<p>is st. edward's recognized nationally?
i'm scared that i won't get a lot of job offers nationally. i many not want to live in texas.
i'm majoring in accounting if that helps.</p>
<p>...should i go to grad school at UT, so i can get better job offers afterwards.</p>
<p>your school wont matter much with an Accounting Degree. You just need to try and pass the CPA. go to the business board, their is a big discussion always goin on about Accounting.</p>
<p>OMG thank you so much!
this is definitely good to hear!
…now i can sleep well, i was getting really depressed.</p>
<p>This site is not well ordered. How does one write a new subject??</p>
<p>No probs…just apologise if I am not writing where I supposed to!</p>
<p>I have transferred and need physics. Any ideas to how to build up to that. I am doing well in all other Architecture subjects this past three years… Physics…help!!!</p>
<p>yea go read that thread about accounting in the business section, you will learn a whole lot. A CPA is really what you need to succeed in accounting. </p>
<p>@mtaylorus </p>
<p>you go out to where you see all the threads and look at the top it should say POST, and to answer your ? take in at a community college</p>
<p>Great Idea…thanks… any books…visuals etc., math review??
Thanks again,
Moira</p>
<p>my bad it says “New Thread”</p>
<p>The UT accounting program is ranked #1 in the nation. St. Edwards will not provide you with an equivalent level of recruiting. I’m not even sure if their accounting program is ranked (might be too small?). This is a fact. You’re opportunities with BIG4 firms will be limited from St. Edwards. </p>
<p>For positions outside of Texas, St.Edwards will not provide you will adequate recruiting. Sorry. And the majority of UT accounting graduates still work in Texas as well, though top students are recruited for headquarters positions in New York. </p>
<p>However, since accounting is mostly a credentials based profession, going to St. Edwards won’t hurt you as bad as say, going to a lower ranked uni for econ vs. Harvard. </p>
<p>You could get your undergraduate degree from St. Edwards and then do your masters at UT. That would be a good option.</p>
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<p>Stop misleading people pierrechn.</p>
<p>While I have to agree that you may get “hurt” by recruiting oppurtunities, you can still get a job at a Big 4 firm or a mid-major even if you go to St. Edward’s. Also, be happy you got in somewhere and St. Edward’s is NOT that bad of a school and will give you more personal attention then you might get from UT.</p>
<p>If I had to redo things I would’ve never transfered to UT, could’ve gone to St. Edward’s or elsewhere but didn’t and I regret it now…just sayin’</p>
<p>I don’t know about St. Ed’s acctg, but as a mom of a UT acctg student, I am flabbergasted by the recruiting process going on with the acctg firms right now! My son is being wined and dined, playing golf, going to all kinds of events sponsored by the acctg firms he’s interviewing with. He is applying for a Texas job, but has friends who are planning on NY, Chicago, LA, etc, and they are being wooed in the same fashion. I honestly had no idea it would be this way!</p>
<p>So, what I’m trying to get at is, that number 1 ranking goes a long way in terms of getting your foot in the door at Big 4 firms.</p>
<p>your school wont matter for Accounting, @NAVY dont say stupid things. This has been discussed a million times on the Business board, regardless of where UT is ranked it wont matter, a CPA is all that you need in Accounting to succeed. </p>
<p>go to St. Edwards and get you CPA and you are good to go !!!</p>
<p>heres a link to the thread</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/511865-everything-you-wanted-know-should-know-about-accounting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/511865-everything-you-wanted-know-should-know-about-accounting.html</a></p>
<p>you need a CPA to succeed in Accounting, you dont have to go to Texas to get that.</p>
<p>ha working the Big 4 is not what you think, 50+ hours a week lol. just read that thread and you will know a whole lot. UT wont always be #1 so in the long run these current ranking wont matter.</p>
<p>"4. Should I go to the highest ranked schools for accounting? This question seems to be asked in one way or another many times and is probably the most frequently asked question about accounting. </p>
<p>Answer: As long as a school is accredited ( AACSB accreditation and regional accreditation), it DOESN’T MATTER which school you attend. The reason is that the State Boards of Accountancy mandate the curriculum. Thus, from school to school, probably 80% or more of the courses taken will be the same. Even the books used are usually the same. Thus, going to Wharton, vs. University of Texas, vs. UVA, vs. Baruch College vs. Maryland will probably not increase your job opportunities that much from school to school for accounting jobs. Moreover, the pay is fairly set among starting accounting jobs. Attending a top, name school might get you a few thousand dollars more to start ( and I mean only a few) ,but it usually evens out among school. </p>
<p>You should understand the process: Accounting firm partners usually interview at their local schools. Thus, if you want to live and work in Memphis, Tennessee ( as an example), you probably have an edge going to college in Tennessee than at University of Texas. The same can be said about NY schools. Again, for accounting, it won’t make a difference whether you attended Stern ( NYU) or Baruch College.</p>
<p>I should note that there is one exception to what is noted above. Corporations ( that aren’t accounting corporations), tend to interview in greater numbers at the better schools. Thus, in that way it might make a difference. However, for accounting jobs with accounting firms, the school is irrelevant as long as it is accredited. "</p>
<p>this is quoted from the Accounting thread</p>
<p>pierre, I’m not going to jump on the “don’t believe pierrechn” bandwagon, but I just did a little research into career recruiting at both St. Eds and at UT. There is just NO comparison. UT has a vested interest in placing their accounting students in order to keep their #1 status, they relay that to both incoming students and to prospective employers who are coming to recruit. </p>
<p>Just comparing the sheer numbers of employers that recruit at the two universities is astounding. Take a look at the following two links, the first one being the recruiting fair at St. Eds, the second being the different firms that recruit at UT (for business grads only). </p>
