Accounting Master Graduate application---- statement of purpose

Requirement:

The admissions office stresses the importance of the information you provide in response to this question. Your response is carefully evaluated and is an important part of the admission review process. There is a 500-word maximum. Put your first and last name on all pages you submit.</p> <p>What are your career aspirations, and how will an Master Accounting degree from the University of Cincinnati help you accomplish them?

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The Statement of Purpose should be a concise, well-written statement about an applicant’s academic and research background, career goals, and how this graduate program will help meet career and educational objectives.

My personal story that you might need:

About me: from China, just graduated from University of Cincinnati as undergrad in accounting.

Applying Master –acct for the same school.

GPA ONLY 2.7 ( do not address if possible)

talkative, stubborn, always want to help out dad on works when I was little.

My dad is CFO+CPA+accountant,

Trigger why I want to be accountant when I grew up: dad never told me what he does at work, he thinks they are “too complicated” for a young kid like me to understand (true, but im stubborn,remember?) – so then I said to myself I need to be an accountant then dad would talk to me about his work and we can share our work experience( stuff like that)

Trigger 2

The 1st time my dad actually told me about what he did as accountant for that day was very unsuccessful---I did not understand half of the things he said, I couldn’t keep up. That’s when I just transferred to UC as junior accounting student. I was lost and kept doubting my ability to learn accounting. I lost interests for accounting for the 1st time,

Then one event completed changed my mindset and my path. Professor Reed,(should we include names in SOP?)--- I took managerial accounting class with her, She offered TA positions at the end of the semester, She accepted my application right away by knowing my grade wasn’t that good, she “predicted” my potential, she trusted me that I was be able to handle everything and be a good TA, I didn’t let her down.

One of the reason why UC--- because people like Reed inspire me, lead me and mentor me so I became who I am today.

RESUME part:

EDUCATION

Seattle Central Community College 2010-2012 Seattle, WA [A.A degree]

University of Cincinnati 2013-2015 Cincinnati, OH [B.A - Accounting]

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

​ Part-time Accountant [January 2015 - Present]

· Reviewed bank statements and maintained major banks reconciliations monthly

· Prepared and filled company sales tax return for 33 different states

· Maintained payroll system and updated payroll general ledger accounts semimonthly

· Managed the Canadian QuickBooks system financially for the company’s international branch

· Assisted business manager in preparing in-depth analysis for financial statements.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - University of Cincinnati [Fall Semester - 2014]

· Assisted professor in proctoring tests: provided guidance to students in class and graded assignments for up to four hours a week

· Held office hours every week to work through the material with students individually

· Lead open review sessions with students in preparation for exams

Accounting Temp Intern [January 2013]

· Matched invoices to the purchase orders with data entries along with preparing journal entries

· Assisted in maintaining A/P and A/R accounts such as data collecting, reporting, and creating financial statements

Accountant Assistant - [September – November 2012]

· Financial paper data filling, getting monthly payment receipt ready to email to the clients

· Assisted manager to coordinate and prepare financial statements

· Created invoices for clients based on the A/R account and performed data entries

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-Director of Finance Dept. of Chinese Student Scholar Association [CSSA UC]

- Managed financial-related issues and requests for the association

- Negotiated with all the major banks for fund raising purpose

Leader of School food fair for international student [CSSA SCCC]

- In charged of event planning, created sales strategy to promote Chinese culture

- Managed to make 300% profits on sales from food stand on international food week.

SKILLS

Computer: Microsoft office, Google office, MIP Accounting system, QuickBooks, Intacct ERP Software, Salesforce

Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin