fish0412 wrote:
B.A. Accounting/Economics: 3.55 (2008) small liberal arts school (good rep though) GPA within my majors was about 3.7. Graduated with Economics Honors
GMAT: 730 (Q48/V42)
Other Qual: Licensed CPA
Relevant Courses: A lot of accounting, stats (A), econometrics (A), intermediate micro (A), intermediate macro (B+), real analysis (C- yikes!), Calc 1/2- completed in hs. I'm currently taking multivariable calc (have an A so far and the final grade will be in before I apply)
Work Exp: 2 years big 4 audit. Currently working for a Fortune 500 company.
Research Exp: Did an honors research thesis for my econ degree. Published in 2 econ journals with my advisor. Presented at a few conferences. Currently working on a third paper with him that we just presented.
LOR: one from my co-author (econ prof), one from another econ prof, one from accounting prof
Research Interests: Financial Archival- I'm primarily interested in the economic consequences of disclosure regulation/accounting standard changes
Right now I'm planning to apply to Northwestern, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland. Considering NYU/Penn but not sure. (...)
You have a solid profile including a good and unusual mix of research/professional credentials. Because of the research background, the 730 GMAT should still put you in the running for most of the places you cite, except Northwestern and Penn. Your non-math background isn't really going to hurt you because you have an Econ background, which may even be better for Accounting. However, your lack of graduate coursework may hurt a bit in some places, though again published papers may make up for it.
Since you're looking a Big 10 schools I'll assume you're from the Midwest/Great Lakes region. Have you considered Iowa? For Accounting, it has a pretty good history and reputation, right up there with the others (and definitely way above Maryland).