<p>Hello,</p>
<p>what are the "better" schools to go to in California to be an accountant (CPA)? Are there any CPA's who go/have gone to any of the UC's to become an accountant? What UC/s are better for accountant? Any accountants from UC Davis? Would going to UC Davis be a good route to become an accountant?</p>
<p>Honestly, accounting is so hot right now that any school you attend will be fine as long as you get decent grades. In fact, you can probably get a good job with mediocre grades too.</p>
<p>Most accounting programs that are CPA geared are fairly standard because the curriculum is regimented and dictated by the various state boards of accountancy. Thus, there really isn't a lot of differences from one school to the next other than the few electives that kids choose to take. </p>
<p>Be advised, accounting is a hard major and much harder than many kids realize. The major,as well as the career, is very "weed out" oriented. At good schools, probably 50-75% of the kids that start out in accounting either drop out or are flunked out!. The CPA exam used to have a 10% first time passing rate ( alhthough many do pass in subsequent tries), which I understand has improved with the new exam. Even making partner in firms is tough. They usually had a policy of promote the person or ask them to leave. It was a tough field to make it big,but I do understand that things have gotten better in this regard due to the high demand for accounting grads.</p>
<p>Also, many companies are hiring accounting grads in positions other than accounting as well because of its strict technical training. Also, it is a bit easier to get into both law and graduate school as an accounting grad. I was just talking to an admission'r rep for a graduate program who give accounting grads an extra .2 push on the GPA when compared to other grads because they know it's a tougher major. I should note that the same is usually true (regarding grad school admissions) for engineering majors as well.</p>
<p>Just my two cents.</p>
<p>thanks taxguy</p>