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Student Experiences Accounting 2015 1998–1999
It started out as a nutty idea, says Jeff Wilks, director of the School of Accountancy. How could students really dive into the topics that current accounting professionals are dealing with?
Before departing for the Romney Institute's annual study abroad in Ghana this April, Marriott School students were given a challenge: see with African eyes and hear with African ears.
Five SOA students will be traveling to the Land of the Rising Sun after winning the EY Beam Abroad Case Competition.
A team of BYU accounting students took home first place and $20,000 at the national Deloitte FanTAXtic Competition.
Another year led to another win for a team from Brigham Young University at the national PwC Challenge Tax Competition.
If you're worried about the cost of hiring an accountant this tax season, BYU accounting students can help.
Accounting students at Brigham Young University's Marriott School did what was thought to be the impossible in 1998, placing among the top three schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the nation's most prestigious tax competition. Last year was the first time any university had placed two teams among the top three.
Two teams of Marriott School students entered the nation's largest student tax competition armed with only their pens, pencils, and calculators. Seven hours later, they walked away with first- and second-place honors and $30,000 in scholarship money.