I am currently majoring in Accounting at a local university. The overall business program is ACCSB accredited, however, the professors are not proficient in English and I don’t understand anything from them, I always have relied on self-studying and managed A’s and B’s. If I graduated with accounting, I am probably not going to pursue masters or CPA in accounting. I am not a math person and need to study for long hours to grasp the concepts in Accounting. I am even taking less accounting classes per semster cause I cant handle getting As and Bs in all of them at once. Maybe you could say I dont want to get my degree in haste?
I have been admitted to Georgetown university, the tuition there is very high. Do you think its worth it to drop my AACSB accredited business program for SFS (branch campus) ? Do employees even care if a program was AACSB? Given that the local school is not well known and I want to work in the US ?
I am minoring in MIS, should I switch my major to MIS if I wont be doing CPA in accounting?
Please help me, I feel like I want to sleep and not wake up cause this issue has been bothering me so much. Any advice would be appreciated.
Sfs Georgetown? Is that for real? You realize it’s like Harvard for IR?
What do you call a 'branch campus 'though??? I don’t think sfs has accounting o_0 can you provide links?
Aacsb is important for accounting but doesn’t mean much otherwise and you need an extra year anyway.
Georgetown’s main campus is in Washington DC right? It has a branch in the Middle East. If I decide to go there, I’d pursue International Economics. I study accounting at my local university. Why would I need an extra year?
are you an American citizen? Are you currently studying in the US? Is your goal to work in one of the Gulf States?
In order to be a certified accountant, you now need AACSB+5th year.
I am currently studying in Qatar. No, I am not. My goal is to work in Qatar for 2 to 3 years to gain some work experience , then move to the US. So your saying, to be a certified accountant, I need to complete 150 credit hours? If you were in my shoes, what would you do? would you a) go to Georgetown b) stay were you are and get a degree in Accounting c) Switch to MIS ? What is the most logical thing to be done ? I need your experience and help.
Your odds of finding work in the US are almost zero if you’re not a citizen and didn’t study there. So don’t make your choice based on that.
To work in the US yes you need to complete the post-bac credit hours, but unless your current degree is certified in the US, it wouldn’t help you. (AACSB only means it conforms to a list of requirements, not that the content is applicable in the US.)
Do YOU have a preference? Are you able to use your degree to work in Qatar?
I can use my accounting degree to work in Qatar, but my ultimate goal is to work in the US.
If I want to do my graduate studies in the US, just because my degree is not certified in the US, this means that there is no possibility of being admitted to any graduate schools there ? If that is the case, would studying at Georgetown in Qatar help me work in the US straightaway ?
GU-Q has a financial support system which offers non-interest loans for you to finish the study there. But studying economics still requires good maths skills/thinking, you might want to figure out if you can handle the math part in economics . Also,to find a job as an accountant, you have to know that employers what to know how many certificates you have, such as CPA, and relative internship experiences. The degree alone, whether ACCSB accredited or not, might not matter as much. But if you have decided that being an accountant is a right career path for you, you might need a more professional training like the one in your local university. Graduate schools in US does not care whether your degree is ACCSB accredited either, because a lot of students pursue graduate studies in accounting does not have a undergrad degree in that area. I think if you just want to work in the US as an account, stay at your current university for 4 years, and do an extra year in US grad school. If you are not into International Economics, it is not worth it even if it is Georgetown.
I’m not sure either one will lead to employment in the US if you’re not a US citizen. Your best bet would be which of these two would allow you to be hired locally by an international firm that may send you to the US. Another possibility is to finish your degree and do a Master’s in the US (in either field, but you’d need excellent grades and a distinguished record with campus leadership or research or internship).
Why do you assume that the professors at GU will be more proficient in English? Have you sat in on enough classes there to be certain about that?
Why are you currently majoring in Accounting if you don’t want to work as an accountant and if you feel like the math-based coursework is too demanding for you? Is there no other business major you could shift to?
How much more would GU cost for you, and where would the money come from?