since when did b's become bad?

euve69
Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:53:47 +0000

Hey JMM,

Hope all is well. Do not worry, you will be judged on the entire year and even at the end of the year if you still have the same gpa, Albany will send you a love letter warning you that you are in jeapardy of not being able to stay in the business school. They will not just kick you out!!

Looking at your grades they are not bad at all. In fact, you did very well in intermediate accounting which is usually a weed out course, so you seem to know your stuff. I agree with the poster dimitri, wait and see how you do next semester before you retake any courses. Also, if you do retake the course ask Albany if they replace the higher grade with the lower one, and not just average them out. Also, same goes for the flip side. If you retake the course and do worse, will they let you keep the higher grade?

Good luck, and if you remember some of my posts and questions to you a month or so ago, the worst worst scenario is if down the road they did say sorry but you cannot stay in the business program, you can always transfer to another less competitive school like Oswego (which has a good business program) and not have the pressure of keeping up a 3.25 gpa.There you only need a 2.0 to stay in. I am not saying you want to transfer AGAIN, I get it, however, that is the absolute worst case scenario.

One other point. Yes, it will be difficult with a 2.95 etc to get a job at a big 4 firm. But, the good news, if you will, is that a 3.25 or 3.35 student will find it difficult as well to get a job with the big 4 firm. They are looking for 3.5 and up most of the time. So, that said, there are alot of small to midsize cpa firms that you can get an internship with. Getting into a big 4 firm is like getting into an IVY, it is great, but it is certainly not the end of the world if you do not get in a big 4 firm. I know many many successful cpa’s that did not work at a big 4 firm. In fact, some of them avoided it !!!

As long as you get your cpa down the road, and you come off good in an interview, you will do fine. Not many companies will look at your GPA. Some may, but many will look at you the person.

Now, on to graduate school. I know if you finish with a 2.85 or 2.95 overall in undergrad you many be asking yourself will you get into a good grad school. Again, you many not get into NYU or Binghamton etc, but believe me, you will get into a grad school. Then, as long as you pass our CPA exam, etc, that is all that matters. Do not get me wrong. I am not saying it is not great to go to a great grad school, but at the end of the day all that matters in accounting is getting that CPA. It is not law school where if you do not graduate from a TOP 14 school it is hard to get a high starting salary.

In accounting the starting salaries for cpa’s are like 57-68 k so just do the best you can and do not sweat it.

This was my original question to you a few mohths back regarding my high school son. He is only a freshman, but down the road, does he apply to Albany, Binghamton, or University of Buffalo where it is more competitive, or does he go to a Oswego, or Plattsburgh. They are not as prestigious as Albany, or Bing etc but at those schools, the business program is like the rest of the college. You only need a 2.0 to graduate. They also have the same companies recruiting as well, albeit not to the same degree maybe as Albany but at the end of the day, auditing is auditing does it really matter if you go to Albany, or Oneonta?? I am still searching for the answer to that question.

Good Luck!!