i came in with roughly 24 hours. i was admitted into the business school and knew i wanted to do accounting.

good- i was able to graduate in 3.5 years with 152 credit hours
bad- i messed up my first semester of my freshman year (too many c's) and didn't get into the ppa program.
blessing- not making it into the ppa program allowed me to take more accounting classes i wanted to (and i requested permission for others) that ppa program people did not. for example i took advanced accounting. most ppa's do not, which i feel does them a disservice.