<p>I'm currently an accounting major at a state university and the only required math courses are 'introductory calculus for business and social sciences' and 'elementary statistics/probability'.</p>
<p>If I want to shoot for big 4, do they care about the math courses i've taken? Is a high GPA good enough, or will they want to see higher level math like calculus?</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible</p>
<p>I go to a tier 2 state university that only requires a basic math course of the same name</p>
<p>During my interviews only my upper-division accounting classes were brought up</p>
<p>However, I only got an internship offer from the Big 4 after I had 1 accounting internship under my belt w/ 3.5 overall GPA</p>
<p>There were others from my school who did get an offer the first time around (mostly BAP officers) so it is definitely possible</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Also, what do most employers ask for: overall gpa, or major gpa, or just upper division/last 90 units gpa?</p>
<p>My guess is that Major GPA > Cumulative > Upper Division</p>
<p>Although GPA only qualifies you for an interview, they are really looking for experience / leadership / overall fit with the firm</p>
<p>During a pre-interview disguised as an “optional social event” a manager from KPMG told us that they already know we work hard from our GPA, and it won’t be brought up during the interview</p>
<p>She was right</p>
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<p>what do you mean by big 4?</p>
<p>The Big 4 are the major 4 public accounting firms: PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, and Ernst and Young</p>
<p>I received 6 Accounting offers, with 5 being from the Big 4, and I have only taken Calculus I and Statistics. </p>
<p>I have almost a 4.0, so that is what really opened all the doors. Math classes aren’t going to matter.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, how could you have possibly gotten five offers from four companies? I don’t doubt you, but it would seem a little silly for a company to be competing with itself for your services unless they are entirely different parts of the same company…and even then it seems strange!</p>
<p>I received offers in different cities in different branches of the same company. For example, I interviewed in one place for an audit job, but told them I was interested in consulting opportunities. They then offered me and sent a referral to another city where I was given another offer from the same company in their consulting division. </p>
<p>I received two offers in different branches of the same company, in the same city, as well. </p>
<p>I only interviewed with three of the big four. At the time I was undergoing recruitment, the 4th firm was yet to begin recruiting my school and only did so shortly after I accepted an offer. </p>
<p>Somewhat of a rare case, I guess.</p>
<p>Reasonable. I am jealous. haha</p>