COLLEGE
ACCESS & SUCCESS
ACCOUNTING
PriceWaterHouse Coopers ( P w C )
committed to providing
opportunities to develop
future Accounting Students.
College, Accounting & You was created in 1999
in partnership with PwC, Saunders School of
Business and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion
to bring high school sophomores and juniors to
RIT intentionally to increase awareness of the
accounting profession for underrepresented students.
It gives students an opportunity to work side by
side with accounting professionals, college staff/
faculty, and current students in the accounting
major in the Saunders School of Business at RIT.
Destiny Philips, now an accounting freshman at
RIT, credits this program with helping her find her
college path; “I never came to RIT before, I
was thinking I would go to another school like
NYU. I liked that this program took me out of my
normal setting and taught me how a classroom
would be like in college. I liked having the
opportunity to visit PriceWaterHouse Coppers
and interacting with accounting professionals.
My favorite part of the whole program was going
into the classrooms and seeing how people would
actually learn and I thought it would be a great fit
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for me. We learned a lot about tax and
I have not taken a tax course yet
in my freshman year, but my
professor refers back to his tax
courses so I am thankful that
I have background in it.
How it all started for me
was: One day Mr. Varlen,
(Gates Chili High School
Business Teacher) came in
and said who wants to get out
of class? I didn’t know what to
expect. I liked the environment at RIT
and everyone I worked with were really hands
on. It showed me what it was going to be like to
be an RIT student. We did these simulation games
so we would change different factors and we would
see how that effected our business. It was like our
Biz 1 simulation at school, so that was very helpful.
I didn’t know what to expect when I first got here
because my counselor said “are you sure you want to
apply to RIT?” I didn’t really know what I wanted to
do with my life until this College, Accounting & You
program. I think that I have been successful because
I was so determined. That is where the program came
in, the program showed me that this was what I
wanted to do with the rest of my life. I recommend
doing the program to high school students to
help you figure out what you want to do.
Now as a freshman at RIT, my favorite
class has been financial accounting.
At first it was one of my harder
classes, but once I got the hang of
the process I stuck with it and got an
A. On-campus professors have been
super helpful. If you don’t understand
why you’re not succeeding, the
teachers help you. The tutoring services
upstairs in Saunders has been amazing.
My dream job would be to work at
PriceWaterHouse Coopers! I think in the auditing
department. I like the people who came in and
worked with us. They seemed really happy
with their job, and I like looking ov \