<p>By summer 2012 I'll have fin. acc. 1, 2, and 3 and acc. info systems under my belt, or fin. acc. 1, and 2, and acc. info systems, and cost accounting. If i'm really lucky i'll be able to add principles of auditing to one of these paths.
Disregard gpa, for the summer 2012 internship will i be able to get an internship. keep in mind that i will only start taking any of these accounting classes in either summer or fall of 2011</p>
<p>Sorry, you can’t disregard GPA. That is the most important factor.</p>
<p>Why I said disregard GPA is because I’ll have a good enough GPA, sorry</p>
<p>Aside from taking all those classes, and doing well in them, its not all about GPA.
You should meet with recruiters beforehand, get your name out there. Establish relationships. </p>
<p>Do you have anything else to add in your resume?</p>
<p>All these factors come into play when you’re looking for an internship with the big 4.</p>
<p>A 2013 grad trying to tell a Big 4 senior what it’s all about, cute.</p>
<p>Meeting recruiters ahead of time is not that important. Meet them at recruitment events and make a good impression. You dont need to do anything over the top outside the standard events. </p>
<p>GPA and experiences (job or leadership) are the most important pieces.</p>
<p>question for you Goose. My parents aren’t rich, therefore I have to put myself through college with no help at all. This requires me to work at or near full time, making it much harder to take on leadership roles in EC’s etc. Do internships take this into consideration? Or will I be better off just sucking it up and being more broke to sacrifice hours for more time consuming positions in EC’s?</p>
<p>Your main focus should be GPA, not stupid EC’s. You can talk about your work during interviews.</p>
<p>Dawgie is right. GPA is make or break. Each firm has a little different cutoff point and it depends what city you are in. Some have as high as a 3.7 other as low as a 3.3.</p>
<p>If you are working full-time to put yourself through college and then have a 3.7+, you will be golden for the Big 4. Assuming you have interview skills, they will respect you a lot for showing the determination to maintain high grades while working your tail off to pay for it.</p>
<p>Oops, didn’t mean to offend you Dawgie. But never did I say that GPA was not the most important factor, it is. But without the proper complements (networking,some form of leadership, etc. etc.) wouldn’t the GPA lose its weight?</p>
<p>At least what I am saying (and I think Dawgie) is that if your GPA is not high, then you won’t have to worry about anything else because you will never have the chance to interview with the Big 4 in the first place.</p>
<p>Again, networking does not do crap for an entry level position at the Big 4. The B4 either recruits your school or it doesn’t. There really isn’t a way around that. If they don’t recruit your school, then you are really just up a creek. If you are a truly elite student (3.9+ with amazing everything) from a non-target school, then maybe networking could give you a chance. Otherwise, it isn’t worth their time when they can fill their needs from programs they trust and have used extensively in the past.</p>
<p>Once you receive an interview, experience and leadership becomes a big part of you being able to answer the behavioral questions.</p>
<p>Looking back, I had no idea how “prestigious” it was to have the B4 recruit me as hard as they did. I almost didn’t even apply to them because I didn’t know if they would be willing to place me in an advisory/consulting role. I was more interested in BCG, Bain, and Deloitte Consulting (different animal than the other 3 B4 consulting groups) than what EY, KPMG, and PWC had to offer (I just didn’t know much about those practices yet).</p>
<p>Reading boards like this one and CPAnet.com have made me appreciate my offers much more so than I originally did, especially since the B4 firms bent over backwards for me in their accommodations. Recruitment is a really cool experience, overall. It was stressful and time consuming, but I am so thankful that I met as many people as I did.</p>
<p>One of the worst parts is having to tell companies you chose another firm (bitter-sweet). But the coolest thing that happened the entire recruitment process is when 2 of the B4 firms told me, “If you are ever looking for a job, please let us know and we would love to hear from you.” </p>
<p>You will meet great people at all of the firms. Hardworking, intelligent folks that are the top at their profession. </p>
<p>School may suck from time-to-time, but recruitment is where it all pays off.</p>
<p>Nice post Goose.</p>
<p>i throw new hires like nybrian under the bus to the partner. leave the ego behind when you step in big 4 or people like dawgie will bite :)</p>