<p>Hello I am from India and got admitted in SDSU bs in accounting, I would really appreciate your opinions guys that is this course good enough to land me a job after completion of the course. Also I would like to know does this course fulfill the new 2014 CPA requirement of california??? I guess it has 150 credits. I really value your opinions and will take a decision based on your opinions. </p>
<p>The answer is most definitely. It is worth the trip. Not only is the school located in an amazing place, the accounting department is AACSB accredited and every major national accounting firm and many top local employers recruit from there. The AACSB accreditation should satisfy your question regarding the 2014 CPA requirements. Here is the link that you need to see who recruits at SDSU. It is an elite group of employers. Basically, you’ve gotten into a very good school that will serve you well. <a href=“http://cbaweb.sdsu.edu/accountancy/employers”>http://cbaweb.sdsu.edu/accountancy/employers</a></p>
<p>Just as a side note. It appears that SDSU was the first accounting department to be AACSB accredited in the State of California. Here is a great link to the school. <a href=“http://cbaweb.sdsu.edu/accountancy”>http://cbaweb.sdsu.edu/accountancy</a></p>
<p>If your goal was to get into a respected school that will provide you access to top employers, give the technical education that you need and put you on track for the CPA exam as well as give you a great college experience, I think that you scored a huge win here. Congrats on getting in my friend!</p>
<p>By the way, my opinion is pretty unbiased. My son goes to another school and I went to school in another state. I have two friends that graduated from there and both were computer science majors and both work in elite companies. One at Qualcomm which is one of the employers that hires accounting majors too.</p>
<p>" is this course good enough to land me a job after completion"</p>
<p>That is a question you need to ask your potential employers in your home country. International students have an automatic visa extension for work experience (OPT), but for accounting it will be only one year. After that you will need to leave. The H1B (work) visa process is long and expensive for employers, it is not likely at all that you would be able to find an H1B sponsor with only an undergraduate degree in accounting. Sorry. But you need to know that now.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot osaka dad…Really appreciate your advise.
happymomof1 by job I actually meant opt only so that I can complete my cpa requirement and move back home as cpas are the in thing in INDIA now a days and there are plenty of jobs here for cpa as many mncs are moving in India. SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH!</p>
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<p>No, it does not. The CPA requirements – which are national btw – require 150 semester units of coursework. A standard US college on the semester system awards a bachelor’s degree after 120 semester units (180 quarter units). To earn a CPA, students stay for a 5th year, either just taking additional coursework and/or earning a Master’s in Accounting.</p>
<p>So the question is whether you can afford five years in San Diego? (You will not receive any financial aid.)</p>
<p>Yeah I know I wont receive any financial aid I am a full pay…Thanks a lot bluebayou for your suggestion.But can I take some adiitional course work during summers while doing my degree.??</p>
<p>I have done a 1 year course Industrial accounting analyst in India scoring A. Will that help?</p>
<p>You would need to ask the Accounting program at SDSU. Send them an email. </p>
<p>I think it’s totally worth it. SDSU’s program is strong, leads to the +1 for CPA, is well-recruited, its location is amazing, and SDSU is one of the top Cal State’s (even bypassing UC Merced and UC Riverside in some students’ affections). So… If your parents have the money, yes, it’s totally worth it.
and CONGRATULATIONS on your admission :)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot myos1634. I hope I get some kind of aid in the next semester 
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<p>But the only problem is that I am strict vegetarian and there are no meal plans for vegetarians. They also require the freshman to live on campus for 1 year ;-( ;-( WHAT SHOULD I do? Will they make any exceptions for housing?</p>
<p>American cafeterias are buffet-style: you take whatever you want, in whatever amount you want, and it includes every food you can think of, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, cereals for dinner, etc, etc…
You can check out the cafeteria and ask on the SDSU forum, perhaps ask on the facebook page, but I seriously doubt their meal plan doesn’t include options for vegetarians.</p>
<p>“I hope I get some kind of aid in the next semester”</p>
<p>If you aren’t offered any aid for your first semester, you should not expect to get any the next one - or ever for that matter. If your family can’t afford to be full pay for all four years, look for some place that you can afford instead.</p>
<p>in fact, your family will have to prove it can pay for all four or five years before the visa will be granted.</p>
<p>Yes I know that my family has to prove it by showing documents. Already arranged that not a big deal at all. I was hoping for a merit t based aid because all most all colleges do not provide need based aid to international students</p>
<p>And yes checked that no specific meal plan for vegetarians though you are right they have some veggies in the buffet but still it is tough eating cereals and veggies not proper food for 4 long years. Let us hope for the best</p>
<p>email them: do they have vegetarian dishes? is there a spice station to spice up your food? In Ousthern California I’d be really surprised if all they offered vegetarians was veggies and cereals, no entrees, soups, etc.</p>