since when did b's become bad?

euve69
Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:20:21 +0000

Jmm,

You did a great job at answering my questions before. It is funny though. I always look at rate my professors and I get a kick out of the ratings. I always wondered how accurate they were so maybe down the road if you still check in on this website lol I will ask you your opinion of some of the professors if my son goes to Albany. I would like him to go there if he gets in but it is very eerie. If you look back at your emails, your situation is exactly the same situation I was describing for my son. I always wrestled with the " Does my son go to Albany, Buffalo, or Bing and have the pressure of keeping up a 3.25 gpa, or does he go to the less prestigious school like Oswego, Plattsburgh etc, and if he gets a 2.90 which is still very very good in a hard major like accounting, he is still in the business school?? The same recruiters for the most part go to all of the schools so what is the real difference, the name??

Maybe he does to go Albany and if he does not cut it, he simply tranfers to Oswego etc like the advice I gave to you. It is not the worst thing in the world to transfer. I know it is a pain in the neck, but hey, if you want to follow your dream and you are getting 3.0 or 2.85, damm, transfer and get that gpa or higher at Oswego and get your accounting degree. What are you supposed to do JMM stay at Albany and they send you a letter saying sorry and now you will have to take up Socioloy, Economics, or Political Science?? I do not think so. If your gpa was 2.25 or 2.50 then yes, I would say Accounting may not be for you, but your GPA was very respectable. You took some tough courses, it was not like you took Psych 101, Music Theory and History 101. I also agree with you 2000% that these GPA requirements are for the University to keep up the "prestige of the school of business, no doubt about that.

I totally agree with you on one aspect. As long as the school is aacsb accredited, that is all that really matters since due to the GAAP rules, you have to teach accounting in a uniform manner. Auditing is Auditing etc etc The material covered at Oswego is the same as Binghamton, Albany etc etc.

Again, good luck and if any questions come to mind, I will ask you. Actually I do have one question. Not that you can rely on this, but how are the curves at Albany? Do the Accounting professors curve at all if the grades suck?? At least that helps a little bit. Thanks