Archives for November, 2009

The Big Picture

Many students come to UT knowing which major they wish to enroll in and which career field they hope to enter upon graduation.  A lot of these students change their minds, some multiple times.  At the same time, there are students who have no idea what they want until graduation is staring them in the [...]

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Thinking Lean

Before I start spouting lean accounting ideas, here’s a brief introduction of the Lean Accounting Summit. It is an annual event where companies come together to learn about lean concepts that can be applied in their operations. Ten professor-student teams from different schools are also selected for scholarships to attend the summit, and this year [...]

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Three Months In

I’ve been an associate auditor at a Big 4 firm for three months now, and am currently assigned to my third client, a nonprofit. My first two assignments involved public company interim testing, and this one is a 9/30/09 year-end audit. Considering there will be a lot of year-end testing to do during busy season in [...]

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All about the perfect fit

I feel like I haven’t written in a long time, and I am truly sorry for that, but these past few weeks have been pretty intense. I went to an office visit with a company I loved, had a second round of midterms, and even got to go back to Monterrey for a weekend. Anyway, [...]

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Love the place that you study in!

It is hard to imagine that the second run of fall exams have already come to a close. After spending many days hiding from my furry roommate during the last two exam seasons, I have visited quite a few libraries on campus (and there ARE quite a few on campus!). I know that some people [...]

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