 Hello, everyone. Today I'm going to be interviewing Matthew Zeph, he's an accounting student, a junior at St. Joseph University in the Philadelphia area. He is one of the scholarship recipient of the PICPA foundation, which is I am a board member of. And today Matthew's going to talk to us about the scholarship, and he is also a supplemental instructor, which is very, very interesting. And I want him to talk a little bit more about that later on, but first about the scholarship Matthew, how did you hear about the scholarship. So I heard about the scholarship through my school St. Joseph's University. They've reached out with an email. And then I started receiving more emails from the PICPA about how to apply what I had to do and stuff along those lines. So it was very easy. It was very easy for me to apply and I found it very easily. And are you a student member of the PICPA now? I am, I am. Okay, so you do receive update on regular basis. Tons of updates, tons of good stuff that really has gotten my foot in the door for the accounting world. Excellent. And I encourage everyone who's listening. If you're not a student member, it's free. You just have to enroll with the PICPA. And you'll have opportunities for scholarship, connect with employers, having professional activities, so on and so forth. Can you tell us about the process? What was the most challenging thing in the scholarship and, you know, based on your experience. So for me, the scholarship was very just asking about why I think I was worthy of the scholarship, what my plans were for, or what plans I had in the accounting world once I graduated. And it also asked for a letter of recommendation from me, but I got a professor at my school to do that. So that was very straightforward. I was very happy with the process that the PICPA made it out to be because it was very straightforward for me. And yes, yes, a very easy process. Excellent. And you are an accounting major. Could you tell us why you chose accounting? Yes. So I actually chose accounting. There's numerous people in my family, uncles, grandfather, grandfather that went into the accounting world. So I was always kind of, I went into college not knowing quite what I wanted to do, but I was also, I was always getting pushed to be accounting. And the main reason I chose accounting is probably the opportunities I heard it presents itself with. Just so much you can do with an accounting major. Like, I don't know if I want to be an auditor, go into accounting right away, or if I want to go into industry, something like that. It's just accounting leave so many doors open for me, which is what I really am excited for being an accounting major. 100% Matthew. And this is what I hear from all accounting students and you would learn this as you progress as you become a senior, as you graduate as you start to sit for your CPA exam. You will notice the various opportunities, the wide range of opportunities that you have, whether you go into public accounting, or in any particular industry. And I know that you are a supplemental instructor. That's very interesting. Could you tell us a little bit more about that? Yes. So I became a supplemental instructor after my freshman year where I completed accounting 101 and accounting 102. So I completed both those courses with a pretty successful grade. So I was asked to be a supplemental instructor. And what I do is I just provide assistance twice a week for accounting 101 and accounting 102 courses. So I'll sit in on the classes. I'll see what they're I'll see in here what they're learning about. And then like, I'd say like 10 to 15 students come each session and review the material. And I think it really does help the students. And that helps you too, Matthew, as a as a supplemental instructor, it's going to develop a better understanding of accounting. Yes, it's going to improve your communication skills, your presentation skills. So that's a great opportunity supplemental instructor. You guys heard it from Matthew Ziff, future CPA. I'm going to say future CPA and I'm pretty good. You're going to have those letters behind your name, Matthew. It's just a matter of time. Again, to summarize, if you're not a member, if you're not a student member of the PI CPA, you should be to network with others have benefits like a scholarship, interviews, interview opportunities like for example, soon we're going to have another job fair, virtual job fair. If you are a member, you will receive those emails, check those emails connect with other students and accounting is a great major. Matthew, thank you so much for your time. I greatly appreciate it and keep teaching those students 101 and 102. Those are the two most important courses that's going to set the foundation and they're always going to remember you. You know that even after one year, they will remember that you help them in that course. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you so much. Thank you, Matt. You have a good one. Bye bye. You as well.