Where you go to school matter? (Accounting and Big 4)

I've heard that it's really not too difficult to get a Big 4 job from a decent school with an accounting program... I've heard

the big four does place some emphasis on school name but not to the degree of IB or consulting firms. i know for a fact that acc firms have target schools that they recruit heavily from. i believe.as a result of being at the tagret school kids can get by with a slightly lower gpa then nontargets (i kow kids at targets who got interviews with a 3.1 gpa.

if u have a strong gpa and network well u have a great shot. pm me if u have any questions

10 people from your biggest school? Just 10? Really? Are you talking about one department in one of the Big 4 firms alone, or across the board?

The Big 4 hire something like hundreds of people from my alma mater (regional/non target) every year.

Somewhat, but they are looking for flagship state schools that feed into the F500.

Illinois, Penn State, UT Austin, BYU, UMich, UW Madison, and the like. They are probably going to recruit less from UW Whitewater.

UBC trumps SFU.

Then again, McGill and UT trump both.

big4 is ez. op should just chill

Transfer to a target

Big 4 like people from lower-ranked schools because they can pay them less and they're happy to take jobs doing audit in smaller markets. Wharton grads aren't exactly excited to go do state and local tax accounting in Pittsburgh.

From what I understand, although I haven't confirmed it through Linkedin, there is a director in the PwC Chicago office who has an undergrad from University of Phoenix.

^^^^^what a boss

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