CPA then MBA options?

I was wondering if this was a common career path, or one that I could possibly take? Get my MAcc and CPA while working at a Big Four for a couple years. then head for my MBA at a top school, and then become an associate. Could this work, because it would be avoiding the 120 hour weeks/3 yrs analysts would have to do? Thanks.

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It's really very common. My friend is considering studying MBA in http://www.businessbecause.com/shanghai-advanced-institute-of-finance.h… now. She already got CPA in China four years ago. After a few years working, she said that most of her colleges turned to study MBA. It's becoming very popular now. Why not register on http://www.businessbecause.com/and ask a lot of friends for some suggestions? You can find a lot of interesting MBA studying feedback as well.

 

There have been many threads on this topic already. Yes, it's do-able but like everything else about getting into IB, it's not easy. I did it from Big 4 audit -> Top 20 b-school -> BB but it took hard work, networking and, honestly, some luck. There were a few people in my start class who pulled off what I did as well. I also had a classmate who went Big 4 -> BB Summer Associate (S&T) -> AM.

If you're looking to get into a H/S/W, it may be tough to distinguish yourself from a Big 4. I know people who have gotten in, but I don't know many of them. Top 15/20 is pretty do-able IMO.

 

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