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Looking to understand what my chances are.
I'm a South Asian female and working in London at a Big 4 for the past 4 years in the Audit practice. I haven't managed to qualify for the Chartered Accountancy qualification (ACA) yet, with about 3 exams pending. I am planning on quitting my training contract and giving these final few exams by myself privately. At the same time I am planning on applying to MBA programs and also taking the GMAT. Given I'm part qualified and have ~4 years of pre-qualification experience, realistically what are my chances? I have progressed in my role during my time at the firm but with the exams not fully passed yet, recently progression has become stagnant, which is why I want to focus on passing exams for a bit.
Background: top 5 UK university, majored in Economics, 3.4 GPA, number of ECAs at work and uni
Looking to understand what my chances are.
I'm a South Asian female and working in London at a Big 4 for the past 4 years in the Audit practice. I haven't managed to qualify for the Chartered Accountancy qualification (ACA) yet, with about 3 exams pending. I am planning on quitting my training contract and giving these final few exams by myself privately. At the same time I am planning on applying to MBA programs and also taking the GMAT. Given I'm part qualified and have ~4 years of pre-qualification experience, realistically what are my chances? I have progressed in my role during my time at the firm but with the exams not fully passed yet, recently progression has become stagnant, which is why I want to focus on passing exams for a bit.
Background: top 5 UK university, majored in Economics, 3.4 GPA, number of ECAs at work and uni
08 Feb 2021, 00:28
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Hi ja2894as, gosh, well, I understand the desire to take time to focus on exams, but in my experience, candidates who quit their jobs to take their tests and focus on applications find themselves in a much weaker position as an applicant. Schools don't love employment gaps in general; sometimes (Covid furloughs, layoffs) they can't be avoided; but intentional ones don't always go over very well. Is it possible to, if you must take time off, take a leave instead of quitting?
It's hard to assess your chances without knowing your plans/goals and which schools you're targeting, or even your GMAT score, but my advice is to try to focus on your job advancement first and your MBA plans after that, because you'll generally need that job progress and good recommendations to have success applying in the MBA. Maybe put off your MBA plans until the work qualification is cleared up? That would be my advice anyway based on what I've seen.
Wishing you the best of luck on your exams!!
Warmly,
Julie-Anne
It's hard to assess your chances without knowing your plans/goals and which schools you're targeting, or even your GMAT score, but my advice is to try to focus on your job advancement first and your MBA plans after that, because you'll generally need that job progress and good recommendations to have success applying in the MBA. Maybe put off your MBA plans until the work qualification is cleared up? That would be my advice anyway based on what I've seen.
Wishing you the best of luck on your exams!!
Warmly,
Julie-Anne
