Alexandra Simms
Senior - Expected Graduation Semester: Spring 2011
Business Administration - Accounting
Eligibility: To qualify for a scholarship, you must be currently enrolled at CSUS for at least 6 units, be a current member of the CSUS Accounting Society, and have at least a 2.5 Grade Point Average. If you were awarded a scholarship through Accounting Society last semester, you are not eligible for one this semester. Graduating seniors are not eligible for any scholarships except for the CPA review course scholarships.
Community Service Activities
Volunteer at Ronald McDonald House – Nov. 4th, 2010
Meals on Wheels via SMUD - Thanksgiving 2005-2006
Goal Statement
In the short term, my goal is simply to become a well-rounded individual and gain as much experience in as many areas of accounting as possible. My primary focus and interest is in cost management, but I understand that it is difficult to make headway in private accounting when one is fresh out of school. Therefore, I hope to make a start in the government soon after I graduate, since my second favorite subject in accounting is accounting for non-profit and governmental agencies. I am certainly not picky right now – I could see myself making a career in tax or audit services, even if only for a few years. But in the long-run, I would like to see myself become an expert in an industry that constantly keeps me motivated and challenged. I will certainly need that passion and expertise if I plan to meet my ultimate goal of becoming a Controller or Chief Financial Officer. My ambitions and interests have always changed with the tides, though, so I may wake up one day and decide that I want to run my own business instead – I just never know. But whatever my short-term, long-term, or now-term goals, I do my best to put 100% into my career and continuing education because every day, I learn something new about the profession and about where I fit within it.
