<p>What kind of stats should someone have if they wanted to get into Notre Dame's (Mendoza) MS Accounting program?</p>
<p>GPA as an undergrad + GMATS are the tests used....</p>
<p>I guess I'm having trouble finding the stats of their accepted applicants from this year/past years.</p>
<p>Do you need like a 3.8+ GPA? If so, my GPA of 3.44 as an undergrad will not cut it.</p>
<p>probably like a 3.5 and 650-700 gmat</p>
<p>why exactly do you need to go to notre dame when nearly any ms in accounting will do.</p>
<p>For example, many people choose cal state fullerton over USC for the very reason that big 4 firms aren't very picky and the end costs are 6k in tuition vs 60k. You choose</p>
<p>Dawgie, you're super smart...Great guess.</p>
<p>I finally was able to navigate the website and found out 2005/2006 average GPA was 3.54 and the avg for 2007 was 3.52.
I think the GMATS (If I remember correctly) were 657 or 675...so you were pretty much right on.</p>
<p>Why do I want to go to ND? It's really close to my home. I want to be part of the ND family. I've dreamed of going there for as long as I can remember. When I think about going there it makes me happy - sounds cheesy, but I really enjoy school and would love to spend a year in South Bend.
On top of all the personal reasons why I want to go they are like 4th ranked (accountancy) in the country. They also have close to 100% job placement and placed 80% of their 2006 graduates at a big four. I aspire to work for a big four.</p>
<p>I guess everyone has different reasons...but I'm not sure I have a super good shot;
3.44 GPA, 3.6 MAJOR GPA
2 C's ad a W on my transcript (although explainable because I had to help my family when we needed the money...still was full-time student when I had to "W" and got a 4.0 that semester).
But I have around 40 credits left that I think if I really, really work my tail off...I could raise it to a 3.5+.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I would recommend going there because its damn expensive. But if you really like the school, then don't let the cost stop you. It's true that where you get your MS doesn't really matter as long as its somewhat respectable (For job placement).</p>
<p>I see it is a year long dream that will really dent your pocket, especially since during that year of school, you will be forgoing about 50k in salary (possibly) and taking on who knows how much in debt. And the end result will be a big 4 job that pays a few thousand more than an undergrad degree. But pardon me, i am cheap. But considering, 1 year is very modest compared to those that shell out for a 4 year dream school and tack one grad school at the end</p>
<p>Yeah, southpasdena, believe me...I've thought about it.</p>
<p>The way that I calculated it, it would only be around 15-20K for the tuition if I get a partial assistantship and even less if I get a scholarship (which is all need based there). 100% of those that were eligible received scholarships.</p>
<p>Also, if I were to spend an extra year at undergrad getting my 30 extra credits it would cost 8-12K. So, it's not "that" much more to receive my Masters, especially from a top-notch school like Notre Dame. </p>
<p>No recruiters from the big four or any other nationally known firm recruit at my undergrad school. Grad school (MAcc) becomes very appealing when you are faced with that reality (even if you don't have other reasons for going there in the first place).</p>
<p>if you dont mind, what school do you go to?</p>
<p>You can get in, even they don't goto your school directly to do interviews. I'm sure you know that though. Assuming you got a respectable GPA at least.</p>
<p>3.44GPA is what I have right now. It's not amazing, but I think it's respectable.</p>
<p>I need to contact the recruiters directly from what I've researched/learned. But I've also heard it's much harder getting in that way; so, I'm a little hesitant doing that.</p>
<p>Your internship starts soon, right?</p>