<p>Just for the record, I'm asking this for someone else.</p>
<p>I don't know how UCIrvine's accounting recruiting works, but from my understanding it seems to be similar to UCLA (where I attend). At UCLA, you major in Business Economics or regular Economics (cause there's no undergraduate Biz Admin major) and you minor in Accounting. The Accounting minor is pretty competitive, but once you're in, you take a bunch of accounting and auditing courses. Then, during the fall of your junior year, you go to a bunch of recruitment events by KPMG, Ernest & Young, PwC, Deloitte, etc. You turn in your resume and if they like you, you go through several rounds of interviews and if you're smart enough and likable enough, you'll get a summer associate offer, and eventually a full time associate offer.</p>
<p>Does UCI's Biz Admin/Biz Econ/Econ majors go through the same thing. I have a friend who just got admitted as a Biz Admin major, but she told me that the program is fairly new. Do Biz Admin majors take a bunch of accounting and auditing classes and will they be competitive for summer associate positions at Big 4 firms?</p>
<p>Also, what's the GPA cutoff for Big 4 firms at UCI? I know at UCLA it's something like 3.5+, although there are exceptions.</p>
<p>The recruiting process that you just described for LA, is exactly like how it is at UCI. </p>
<p>UCI biz admin, biz econ WITH accounting minor, all go thru the process. Biz admins, (Must specialize in accounting) will take the necessary accounting/auditing/taxation classes, and they will be competitive for big4. In fact, the OC offices probably recruit the most from UCI, with the exception of EY.</p>
<p>GPA cut off differs per firm, but it typically ranges from a cutoff of at least 3.2-3.4.</p>
<p>Yes, the big-4 recruits at UC-Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, San Diego, LA, and Berkeley.</p>
<p>In order to get recruited by the Big-4, this is what you do (My friend graduated from UC-Irvine and works for one of the Big 4): </p>
<p>1.) Get a very high GPA; the higher your GPA the better it is against other competitors </p>
<p>2.) Internship; this gives you work experience</p>
<p>3.) Do a good job in a job interview; don’t just boast your high GPA and explain how you passed all your classes–and then expect them to give it to you. This is not how it works and many other’s have done the same. During the interview; try to connect with the interviewer because they, like you, are a human being. We tend to give “favors” to those who we connect with the most. Those with ‘people skills’ have the greatest advantage.</p>