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I have thought about the second bachelors, but the thing is so many good 4 years don't accept post bach students.  The only ones that do are the calstate universities (in california as least).  If I can only get a 2nd bachelors at a calstate or a MACC at USC, which one will employers place more value on?  Which one will push me forward in my career and which on will hold me back?

As for the MBA, I have thought about it too but a lot of people say that they are worthless to employers unless you have solid business/accounting/finance work experience to back it up.  Is this accurate?  I only have real estate experience.  If I want to go for the CPA, I can always take classes at extension programs right?

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You can probably do your business classes at a community college. Some others have posted on here about taking accounting classes at community colleges in California. You just have to make sure that the courses are approved by the CA state board of accounting.

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Im from California and took all my business / accounting
classes at a community college. Passed 2 parts of the exam
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Many MBA programs don't require work experience.  The top (Ivy league level) ones do, but they tend not to have strong enough accounting programs to qualify you for the CPA exam, except possibly Wharton.  My bachelor's is also in a completely unrelated field, and I got an MBA in accounting in a program registered with NY state and geared toward people like us who don't have BAs in accounting.  And work experience is not required for that program.

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justtory wrote:

I have thought about the second bachelors, but the thing is so many good 4 years don't accept post bach students.  The only ones that do are the calstate universities (in california as least).  If I can only get a 2nd bachelors at a calstate or a MACC at USC, which one will employers place more value on?  Which one will push me forward in my career and which on will hold me back?

As for the MBA, I have thought about it too but a lot of people say that they are worthless unless you have solid accounting/finance working experience to back it up.  I only have real estate experience.  Is this accurate?  If I want to go for the CPA, I can always take classes at extension programs right?

Thanks a bunch!!

 

I don't know about CA, bit I am curently pursuing a 2nd BS degree at Washington State University.  If you do a Macc, then yes, you can take the buiness classes elsewhere.  Finally, you do not have to have accounting or finance experience to get into a good MBA program.  MBA students have a wide array of work experience, whether it is in real estate, the military, healthcare, law, etc.  Nearly all business schools do not require you to have a specific career path.

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