Should I transfer? Need advice, please help!!

Transfer Students
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<p>should i stay and major in psychology at my current school, a national top-30 school? or should i major in accounting at a 2nd/3rd tier school?</p>

<p>i like my current school, but my goal is to become a CPA, so i want pursue a MSA degree as soon as i earn my bachelor's degree. however, many MSA programs are designed for people with bachelor degrees in accounting and/or other business fields (i.e. finance, marketing).</p>

<p>if i choose to stay at my current school, then i will have to major in psychology so that i can graduate in 3 semesters. however, i will have very few MSA programs i can apply to.</p>

<p>if i choose to major in accounting that means i will have to transfer to a 2nd/3rd tier school, and spend at least another 2 whole years (no summer/winter breaks at all) to earn a bachelor's degree in accounting. then i will have to spend 1 year to get my MSA. but if i do get a degree in accounting as an undergrad, then i will have more MSA programs i can apply to.</p>

<p>should i stay as a psychology major? or should i transfer to major in accounting?</p>

<p>i'm really torn up between the 2 options, please help. thanks.
any advice and suggestion would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Finish your bachelors, and then do post-bac before applying to graduate school in accounting.</p>

<p>Examples of business oriented post-bac:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/pregrad/[/url]”>http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/pregrad/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/business/finance/fundamentals_of_accounting.cfm[/url]”>http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/business/finance/fundamentals_of_accounting.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/business/finance/advanced_accounting.cfm[/url]”>http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/business/finance/advanced_accounting.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/business/finance/cpa.cfm[/url]”>http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/cpdp/business/finance/cpa.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>any other advice and/or suggestions please?
should i stay? or should i transfer?</p>

<p>@ drek’thar
thanks for your input.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

<p>my apologies, but i really need advice/suggestions.
please help, thanks.</p>

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<p>At my school, you don’t need a bachelor degree in accounting to enroll into the MSA program. You can check out the program here:</p>

<p>[Program</a> Structure - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/msa/academics/programstructure.html]Program”>http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/msa/academics/programstructure.html)</p>

<p>And, why the sudden the desire to study accounting? I hope you are not doing this under the impression that psychology is completely useless and that accountants make good money.</p>

<p>Do whatever you want, but if you are really iffy about transferring, I would recommend that you stay at your current school, apply to a few MSA programs which accept people with liberal arts degrees, and get your MSA through those programs.</p>

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<p>The MPA program at the University of Texas is highly regarded and doesn’t require a background in accounting. </p>

<p>[Master</a> in Professional Accounting (MPA), Department of Accounting, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/mpa/]Master”>MPA | Business Graduate | Programs | McCombs School of Business)</p>

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<p>any other advice and/or suggestions please?
should i stay? or should i transfer?</p>

<p>@XX55XX
thanks for the info.
i have been wanting to major in accounting since the beginning of my college career that’s why i feel so torn up between staying vs. transferring.</p>

<p>@navyarf
thanks for the info.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

<p>my apologies again, but i really need advice/suggestions. please help, thanks.</p>

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<p>how’s the academic atmosphere at pace/lubin?</p>

<p>i need input from current and/or past students of pace/lubin please, thanks.</p>