<p>Hello to whoever reads this, looking for some general advice.</p>
<p>So, I'm in a somewhat unusual situation in that I will be getting my undergraduate degree in Accounting and Info Systems in 3 years rather than 4. I had to do this because my family is not well off at all, and I didn't want to go to less expensive school where I would learn less. I go to an east coast school with a highly ranking undergrad management program, although I'm not at an Ivy League school. I will have 120 credit hours (the usual amount) when I graduate, thanks to a bit of overloading. I'm in my 2nd of the 3 years now; my GPA is 3.699 and will be going up to somewhere in the 3.7s after this fall semester is completed. I also have 2 jobs on campus and I'm involved in a couple of extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure my best bet immediately out of college would be work in the Big 4. As such, I planned to apply for as many of the leadership programs they offer as possible for this summer, and hopefully parlay that experience into an internship next summer (after I've graduated). </p>
<p>A few questions. Do you think I'm a stronger candidate because I graduated in 3 years, or would recruiters think of that as not being a good thing? Also, should I enter the workforce immediately after my internship (assuming I get one, fingers crossed), or would it be better to get an MSA (so I could become a CPA) the year after I get my undergrad degree, and get a job after that? This would be more expensive in the short term certainly, but would it pay off later? Would it make more sense to put any type of grad school off until later entirely?</p>