What does it take to be an accountant?

I am thinking about becoming an accountant, what subjects should i take from high school to become one?

• What subjects should i take to become one? And if anyone who's reading this question is an accountant could you please tell what kinds of salaries you are getting. Thanks!

• Answer:

  The best thing you can do is to take as many classes as you can at a local community college for which your high school has extension agreements with. You may be able to apply college credit to your high school credit AND keep that college credit for future use. That's really the best way. Oh, and it does not matter what classes you take as long as it's typical general core classes such as history, math, english, social sciences, etc. To be a real accountant, one must hold a bachelors degree in accounting or business with an emphasis in accounting. To make any real money, one needs to have a CPA designation, which requires more schooling. So you can see, accelerating your start to college is what I would suggest. Plus, you may decide not to even major in accounting (few people stick with their original career plan from high school), you can always easily take a general core to apply it anywhere in different majors.