Another thing I want to touch on is are you sure you want to do public accounting? Public accounting is the only field where you work long hours and get low pay… Investment banking and consulting offer both have long hours but the pay is a lot more nice. Along with the low pay, you also have to take 150 units, 10 units of ethics, and pass 4 really hard ass exams. Which the other two fields, don’t really have to do.
The nice thing about public accounting tho is that is easily transferable into corporate finance/accounting and internal audit positions in the private sector, you can work in any industry afterwards, and you even have the opportunity to open your own CPA firm if you want to. Getting to the field is also achievable by any average hard working person.