Alumna Between Nation’s Top Performers on CPA Test



When Jocelyn Lee gained her results from the closing section of the Uniform Certified Community Accountant Evaluation, she breathed a sigh of reduction, satisfied to be accomplished with the grueling test that has an ordinary national pass fee of only 50{14cc2b5881a050199a960a1a3483042b446231310e72f0dc471a7a1eddd6b0c3}.
But the Cal Point out Fullerton alumna did more than move the CPA exam — she aced it, achieving a cumulative normal rating higher than 95.50 throughout all 4 sections of the check on her very first try. For this accomplishment, Lee has been regarded with the Elijah Watt Sells Award from the American Institute of CPAs — one particular of only 89 men and women amid the 75,000 who sat for the test in 2020, and the 1st applicant from CSUF to obtain the award.
Though the CPA exam, a 16-hour, 4-section exam that must be handed within an 18-thirty day period time period, is identified as just one of the most tricky skilled examinations, Lee’s accomplishment does not surprise Vivek Mande, chair and professor of accounting and director of the Centre for Corporate Reporting and Governance.
“Jocelyn has been an remarkable scholar and talented accountant from the get started. For the duration of her a long time at Cal Point out Fullerton, she was an lively member of the accounting honor modern society, carried a GPA of 4. and was awarded a prestigious $10,000 scholarship from the General public Firm Accounting Oversight Board. This is yet a further feather in her cap.”
Lee ’19 (B.A. company administration-accounting) selected CSUF for its strong accounting system, and she appreciated her 1st accounting course so significantly that she hardly ever looked back. She credits the college with aiding her grow equally personally and skillfully.
“I’m so grateful for all people I satisfied and each and every prospect I experienced at CSUF, especially the Accounting Culture,” she shared. “Glen Hatton (former lecturer in accounting) and Randy Hoffman, lecturer in accounting, know how considerably I take pleasure in their mentorship and assistance for the duration of my undergraduate knowledge, but also when I applied for graduate faculty.”
Lee attained her master’s of small business taxation from the College of Southern California and is at this time operating as a tax advisor at Deloitte, a Huge 4 accounting agency.
Her tips to existing CSUF learners is to make the most of just about every expertise.
“Get included on campus. If you’re curious about some thing, check out it. Utilize the resources the school has to give. It seriously tends to make a change.”
Discover much more about accounting at CSUF on the department’s web page.

