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Kevin writes in, “I have a general question about accounting education requirements to sit for the CPA Exam. I'm considering sitting for the State of Washington and I still have some classes to take to satisfy the requirement. Regarding the quarter-to-semester hour conversion, in general terms are conversion hours rounded up? I calculated 17.7 semester hours after conversion. Is that seen as 17 hours or 18 hours?”