Boston College MSA

I will be matriculating into the MS Accounting program at BC for 2012 and was hoping some alum and/or current students could help me out with a few questions I have.

1) I am a non-target, non- accounting major and am curious to know how hard it may be to get ocr jobs, in general how is msa recruiting? How many big 4 placement/ MM/ etc?

2) How rigorous is the course load? I hear it is not terribly difficult if your a decent student and that most of the class get B or A range.

3) Are there any particular pitfall you can think of, or conversely any particularly great things about BC csom?

It is an expensive program and I just want to make sure I am not spending money on what I could get at a mediocre state school.

Thanks in advance.

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LinfoneWhy not BC's MSF program?

for a non-target non-accounting major I would not pick an an institution whose MSF is not highly respected (MIT, Princeton, WUSTL, Tulane, Claremont, Vanderbilt, Villanova) over an MSA b.c accounting pretty much guarantees a job, basically, if you don't get in an MSF at one of the aforementioned school it is better to go with the safer, more established, option (MSA).

 

Boston College MS in Accounting? Lock for Big 4 as long as your undergrad GPA is not terrible (3.0).

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The BossBoston College MS in Accounting? Lock for Big 4 as long as your undergrad GPA is not terrible (3.0).

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Really, that is good to hear. My undergrad major is economics and I had a 3.8+ cumulative and higher major GPA. I wasnt sure about their recruiting and others had been telling me that Bentley does better. I really want to go to BC and recruiting is a top priority for me.

 

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