<p>and do you think the CPA track is worth it even though I don't plan on being a accountant. I was just thinking it would be useful/attractive to employers for a finance career?</p>
<p>i was wondering the same thing</p>
<p>Macro is no longer required and Micro has been revised to be more in depth and taught in Stern. GBE has been changed to Economics of Global Business to make up for any lack of Macro knowledge.</p>
<p>Therefore, the class of 2010 actually has 40 elective credits, prefect for a CAS major.</p>
<p>CPA track - I'm sure it'd be helpful to have a little accounting in your bg, and lots of people double major in CPA & finance. It also allows you the option of going either the ibank or Big 4 route, which is nice - b/c even if you want to be an ibanker now, you will probably ask yourself "WHY?" within a year or two. However, it IS a lot of credits, and if you're not that interested in it, it might not be worth it. You can get most of the skills necessary by just taking one or two extra accounting classes rather than the whole major. However, you don't have to decide right away - Stern makes you take two accounting classes, so see how you like it then.</p>
<p>you have to remember, if you transfer more than 16, you may not have enough room for double majoring or minoring, you cant go over 128 credits, and most of the ap credits count towards general eelctive credits which are pretty worthless. Once you transfer over AP, you can't untransfer. Transfer over the Science AP credit before school starts to get a nice pick time, but wait till like Junior year for the rest.</p>
<p>You definitely can go over 128 credits - otherwise, you'd see a lot of us students getting bounced out of NYU with no degree to speak of. As for untransfering credits, I think it might be possible, at least in CAS - I technically had credit for AP Calc BC, but I forfeited that by taking Calc II.</p>
<p>you can go over 128 credits, but you have to pay per credit, which is ridiculously expensive. </p>
<p>you cant untransfer credits. They are not transferred until you fill out a form in the advising office, but once you have done that, they are permanent.</p>
<p>so what do the people who only major in one area do with their remaining credits? just take electives?</p>
<p>yes...but almost everyone double majors or minors (double major only takes 4 more classes, minor takes 5) Everyone usually majors in finance and then something else.</p>
<p>mattistotle: Actually, if the classes that are going to put you over 128 credits are required for you to complete your major, then you can keep your financial aid. I don't believe you have to pay per-credit if you're a full-time student anyway - just the flat tuition rate, which is expensive enough itself :P</p>
<p>youkosiren, what is the "Big 4?" And say that I don't minor, will the finance + cpa track still put me over 128 credits? And will I have to pay extra?</p>
<p>The "Big 4" are the 4 biggest accounting firms and here they are (In order)</p>
<p>PricewaterhouseCoopers<br>
Deloitte
Ernst & Young<br>
KPMG</p>
<p>Nooooooooo</p>
<p>On the business class's test today, there was a question
"Which of the following are not a Big 4 accounting firms?"
and I choose KPMG</p>
<p>:(:(:(:(:(:(</p>
<p>That's Stern's representative finance & cpa double major curriculum. Yes, it may go over 128 credits, but remember, they're not necessarily going to kick you out after 128... you will usually still get financial aid if the extra courses are required for you to graduate.</p>
<p>Hmm...
can you study abroad for a year if you double major in Finance/Accounting?</p>
<p>Maybe, if you do it in London. That's the only site that offers a lot of Stern courses. One semester's definitely doable, though I believe Stern limits the number of Stern classes you can take while studying abroad. However, I think it's worth it to go abroad for sure.</p>
<p>I'm almost hundred percent sure anything over 128 credits you pay per credit, I could be wrong, but DEFINATELY talk to your advisor before you transfer over any AP credits thatw ill count for general electives.</p>
<p>[qoute]I'm almost hundred percent sure anything over 128 credits you pay per credit[/qoute]</p>
<p>I really want to know the truth behind this statement because I feel it is a myth. You pay for 12 to 18 credits per semester and it shouldn't matter how many credits you already have. The only real problem that I have heard of is that financial aid may be affected after 128 credits.</p>
<p>wyseson: </p>
<p>you're right. You pay by the credit IF you take less than 12 credits a semester. This can really only happen if you're taking summer classes or if you're a part-time student 2nd semester senior year, as that's the only time Stern will allow that. And yes, financial aid might be affected by taking over 128 credits, but usually only if those aren't necessary for the completion of your major/graduation. </p>
<p>I'm Class of 2007 and I'm probably going to end up with over 128 credits, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be fine on both fronts. In fact, I'm only going over 128 credits because it worked out that I would have to take at least 6 credits spring semester, and with my scholarships, I'd actually pay less if I took 12-18 credits.</p>
<p>ok well let me get this straight first. You should DEFINITELY transfer natural science credits because they do not affect your other classes at all. Also, most of the sciences are 8 credits for AP, but the physics Cs combine to 10 credits (rocked it out on them and i def. got credit). So does that mean that i got more credits than i need for the science requirement, and what do they do about this if it is over? Oh, btw thanks to everyone that posted on here to help out because you guys really did us all a huge favor.</p>