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<p>Hi, all</p>

<p>I have heard many good things about this forum and noticed that there are lot of warm hearted people here willing to help struggling people like me. I got a question regarding my chances for some of the MSA programs.</p>

<p>I graduated from Southern Methodist University and Obtained a BBA in Accounting. My GPA is 3.442. I took my GMAT this summer and got a 660 (Q 49 V 33 AWA 5)
My dream school would be UIUC. (I consider my odds for UT Austin is lower than UIUC and I will not bother applying)
I also have thought about Boston College, Michigan State University, UNC Chapel Hill, Texas A&M and maybe University of Florida. Some of my friends suggested Baruch. According to them, it is also a good accounting school. I have also heard of Notre Dame.</p>

<p>Here are some of my other background
I have half tuition scholarship when I was in SMU and I got the 2009 anual minority academic award.
I have been working for a Dallas-based firm for a year now since graduation as a government contract manager. I did an accounting internship back in Dec, 2008 for Shanghai Weili Pump (they are a subsidiary of the S&P 500 Dover Corp.)</p>

<p>Would any of you please help me? Any tips and feedbacks are appreciated.
Thank you for your time reading this and have a great day.</p>

<p>P.S, Just in case you ask, I am not an international student.</p>

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<p>Your grades and GMAT are both above average for MAcc programs. I would estimate that you probably have about a 50% shot at getting accepted to any one of these programs, including UT, which means about a 98% chance of getting into at least one if you apply to all the ones you mentioned. (Plus, there’s a LOT of hot girls at UT, so definitely apply there). The Big 4 would love to recruit someone with your grades and experience, I would estimate that if you get into one of the schools you mentioned, you would have about a 90% chance of getting an offer from a Big 4 firm.</p>

<p>So that leaves you with about a 2% chance of rejection. What’s there to worry about?</p>

<p>Shout-out to an old-school MTG fan!</p>

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<p>@croato87 - that is not how percentages work</p>