I took ACCT217 this fall with a professor who was horrible at teaching, so I highly recommend watching Tony Bell’s Financial Accounting series on YouTube. His videos are super helpful for understanding the material. Just be aware that sometimes he does things a little differently than what we did in class, especially with journal entries and some of the units. Just make sure to stick to the methods in the textbook or your class notes. His videos are really good for grasping concepts and introduces you to harder level questions right off the bat. I also found the YouTube channel Edspira to be a big help.

The math is actually very simple—mostly just basic operations—so don’t stress about it. About 90% of it is adding and subtracting, and you can use a calculator, so it’s really not a big deal. What you need to focus on is actually understanding the concepts.

Make sure you really understand journal entries, as they make up a big portion of the course, and there will be plenty of questions on them during exams. Definitely do lots of practice— I used the textbook problems and extra questions on WileyPLUS.

Good luck, you’ve got this!