C253

12/19/2023

  • Submitted task 2 for C253
  • C236 task accepted and finished

12/20/2023

  • D196 OA passed

12/21/2023

  • C483 OA passed. Easiest class of degree

12/22/2023

  • D075 Information Technology Management Essentials – OA passed. Really didn’t like this class, studied for 30 mins and then scheduled the OA to get it over with. Figured out to do most of the excel part during the OA. Barely passed thankfully.

12/23/2023

  • D076 – Finance Skills for Managers passed

12/24/2023

  • out in the middle of nowhere, thanksfully wfif held out long enough for me to complete c723

12/28/2023

  • took and passed OA for Taxation I