<p>Hello all. Long time no post. </p>
<p>Currently a second year accounting major at the University of Central Florida. Next year I'm planning to join either BAP or the Student Accounting Society here. Although they both do events and meet the firms together most of the time, the criteria for BAP is much more stringent and therefore prestigious. However, SAS may be easier to get an officer position in. A tutor in the lab strongly recommended BAP. I was talking to her about recruiting and her exact quote was "definitely go for BAP in your junior year. Thats the main reason I got my offer." Her offer was with one of the Big 4, I cant remember but I'm 90% sure she said KPMG. This is leading me to lean towards BAP.</p>
<p>Any opinions?</p>
<p>Do Beta Alpha Psi it requires little commitment. About 5 hour community service hour requirement and required to attend 80% of meetings. Not bad because it’s only 1 hour every week and you get to eat there.</p>
<p>The requirements vary by school, Starstruck. At mine BAP required 15-20 hours community service and 50 hours of events, give or take.</p>
<p>I’m not really concerned with how many hours of community service I need to commit, more so I’m thinking about which will be more beneficial for me on my resume. This is just a guess, but I have a feeling that SAS would be easier to get some sort of officer position, even if its a lower level position. Would that be better than simply being a member in BAP and hoping to get a position there? As I said, SAS has essentially no academic requirements, whereas BAP is much more exclusive.</p>
<p>Definitely go for Beta Alpha Psi. If you can swing it, both wouldn’t hurt (but would take a lot of time).</p>
<p>I am at UF, and here, most students start in the Accounting Council as a freshman and sophomores, then, as juniors most people do both and transition. As a senior and on, people then focus on BAP and classes. Since you’ll be a junior, and you seem to fit the coursework requirements for BAP, I’d join it. Employers like both organizations, but BAP is prestigious and shows commitment, regardless of being an officer or not (in my opinion).</p>
<p>thanks for the input!</p>