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After graduating from the Study Abroad program, I transferred to Salisbury University in Maryland on the Eastern Shore of the United States. My major was accounting. I concentrated on my studies to qualify for the U.S. Certified Public Accountant (USCPA) exam and earned 150 credits in three years. The curriculum consisted mainly of exercises, with many assignments that had to be turned in before class, and some classes required reading more than 100 pages of thick textbooks. In order to complete the huge amount of assignments, it was important to be able to read English texts quickly and accurately. The reading tips I learned at Kanda Institute of Languages helped me a lot. For example, in the "auditing" class, four or five members reviewed the financial statements of a local church. It was an indescribably fulfilling experience when I was able to communicate with the members of the group amidst all the technical jargon.
This year, I graduated from university and started working for a major international accounting firm where I did an internship during the summer vacation of my third year abroad. As an audit staff member, I will mainly be auditing Japanese companies located in the United States. My goal is to pass the USCPA certification exam this year. I would like to work at this company for at least five years to develop my skills, and in the future, I would like to do work that will benefit the manufacturing industry in Japan. If you are not sure about your career path, please act without compromise, think it through to the best of your ability, and make a choice that will satisfy your future self. Depending on your efforts in the study abroad department or at an overseas university, it is not a dream to work abroad in a few years.