<p>I have read on these forums that it is vital and important to go to an AACSB accredited accounting school. Also I have read that the 150 hours may not count if its not from an AACSB accounting school). </p>
<p>The business school at the college I go to is AACSB accredited but the accounting program itself is not? Is this a problem?</p>
<p>If you read this, it wasn’t from me. Check out the thread, “Everything you should know or need to know about accounting.” Somewhere in that thread, AACSB accreditation is discussed.</p>
<p>Means your school probably sucks, most decent schools are AACSB accredited. I mean why wouldn’t it be if it was legit?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter if the accounting program is AACSB accredited, so long as the business school is. I think this info is also in the big everything you need to know about accounting thread also.</p>
<p>Exactly what Dawgie said. </p>
<p>You want to be a CPA right?
If you don’t, it shouldn’t matter.</p>
<p>I guess neither you nor Dawgie can read, he specifically said it was AACSB-accredited, just not the extra accounting accreditation. I have never heard a single person eliminated from review for a job because the school only had AACSB accreditation for the business school overall.</p>
<p>I stand by my comment. I’m going to assume legit top schools are, without researching.</p>
<p>Only the top 25% of business schools have AACSB accreditation. Of these 571 schools, only 170 have the accounting accreditation. Are they some of the highest ranked accounting schools? Probably, but that doesn’t mean the other 400 schools suck. Not that school ranking really matters much in accounting anyway. It only gets you as far as the first interview, the rest is based on job performance and ability to get necessary certifications (CPA, CMA, CIA, etc.).</p>
<p>If you want the best possible accounting education that has a common accounting curriculum nationwide to all accounting accredited schools (especially for CPA hopefuls), you should go with an accounting accredited program, enough said, and good day to you sir.</p>
<p>Going to have to support statement, no need to justify going to a subpar school.</p>
<p>I’m finishing an accounting master’s at a school on both AACSB lists, but that fact won’t help me much in my career. The fact that I excel at what I do and have been able to get the necessary certifications to back up my knowledge is what has led me to a successful career. No one cares what school you went to when they are deciding who to promote, they care what you’ve done since you got out of school.</p>
<p>Accounting accreditation is not worth changing schools over.</p>
<p>Yea too bad a legit school matters when I’m applying to Top MBA programs. I don’t give a crap about exceling in accounting. Such low standards. Like I said, no need to justify a subpar school.</p>
<p>Success in the workplace and a stellar GMAT are far more important for MBA admissions that undergrad school or major. Also, an MBA not a necessity to make CFO or even CEO of a Fortune 500 company at least – not sure how much higher than that you’d want to go. Charisma, leadership skills, and results get you promoted to that level. But think whatever you want to, get away from college for a few years into the real world and see what you think then.</p>
<p>Some say it doesn’t matter going to top accounting schools, because it will only get you as far as the first interview. However, for many people that’s exactly why they need to go to better schools. Also, don’t forget about the intangibles that go with it. (ie: alumni connections, future job opportunities, etc…)</p>
<p>Stop rationalizing, we all know the top mba admissions criteria. I’m talking ALL things equal you don’t go for the sub par school. Mediocre mindset to always find some way to justify settling for less or doing less.</p>
<p>Tbradford, yes I realize this however I have just noticed that a lot of the unaccredited accounting programs have general accounting tracks that probably would not fit the class requirements for you to take the CPA exam. After all, not every accounting major looks to get a CPA anyway. Just be careful, I am saying this to everyone.</p>
<p>NYU isn’t accounting accredited however but because it’s such a good school, they have a CPA track as well as a general accounting track. I wouldn’t think many accounting accredited schools have this.</p>
<p>Dawgie you must be really ignorant. Chapel Hill’s MAC program ranked 7th in the nation in 2009 and it’s not AACSB accredited. I doubt a program ranked 7th is bad!</p>
<p>annihil8or, thanks for making an account just to reply to my 2009 post. </p>
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<p>Means your school probably sucks, most decent schools are AACSB accredited. I mean why wouldn’t it be if it was legit? </p>
<p>According to that post, it says “most decent schools”. You listed one top ranked school, so my statement is still accurate. I must be really ignorant to be a Senior at Big 4.</p>
<p>Ignoring the obviously ■■■■■ that made an account just to insult Dawgie on a two-year-old thread, this thread prompted me to check my school’s (UCF) accreditation for accounting. I knew the business school was, I just didn’t know if the accounting program was. Thankfully, it is as well. Hopefully that means there is a reasonably high amount of Big 4 recruiting!</p>
UCLA is not accredited