CPA + MBA = Corp Finance?

BK696969
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:50 +0000

Big 4 firms will hire you if you complete a masters in accounting. After that they pay for you to get your CPA while on the job. There’s a better chance they’ll hire you if you get straight A’s while in your master’s program (since your undergraduate grades are pretty bad).

An MBA isn’t worth it unless you get one from a good school. I wouldn’t bother going part time right out of college while you’re an accountant at the fund. It will be a waste of time and money. If you want to get an MBA, I would get your masters in accounting first. At least that will likely lead into a decent job for you as well as give you the opportunity to show a BSchool adcom that you are cabable of making good grades and surviving a strong MBA program.