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Conclusion

From this study, the researcher learned about the CPAs including their experiences. There

are lot of advantages of being a CPA such as: salary increase based on the person’s work

experience, discover unfamilliar things that are related to accounting, meeting different people,

having benefits like pensions, health care, etc. Aside of advantages, there are also disadvantages

to be a CPA like having a workloads that an accountant needs to render an overtime to finish

his/her reports, low starting salary, etc.

There are schools that offer accounting courses such as UP Diliman, UST and De La

Salle University with a licensure passing rate of 100%, 91.99% and 92.66% respectively in year

2017 in which it can be consider as one factor for a first step in becoming a CPA (Bianc).

Choosing one of these schools may help an aspiring student since it gives an assumption that

there will be a high chance of passing the board exam based on the given passing rate of the

schools.

Overall, the researcher still wants to pursue this career even if there’s a lot of

disadvantages of being a CPA because this is what she dream of and she believes that if you love

your work, you’ll pursue it no matter what hindrance may face. She know that she can enjoy

pursuing this career because from what she discovered, her skills and interests suit the

responsibilities of being a CPA like preparing financial reports for the company, getting to know

different types of tax, and others. Additional to that, being an accountant is a kind of privilege

since this is one of the well-known jobs and there are several opportunities waiting for her.