<p>[St</a>. Edward’s University: Career Planning](<a href=“http://www.stedwards.edu/cpel/job_intern_fair.html]St”>http://www.stedwards.edu/cpel/job_intern_fair.html)</p>
<p>[Prospective</a> StudentsPPA/MPA - Ford Career Center - The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/career/mpa/prospective_students/recent.asp]Prospective”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/career/mpa/prospective_students/recent.asp)</p>
<p>UT business school has the Ford Career Center that is the recruiting center SPECIFICALLY for McCombs students, St. Eds has nothing of the sort.</p>
<p>While I agree that it doesn’t matter where you get your undergrad degree once you get your CPA, you will be employable. I do feel that it will be much *easier to find a job *if your college career center has myriads of opportunities for you to apply for. </p>
<p>Kids graduating right now NEED to use the opportunities available at the colllege career center. </p>
<p>My oldest graduated in 2009 from another major state university, and trust me, if he didn’t have a gazillion opportunities, he wouldn’t have been able to find a job. </p>
<p>Unlike MANY of his buddies who graduated last year from schools with weak career centers, he’s living on his own, going to a job every day, rather than living at home, sending out resumes to companies they will unlikely ever get interviews with. That is the reality in this business climate- the more on campus recruting - face to face that can be done, the greater the odds of actually getting a job.</p>
<p>ok i just did a little research on st edwards, i wouldnt go there for the simple fact that its in Austin. </p>
<p>@ag your right about the career center thing, but if he really wants an accounting job hes going to have to go out and find one. </p>
<p>to the OP you will be able to find a job it just wont be as easy since St Edwards lacks, you are better off going to any other large B school (U of H,Tech,Baylor,A&M,UNT,UT-D) </p>
<p>@ag he will still have plenty job opportunities, he will just have to find them/ he want have a helping hand, if he can do he 5 year program and get the CPA he would for sure be able to get a job.</p>
<p>OP you will be able to find a job, you will just have to work harder since St Edwards lacks a career center (which is something i thought every school had)</p>
<p>OP i know you applied to more schools than just St Edwards or Texas? if you go to St Edwards just make sure you work hard and try to line up internships and things like that</p>
<p>Texas and U of H have their own Business school career centers, since some people on here say U of H sucks / i just assumed every school would have that option</p>
<p>BTW one of the companies from the Big 4 recruit at U of H (ernst and young) so your school doesnt have to be at the top to get to the Big 4</p>
<p>St. Edwards doesn’t have a career center?? Wow, that’s surprising. Even the small schools in Pennsylvania we toured had one.</p>
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<p>I think you just did.</p>
<p>St. Ed’s does have a career center. Information can be found on their website. From poking around though, it is what I would consider a “weak career center” in that it doesn’t pull in either the numbers or quality recruiters that either a larger university or a more recognized university does. </p>
<p>It doesn’t mean that a degree obtained at St Eds (or any other lesser known school) is “bad” or “worthless”; and as far as accounting goes, if it follows the accredited program, it sets you up, once you have the required work and academic hours, to take the CPA exam. </p>
<p>What it does mean though is that, instead of having on-campus recruiting opportunities set up by campus career counselors, you are going to be “on your own” in terms of finding a job, which from the experiences I’ve seen from recent grads, is not a very good place to be. (try sending out over 100 resumes and not recieving one interview - that’s where some recent grads are right now - so they’re either going to grad school, doing Teach for America or a like program, working as waiters/bartenders, or sitting on their parent’s couch playing video games waiting for the economy to get better)</p>
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<p>Yeah, probably did. I think he just doesn’t really know the reality of things right now - Too young, and too little experience in the real world. He’ll figure it out.</p>
<p>regardless of what you have to say @ag54</p>
<p>One can get a job in Accounting regardless of where you graduate from, and that was my point.</p>
<p>Can you not read a complete post? I didn’t say your couldn’t get a job, just that having a strong recruiting base will help you tremendously.</p>
<p>Do you know many 09 grads? Do you know how many DON’T have jobs in their fields because of this economy, including accounting majors?</p>
<p>Accounting is one of the few careers where there is still some hiring. BUT, if you go onto any of the MANY career websites, you will find blogs and posts by EXPERIENCED accountants who are jobless in this economy. Even the Big 4 had layoffs this past year. </p>
<p>My oldest was told time and time again back when he was interviewing on-campus in 09 that, where they would normally be hiring 50 grads, this year they were only hiring 2, and that he was up against people with MBA’s, so, “thanks, but no thanks.” After, dozens of interviews, set up through the career center, he finally made a connection with one of the on-campus recruiters who literally had to fight with her superiors to offer him the job in banking. If he had not had the chance to meet with her face to face, where she could see beyond the transcript and resume, he would still be working as a bartender. Gone are the haydays where there were more jobs than job applicants, who knows when that will turn around.</p>
<p>Putting yourself in the BEST place possible, in terms of opportunity, is the best way to go. Enough said on the subject (at least from me)</p>
<p>@ag</p>
<p>in your post above my last reply, you pretty much restated everything i had said in my previous post</p>
<p>@ OP</p>
<p>its up to you whether or not you find a job (start now)</p>
<p>you will have opportunities from any large school with a good business school, i thought St Edwards was a lot bigger</p>
<p>isnt A&M the number 1 accounting program in Texas?</p>