<p>Ok I have already received some advice about this matter, but I'm looking for more opinions. Right now I'm going into my last year as an Economics major at Rutgers. I should be graduating around a 3.4+ (with an extremely upward trend). I can't decide what is the best path for me to take after graduating. I'm looking into either going out into the real world, hopefully landing a job doing finance at a F500 (because of my low GPA, I think I'm mainly looking at doing finance in this sector), OR going into an MS Accounting program then sitting for the CPA exam. I'm looking for what is going to leave me with the best situation down the road, having my CPA license, or possibly working for a company for 5 years and getting into a good MBA program. I currently have an auditing internship, and although that's the title I have, most of the stuff I do has nothing to do with Accounting, so I'm not sure its wise to base my decision off of whether or not I'm enjoying this. </p>
<p>Any input is appreciated.</p>
<p>Also, I just want you to know that I have also talked to my career center for the past year about this situation and honestly haven't gotten a shred of advice that would help me even a little in my decision. This forum has helped me a lot, so I would like to thank you.</p>
<p>Just missed my edit time, sorry!</p>
<p>And I'm officially an idiot. I forgot I wanted to also say if I get an MS in Accounting ill be finishing school with around $60,000 in debt.</p>
<p>Help? Sorry I hate to sound like a nuisance, these decisions are just stressing me out like crazy.</p>
<p>So, you are saying that you would have 60k in additional debt that you would not have if you go into the work force immediately?</p>
<p>Also, would you rather work for a big 4 firm doing accounting or rather work for fortune 500 doing finance?</p>
<p>If you do want to be an MBA in the future, then you should probably go work for a fortune 500..but then switch jobs in a couple of years (rather than staying a full 5 years).</p>
<p>It would be an additional 30k debt.</p>
<p>I would honestly rather be doing Finance.</p>
<p>Do you mean work for a F500 company then go to get my MBA, and then switch jobs? Or work for a fortune 500 company, then do something else, then try for my MBA?</p>