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The American Institute of CPAs has opened the student website, ThisWaytoCPA.com, to international members. The site is designed to educate college students and CPA-exam candidates about the path to becoming a CPA, including registering for the CPA exam and becoming a U.S. CPA while living overseas.

The U.S. CPA exam is administered internationally and in 2010, the last year before international administration, more than 10,000 international candidates traveled to the U.S. to take the exam.

Featured provided on ThisWaytoCPA.com includes journals by individuals who recently passed the CPA exam explaining what they did to prepare for the exam; mock job interviews and resume tips and a forum where students and exam candidates can post questions and interact with peers

There are also CPA profiles that detail the day-to-day activities of CPAs; as exam timeline that maps out the process of taking the exam and a list of more than 100 scholarships available to accounting and business students, along with  information about career paths and jobs.