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ebitda
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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 15:32 \| IP Logged

Thanks for the responses everyone. I guess the obvious answer would be MAcc since I don't have an accounting background. But is it worth preparing for the GMAT, signing up to take the GMAT, trying to get rec letters when I've been out of school for a while, and then trying to match the MAcc's application periods? I think the earliest possible would be Class of 2011 at this rate, if even that. I just thought it might be efficient to become CPA-eligible without all that. UCSD, for instance, has classes for $450 each. I expect to spend only $3,600 in tuition for 8 courses. Do you still say MAcc is better when considering cost/benefit? And how is the timing perceived? I graduated May 2009, clearly the best year to graduate =/

http://extension.ucsd.edu/programs/index.cfm?vAction=certDet ail&vCertificateID=2&vStudyAreaID=5

Thanks again. I appreciate the advice.

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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 15:55 \| IP Logged

forget the macc. way too time consuming and expensive. either take an additional 30 undergrad credits and get a second bachelor's in accounting or get some cheap online classes to be able to sit for the cpa. employers would rather see an undergrad degree in acct and be cpa eligible rather than some fancy masters degree with no experience. my first degree was not in acct, and i went back and took 30 undergrad credits for my bachelors in acct. i now meet the 150 hour rule for the cpa exam and i have an acct degree. good luck.

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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 15:59 \| IP Logged

daydream wrote:

I would recommend MAcc, because of the on campus recruitment. Most accounting firms do their entry level hiring from universities so it would be hard to get a job without OCR for someone without experience.

And passing the 4 parts definitely will look better, IMHO it's only going to help during the recruiting process.

I can attest for how hard it is to get a job without on campus recruitment. Got let go some place with only six months experience, and it was a pain getting back on with another CPA firm.

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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 16:56 \| IP Logged

You can still attend some career fairs though without doing a MACC as long as they don't check ID's. I'm trying that route. If I can't find a job eventually, then I'm going to cough up the dough for a Macc. If I do the Macc eventually, I'll have a leg up on my competition having already passed the cpa exam.

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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 17:16 \| IP Logged

Nailz wrote:

forget the macc. way too time consuming and expensive. either take an additional 30 undergrad credits and get a second bachelor's in accounting or get some cheap online classes to be able to sit for the cpa. employers would rather see an undergrad degree in acct and be cpa eligible rather than some fancy masters degree with no experience. my first degree was not in acct, and i went back and took 30 undergrad credits for my bachelors in acct. i now meet the 150 hour rule for the cpa exam and i have an acct degree. good luck.

I'm just curious as to why you think a Macc is too time consuming than just taking the 30 credits on their own since Maccs typically include abotu 30 credits so I fail to see how it would take longer. It should take the same amount of time.

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