Top Reasons for Becoming an Accountant You need to repay student loans Your first degree was in English Literature You couldn't wait to do your first tax return The other inmates didn't enjoy doing tax returns You don't have to go to law school The school offered free pencils Norm Peterson makes a great role model Fewer essay questions in accounting courses You were expelled from law school for honesty Sixty percent of the accounting majors were female You didn't get a football scholarship to college Addiction to pin-stripe suit Expelled from kindergarten for lack of creativity during finger painting You get to see all your college friends every six months at the CPA exam A life sentence is seven years, the CPA requirement is only five years (of course that would be ten years part time) Unable to understand the phrase "consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds" Wanting to boast of being a "big five" Wanting a name tag big enough to include "PriceWaterhouseCoopers" Parents are paying for college Expelled from architecture for considering the cost of a proposed design