Low GPA, accounting path?

turtlerock
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:25:56 +0000

Also, I’m not shooting for the big four or anything, probably just a nationally recognized firm.

If you know of firm that recruit on campus other than the Big 4, then trying for an internship is better than not trying. If you can deal with possible overlook/rejection due to your GPA (which is not the only thing many firms look at in determining internship placement), then you should go ahead. Even if you don’t shoot for the Big 4, it may turn out to be a good networking opportunity for the future. For example, you see a rep for a local firm, you talk for a while, apply for one of their internships, exchange a couple emails etc. You don’t get any interviews (you think because of your GPA), but the following year at the same event you see the same rep and bring up the prior conversations you’d had with them. They seem to remember you and you slip them your updated resume and they notice some new stuff and a good improvement on GPA. Not saying this would directly relate to you getting an internship with that particular firm (or a firm that person can refer you to), but anything is possible and I’m sure farther leaps have been made.