<p>Is it possible to go to a school like OSU, a good but not amazing for accounting, and get a job with the Big Four in one of these cities? (I'm aiming for the consulting/advisory branch of one of the companies).</p>
<p>Apparently OSU sends a few interns and a few kids get hired at some of the firms' offices in NYC. I'd also imagine that given that Chicago isn't too terrible of a Big Four market to break into since Columbus insn't too terribly far away from Chicago. What about LA? Would it be tough to swing? I'd imagine I would have to do a lot of leg work on my own but is it possible?</p>
<p>As a student from a big state school, you will need to put an extra effort into distinguishing yourself from the rest when trying to get that interview for Big 4 consulting/assurance.</p>
<p>I just graduated from OSU, and I had a few friends do tax internships at big 4 firms in New York this last summer, but they were at the top of their class.</p>
<p>Saw that when I was doing research, thanks for posting it barrons. I probably would not mind working for Accenture after I graduate. I guess what I am primarily worried about is getting into a top MBA. Quite frankly, I don’t really care what I do after college as long as I somewhat like it (and not just in it for the $ and hate it) and have a chance to excel and move up the ladder and create a competitive business school application. </p>
<p>So I’d like to see if I can break into ibanking but consulting would be good as well. Would be great if I can get my CPA along the way as well. </p>
<p>Thanol, I’ve looked at the Fisher Futures page on the OSU Fisher website and quite a few(I think most) had Big 4 internships in NYC. </p>
<p>But lol this was only nine students and some of the best accounting/finance students OSU has. </p>
<p>So I’m still not sure what I’d like to do but I am gunning for a job in one of those cities, but the main end gaol is to go to a top business school 5 or so years after I graduate. </p>
<p>Why is there such a big difference in big four undergraduate hires reported in the Fisher annual report cited above and the numbers reported to Business Week for the same time period. The numbers aren’t even close. See Alumni Affairs and Careers tab
[The</a> Ohio State University: Undergraduate Profile - BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>On a side note, how on earth is the average GPA of a business student at OSU a 3.41. Talk about grade inflation. Still I am surprised how low the number of big 4 offers there were, considering the size of OSU.</p>
<p>I noticed that too, bthomp, when looking up different schools and I was puzzled by it too. Every school seemed to get low balled on businessweek with the amount of hires. I was puzzled to.</p>
<p>And geo, I will but I’d like to maximize my opportunities. And I was excited that only 9% of OSU grads go to work in Cleveland…I don’t really want to come back here to work haha</p>
<p>Ok, one last question, what about the Big Four in Las Vegas? I have family in Southern Nevad and some in places not too far away like Flagstaff and I wouldn’t mind living there for a few years after graduation. Maybe I could use it to springboard into a job in LA or San Francisco. </p>
<p>Not sure, but I just had the thought a couple days ago. More doable than LA or Chicago right out of undergrad?</p>
<p>jdg, no need to go to Cleveland. There are Big 4 offices in Columbus! But seriously, I had a student 20 years ago in Florida who is now a partner on the West Coast. All I am saying is don’t be so particular that you talk yourself out of a job.</p>
<p>On a side note for the general audience, there is nothing wrong with Cleveland for work. I would contend that Cleveland has the best professional job prospects of any metro in Ohio.</p>
<p>Cle not’s that bad, certainly not as bad as the national media makes it out to be. But with that being said, I’ll be happy to be moving on to a different city. </p>
<p>Thank geo. Yeah definitely not going to shut myself out of a job in this economy…even if means returning to Cleveland lol </p>
<p>What do you want to do in Advisory? People that say “I want to do advisory” have NO idea what they are talking about or have any clue what advisory is 99% of the time. </p>
<p>So branches of Advisory are more exclusive than others, so you have to be more specific.</p>