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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think it’s better for your solid B student (at hard private) to go to a college  where they would be top of the class and get 4.0 or attend a prestigious school like BC, Vandy, etc and have a 3.0. My DC plans on studying accounting and getting a job right after undergrad. Does anyone know how the big 5 ( or whatever it is now) recruit? My DC got into a “ prestigious” school EA ( not Ivy) but I’m I just don’t know if it’s a good fit. Thank you! [/quote]

CPA here who did not get a job at the Big 4. It was devastating when it happened. I thought my career was over before it even began. In hindsight, it was the best thing that happened to my career. I took a job at a small firm, then went to a national firm after four years. Ultimately, I decided I did not want to be a partner and left. In 4 years, I have been involved with as 4 sell side transactions and as result of that I was able to land the controller position at a fast growing software company.

Assuming she wants to do audit: 
1.) Does she want to be a great auditor?
2.) Does she want to work with large public companies?

If so, I would say (from audit), Big 4 makes a lot of sense. There are some opportunities to work with smaller companies, but in my experience, staff/senior Big 4 auditors  really don’t know how to approach those situations because they aren’t use to the different frameworks.

If she wants to see the end to end process and get a good understanding of business, I highly recommend a midsize firm. [/quote]

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