If your goal is Big 4 or super-regional (GT, McGladrey, etc.), try to stick with a School that has a national reputation (USC, UT-Austin, NYU, BYU, etc.). Very hard to move into Big Four from a CSUF or other regional programs that aren't viewed as highly as the national schools (From a 1st year recruiting standpont. Different story if you have experience.).
About USC.. From what I've seen, unless they've raised the standards substantially since I went there, it wasn't difficult to get into the MAcc program. Of course, the economy is much different now than it was when I left school, but you pretty much had your choice of location (Big Offices - NYC, Chicago, SF, Obviously LA, Silicon Valley, etc) from OCR back then.
acctngnoob wrote:
Hi,
Sorry if I'm hijacking this post, but I feel like the question is relevant to MSA recruiting. I have read many times and heard all of the time that you should go to the school that is in the area where you want to end up working, or at least really close to it. I would like to end up working in CA, but the best program in the CA area is USC, which is not an easy school to get into. There are other Macc programs around, such as CSUF, but I feel like CSUF, and the other schools around that offer such program besides USC, is aimed at people who already have a job, and are completing this degree on the side. So if I don't get into USC and attend a different state's Macc program, how hard would it be to either transfer to Big 4 in CA (assuming I get recruited to a Big 4) or during recruiting just tell the recruiter that I'm more interested in working in the CA branch? Would this hurt my chances at getting recruited?
Besides USC, I'm applying to UTA, University of Houston, ASU, Wake Forest, and Baruch. If I don't get into USC, I'm assuming I also won't get into UTA.
For example, I already got accepted to Wake Forest. If I decide to go there, am I pretty much destined to work in that area?
Thank you in advance for the answers, I really appreciate it.