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Pilly
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Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 17:04 \| IP Logged

Hi guys. So I'm gonna be graduating with a BBA in a few years with alittle above 150 credits since I'm double minoring. So basically I'm allowed to take the CPA exam without going to grad school. What I want to know is, before applying for Big4 should I go for 180credits and get a BBA/MS degree or should I just stick to having only a BBA with 150credits? Either way I can still take the CPA exam. Do you think Big4 will look down on people who have excess credits? Also the BBA/MS will take 6years in college while the BBA only will take 5 years.

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Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 21:17 \| IP Logged

I don't think they will care as long as you have enough accounting credits to sit for the exam. Also, do you have enough accounting credits to be certified? And why wait to apply? The earlier the better since you have the credits. Then you can always say in the interview that you're currently pursuing your CPA certification. All they will be interested in is that you have enough credits to be certified. I ended up doing two bachelor's degrees so I had 164 credits but I needed 9 more accounting credits to get to the 36 required for FL so I'm doing my Master's.

They won't look down on you for being ambitious; they actually like that. Would doing the MS prevent you from starting with a firm next Fall?

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