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Big4Noob
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Posted: 03 Sep 2009 at 13:27 | IP Logged  

Oh, and I have always taken school counselor advice
with a grain of salt. I have had counselors give me some of
the worst advice. Ask people who have been there, done
that. Like us.


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dlwtistyle
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Big4Noob wrote:
Honestly, unless they specifically request your
undergraduate GPA (some kind of Big 4 resume format,) I
would assume that my graduate work is much more important
and that it would make your undergraduate GPA irrelevant.
Make your resume shine and, if selected for an interview,
have some kind of explanation ready if they ask about
your low undergraduate GPA. My interviewers had my
transcript on their desk during on-campus interviews.
They had even highlighted specific bad grades and asked
about them.

For what it is worth, I got into a Big 4 with a 2.8 major
GPA and a 3.0 overall (undergrad.) Though I had some non-
Big 4 accounting experience from past summers.

 

 

How in the world did you get into the Big 4 with those grades?  Big 4 firms usually have minimum GPA requirements of at least a 3.3.  The fact that you were accepted is quite astonishing...almost unbelievable.

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Zeratul
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Posted: 03 Sep 2009 at 14:05 | IP Logged  

dlwtistyle wrote:

Big4Noob wrote:
Honestly, unless they specifically request your
undergraduate GPA (some kind of Big 4 resume format,) I
would assume that my graduate work is much more important
and that it would make your undergraduate GPA irrelevant.
Make your resume shine and, if selected for an interview,
have some kind of explanation ready if they ask about
your low undergraduate GPA. My interviewers had my
transcript on their desk during on-campus interviews.
They had even highlighted specific bad grades and asked
about them.

For what it is worth, I got into a Big 4 with a 2.8 major
GPA and a 3.0 overall (undergrad.) Though I had some non-
Big 4 accounting experience from past summers.

 

 

How in the world did you get into the Big 4 with those grades?  Big 4 firms usually have minimum GPA requirements of at least a 3.3.  The fact that you were accepted is quite astonishing...almost unbelievable.

Big 4 firms hire their interns at a high rate (it's either 70% or 90%).

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dlwtistyle
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Zeratul wrote:
dlwtistyle wrote:

Big4Noob wrote:
Honestly, unless they specifically request your
undergraduate GPA (some kind of Big 4 resume format,) I
would assume that my graduate work is much more important
and that it would make your undergraduate GPA irrelevant.
Make your resume shine and, if selected for an interview,
have some kind of explanation ready if they ask about
your low undergraduate GPA. My interviewers had my
transcript on their desk during on-campus interviews.
They had even highlighted specific bad grades and asked
about them.

For what it is worth, I got into a Big 4 with a 2.8 major
GPA and a 3.0 overall (undergrad.) Though I had some non-
Big 4 accounting experience from past summers.

 

 

How in the world did you get into the Big 4 with those grades?  Big 4 firms usually have minimum GPA requirements of at least a 3.3.  The fact that you were accepted is quite astonishing...almost unbelievable.

Big 4 firms hire their interns at a high rate (it's either 70% or 90%).

 

Yeah but even when getting in as an intern you need a high GPA, and I don't think he interned there before.

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Zeratul
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Posted: 03 Sep 2009 at 14:19 | IP Logged  

I dunno then. My guess is the internship experience certainly helped quite a bit.
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