Elijah Watt Sells Award

"The EWS award is bestowed upon CPA candidates who have obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination and passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt. A total of 102,323 individuals sat for the Examination in 2016, with 58 candidates meeting the criteria to receive the Elijah Watt Sells Award."

As the numbers show, this award is likely not well known in non-accounting circles, but I wanted to see if anybody is familiar with this award? I've seen some instances of EWS award winners going from audit/accounting to ER and wanted to see if anyone could speak on this topic and if the award assisted in the transition. I'd really love to hear from anyone who knows about an award winner going from accounting to any level of finance.

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