So, my current goal is to get into the business school's Graduate Master of Accountancy (GMAcc) program. It is a two year program to get a masters degree in accounting and it is actually aimed at people who do not have an undergraduate major in accounting. But, apparently it is one of the best accounting programs in the country. It seems like a perfect fit for me because I was just starting to feel relatively helpless about my current degree (BS with a double major in Japanese and East Asian Studies). With a graduate degree in accounting I would be able to get into the business world. I believe that the ensuing combination of hard work and my personality (and a graduate degree in accounting) would allow me to be very successful in business.

The problem is that until this point in my life I have slacked off. I haven't been doing what I should have been doing, and I just expected everything to fall into place. I wore myself out in high school so that when I got here to college I didn't feel like doing all the extra-curricular activities that I know I should have been doing. My grades aren't that bad (3.08), but they aren't good either--especially when applying for graduate school. My GMAT score (710, 92%ile) is the only thing that I have going for me on paper.

I have always felt like everything would work out because when I have actually set my mind to doing something, I have never met with failure. I feel like I just need to be given an opportunity to prove myself. In order to get that opportunity, I need to make myself appear better on paper, but I think it is too late to do that for my current application.

From this point on, I am stepping up my overall life effort. I guess this is growing up. (yes, like the song.)