skyfoxx92 wrote:
Hello interviewbay22,
First I wanted to ask why the undergraduate GPA is more important the Graduate GPA???
Second I wanted thank you for your reply, But actually I went to Pace University for my undergraduate degree in Accounting and graduated with a GPA of 3.38. Then I decided to do my Masters in Accounting at Iona Collage because the cost of tuition was affordable and offered me a scholarship. Although I ended up repeating most of the accounting that I toke at Pace University while doing my Master's at Iona because I missed out on the 5 year program which allowed you, to complete Bachelors and Masters in Accounting in 5 years. I though working with the top accounting firms was more important after graduating with a bachelor degree. (Note: I did find out if you graduate with an accounting degree and for some reason you want do your master in accounting almost any university or college will make you repeat some of the course that you toke during your undergraduate year in accounting that would include most of the well known university, for example NYU, Fordham, and etc...)
While doing my Master I decided to leave my one of the Top Accounting Firms (worked Full-Time) and work Part-Time as a Tax Accountant. Hence, it would allow me to concentrate more on my school study and hope to obtain a 4.0 GPA.
I am so upset because I received a B in one of the easy course compare to the most difficult accounting course I have taken which I obtained all A's on them. Obviously there must be a good for graduate students to compete in the top 10 graduate student in the school, which until now I do not know what is the benefit behind it, but must be some good reason for doing so. (Note: I did ask my dean to retake the course to obtain an A, but he thought I was bit crazy for doing that. Not sure if he was trying to help me or pretending to help me). I feel I lost a good opportunity to be something great.
Any comments or thoughts would be greatly appreciate it ??
Thanks,
Sam
Also, graduate school grades are inflated almost everywhere. Comparing grad school GPA's to undergrad is apples to oranges.
3.38 or whatever your undergrad was is good enough(if you have some quant work, calculus, stats, etc), especially if there is an upward trend. If you're a CPA, MBA programs aren't going to have any doubts that you can handle the coursework. Get a solid GMAT and you can check the "academic" box.
You need to recognize you're part of an overrepresented group of accountants for B School. Most of which have CPA's and many of which have attended "prestigious" universities. Need to rock the GMAT but more importantly need to rock the work experience and differentiate yourself with work (or find some extracurricular activities/volunteering); need to fight the "bean counter" label as well. The further you are out of school the less GPA will matter anyways.