On August 11 2012 14:53 tests wrote:
Hey guys,
I know this isn't the correct place to ask this type of question (I intend to call the schools first thing Monday morning) but I was hoping someone might have an answer to the question.
If you take units post-grad (I just got my undergraduate degree) to fulfill a license requirement (CPA), does the GPA/course-load/and place of the units taken count for graduate school? That is, when graduate schools look at your undergraduate GPA, does that consist of only the courses taken to attain the BS degree (Not the CPA license).
Any help regarding this issue would be much obliged.
Thanks
I just completed my MBA at one of North America's most prestigious business school, and I have prior work experience at one of the BIG FOUR accounting firms, so I speak with some authority on this matter.
Basically, it depends... Each business school is unique in how they assess their applicants and it is impossible to give a definitive answer to your question. When I was preparing my business school applications I found that every single business school has different rules and regulations regarding this.
What is universally true is that you need to tell them a "good story". Why are you a good candidate? Why does business school for you make sense right now? If you can give them good answers to these questions in the essays they are certainly requesting you to submit, then any considerations regarding your grades are secondary. It would be more important to submit a decent GMAT score.
And as a personal comment I would say if accounting is what you really want, an MBA might be too general a degree for you to make sense as a next career step.
I'd be happy to discuss this in greater detail with you. Preferably on skype.
EPT
