<p>As of now, I want to major in accounting and get my CPA. Everyone tells me that it doesn't matter what school you get into as long as you get your CPA. Well... it matters to my parents haha and I want to work for the Big 4. Many of the Ivy Leagues are known for their med programs. I hear that if you apply to Ivy Leagues where business isn't that much of a focus its easier to get in because of the diversity the schools wants. Is this true? If so which Ivy Leagues have the easiest business schools (with accounting) to get into? Thanks for the help everyone! Also, I'm sorry if this question has already been posted. I'm new to this whole website.</p>
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<p>Dream on. No matter what you want to major in, it is tough to get into any Ivy. Moreover, most Ivy League schools don’t have accounting majors or undergraduate business majors–although they have plenty of kids whose goal is I-banking or the like. At most Ivies, people who are interested in business/banking and so forth would be likely to major in economics. UPenn does have an undergrad program in business, but Wharton admissions are extremely selective. It’s possible that Cornell has an undergraduate accounting major, since it is also a state/land grant school to some extent and as such has more “vocational” departments–think agriculture, the hotel school, et al-- than other Ivies, which pretty much stick to the traditionally academic.</p>
<p>If you want to look at prestigious schools with undergraduate business programs, consider Northwestern and the University of Michigan, for starters.</p>
<p>Northwestern doesn’t have an undergrad business major (they have Management and Finance certificates through the Kellogg School). Cornell also doesn’t have a true undergraduate business/accounting major, though they have the Applied Economics and Management Major, which will become the Business School next year (right now it is just part of CALS). Most really elite schools don’t have accounting/business majors, and focus more on finance/econ.</p>
<p>If I were you I’d look up top Business School rankings and then explore more to see which schools interest you, which ones offer an accounting major, and if you feel you’d be comfortable majoring in Business or Econ, as opposed to a more specialized field like accounting. Some good options might be UPenn,Michigan, Notre Dame, UNC, Villanova, Emory, Virginia…</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I really am loving Michigan, Nothwestern, and UT-Austin. But you guys know how some parents can be… if its not Ivy, its not good enough. Thanks for the list of schools!</p>
<p>If you want to study accounting at an Ivy as an undergraduate, your choices are U of Penn-Wharton or Cornell-Dyson.</p>
<p>Both programs prepare you and qualify you to sit for their states CPA exam, both are recruited by the big 4 accounting firms and both are Ivy.</p>
<p>Neither are easy to get into.</p>
<p>^ absolutely right. Although, somewhat of an understatement regarding Wharton. I believe the regular decision admit rate is around 8 %.</p>