It's been well established that most CPA firms prefer the younger crowd.

Well. They see I finished undergrad in 1998.  One guy, not a big 4, was like "so you graduated in 1998, that makes you about the same age as me" and he was a tool about it the whole time.  It wasn't my fault that he had to labor his way through college to make ends meet.

True about BAP.  They wouldn't let me join.  For undergrads you need a 3.25 accounting.  Some girl had a 3 and they let her in.   For grads you need a 3.5...with a 3.4 they BAP invited me...the acct dept head saw me there and emailed me a nasty email that my grades weren't good enough.  I guess the girl with the lower grades bitched a lot to get in. Or the dept head has it out for me.  As he also forgot to put my resume online for meet the firms...and make my nametag so I had to write it in.  Everyone else had printed nametags  whether BAP or not...and their resumes were posted and did not look as organized as mine.  Made me mad as I am a paying student..not on an assistantship...which of course they didn't offer me one.  So I wonder if its the school thats age discriminating or what not.  I have never been in a school program that places so much pressure on getting a 4.0.  If everyone has high grades then it no longer means anything.

fla_examer85 wrote: How did they know you were 33?  One thing I know is true with a 99% certainty at my school is this:  If you aren't in Beta Alpha Psi, I believe the school steers them to NOT interview you.  Hear me out. Last year I was declined on campus interviews with two large local firms with a 3.60 on my Masters Degree and I know undergrads in BAP with 3.10 and such getting interviews over me. The college of business here also further screws you when they give a stack of resumes to the firms they color code BAP resumes with a different shade paper, and at "meet the firms" night if you are in BAP you get a laminated clip on name tag that says BAP, and if you aren't you get a stick on name tag that says "hi my name is... "and you write your name on it.  Employers run away when they see those tags coming. That being said, I learned my lesson and joined BAP this year.