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Bart, Student Life

Day in the life

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

6 a.m. – Alarm goes off.

6:20 a.m. – Roll out of bed to get ready for school.

7:10 a.m. – Grab hastily assembled lunch and backpack, hop in the car, and race down to campus (twenty minute commute from my house).

7:45 a.m. – Arrive on campus, kiss wife goodbye, stop by locker in the library (free lockers in the PCL are brilliant!) to pick up folder for Intermediate, log onto library computer to quickly check Google News.

8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – Learn about accounting for capital leases from the lessor’s and the lessee’s perspective. Professor Koonce thinks SFAS 13, which covers leases, is one of the worst accounting statements in existence because companies can easily adjust their lease terms to allow for their accounting alternative of choice. Continue reading Day in the life →

Bart, Career, Student Life

The good life

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“The good life” requires some semblance of balance between work, play, service, family, friends, hobbies, health, travel, personal development, and eating at In-N-Out. We all know this.

However, it’s not always easy to

1 – Understand our own priorities

and

2 – Spend our time and efforts according to those priorities.

Fortunately, my good friends, I have it all figured out*. And so, without further ado, I give you . . . [drum roll crescendo and gong sound] . . . Continue reading The good life →

Austin, Bart

Austin, TX

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From MPA Student Life Blog Pictures

In March of 2006, just before I graduated from BYU with an undergraduate degree in comparative literature, my wife, Janssen, and I began discussing the idea of moving away from Utah. We hadn’t seriously considered it before then since the job offers I had been getting were in Utah, my family all lived in Utah, and we were only 5 1/2 hours from Janssen’s family in Las Vegas.

But it became very clear to me during our conversation that we were both up for an adventure, and that we should start looking outside Utah for job opportunities.

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Academics, Bart, Career, Student Life

Late-October letters

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Dear Future Self,

Don’t worry. Even though I’ve been slammed with homework and interviews for quite some time now and have barely had time to keep up with my one show (Heroes), I’m going to continue pushing through to the end to provide you with a great foundation of accounting knowledge, good grades, and, if all goes well, a job. I’m very invested in your career, as you know. And I don’t mind that you’re enjoying the fruits of MY labor. Because, hey! You’re a great guy. And you deserve it.

Sincerely,

Present Self

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Dear Audit Mid-Term Exam II,

I didn’t know any one test could cover so many lists. I’m really impressed! Way to go.

Sincerely,

Audit student who woke up quite early this morning to review several pages of lists about internal controls

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