<p>Should I take scholarship money, and go to a shi**y school? Or pay twice as much and go to an awesome school with a decent accounting program?</p>
<p>shi**y school - Radford University
Good school - VT</p>
<p>Will a subpar school prepare me for the CPA and grad school?</p>
<p>Definitely the scholarship. Any accounting program can prepare you for the CPA if you’re motivated enough. Accounting programs are very standardized anyway, so what you learn in one school isn’t much different from what you learn in another. The only thing that changes is curves, exam difficulty, competitiveness, etc.</p>
<p>prepare for grad school? the ranking the school/department matters more than just getting a job as an accountant/auditor</p>
<p>For CPA?
“As of early 2005, on the basis of recommendations made by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), 42 States and the District of Columbia required CPA candidates to complete 150 semester hours of college coursework—an additional 30 hours beyond the usual 4-year bachelor’s degree. Another five States have adopted similar legislation that will become effective between 2006 and 2009. Colorado, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont are the only States that do not require 150 semester hours. In response to this trend, many schools have altered their curricula accordingly, with most programs offering master’s degrees as part of the 150 hours, so prospective accounting majors should carefully research accounting curricula and the requirements of any States in which they hope to become licensed.” </p>
<p><a href=“http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm#training[/url]”>http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm#training</a></p>
<p>Some schools have BS Accounting/MS Accounting; BS Any major/MS Accounting; BS Professional Accouting 150 credits. Look into that if you just complete 120 credits BS Accounting degree you won’t be able to take the exam.</p>
<p>Find out if accounting firms recruit at the schools. Just liek the poster above said school pretty much doesn’t matter but instead firms look to decent schools close to their offices.</p>
<p>What is being said here is mostly true. Yes, most accredited curriculum is standardized and mandated by the State Board of Accountancy. Thus, go to the school that gives you the most money and get a good GPA. HOWEVER, there is one other consideration. Go to a school that is AACSB accredited too. This is an extra accreditation for business programs. This becomes important if you ever want to attend a grad school that is AACSB accredited.</p>
<p>My son didn’t have the GPA necessary for the graduate school that he applied to. However, when they heard that he attended an AACSB approved school, everything changed and he got admited, (although provisionally). I can’t emphasize this enough.</p>
<p>Check out the following forum for schools that have this additional accreditation: <a href=“http://www.aacsb.edu/[/url]”>Page Error;
<p>Radford is not on the AACSB list. Will I be able to attend a AACSB accredited accounting grad school coming from a school that is not?</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, I’m going to call the school tommorrow and see what they have to say…</p>
<p>Fritz111, You would have to call an AACSB accredited school in order to find out. My suggestion is to NOT attend a school that isn’t AACSB unless it has an exceptional reputation such As Wharton, NYU, CMU etc, although some of these are AACSB accredited.</p>