<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I'm going into my senior year at SUNY Binghamton, in New York State. After graduating, I will have 120 credits and plan to earn a MS in Accounting. My GPA is 3.42 and my GMAT is 690. I'm looking mainly at schools in California, and was wondering if anyone can fill me in on my chances at some? Do the UC's give priority to in state students? Also, what are the reputations of these schools? I know that USC is top of the line, but what about some of the others? Do the Big 4 recruit heavily?</p>
<p>Schools I'm very interested in:
USC (Top choice, probably a reach)
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
California Polytechnic SLO
University of the Pacific</p>
<p>Any suggestions for other schools? Schools I'm somewhat interested in:
Chapman University
San Diego SU
San Francisco SU</p>
<p>Any feedback would be great!</p>
<p>I am a CPA and have a MAcc. I have Big 4 experience and work at a well known Fortune 150 company.</p>
<p>I believe the UC’s do not give preference to CA applicants. With the UC budget problems, you, being an out of state student, might have a slight advantage over CA in state applicants since out of state students pay a much higher out of state tuition rate than in state students. Though graduate professional school tuition rates might be significantly higher than undergraduate rates, I think the same rules for out of state student apply.</p>
<p>With that said, for USC, your gpa might be a little low, but your GMAT score might be in line with the other USC Macc applicants. You should apply because they look at the whole picture (i.e., competitiveness of your college, difficulty of courses, etc.) and you never know.</p>
<p>As far as the other schools, I would next choose (after USC) one of the UC’s (in the UC order you stated) over the CA state universities, (which includes Cal Poly SLO), UOP and Chapman. Next, I would choose Cal Poly SLO and maybe SDSU. The rest of the schools are probably about the same and maybe Chapman last on the list.</p>