会计硕士－UIUC, UNC, UTA－如何决定?

littlebug

我估计楼主最后还是得去big four，美国的master of accounting中中国学生最好的出路就是四大。内审很好直接从学校中找人，大公司的财务会计找的人很少，竞争很激烈。你有没有绿卡，人家可能面世的机会都不给你。

georgiachen

不想去4大。。。。那就回国再找工作吧，呵呵

littlebug在哪里高就？

mablechen

以下是引用georgiachen在2005-1-26 9:51:00的发言：

对了，还有个很白痴的问题：

UIUC给了我EMAIL通知我已经被录取，而且我已经把个人资料回复给学校之后，它说admission office准备好official paperwork之后就会express mail给我。不过我等了1个半月还没等到，就写信问小秘，她说"Unfortunately, we are still experiencing some delay in preparing paperwork.  We will let you know when we express mail it to you."。它不会到时候放我鸽子，又不要我了吧？！

应该不会的，你把他们寄给你的email留底作证据啊！

你现在是不是基本决定UIUC了？

larry98

UT-Austin is not UTA (UT-Arlington). hehe, i can tell you more about UT and Austin...

I think you should wait the decision from UT. I knew some pals in MPA program, it's so easy for them to secure a job, nationaly or locally. You won't regret it.  Although Austin is smaller than Chicago, there're numerous hi-tech companies located here, Dell,IBM,AMD,Intel, Motorola (Freescale)...etc. The life here is definitely more exciting compared to UIUC. Austin is also consistently ranked among the top 3 most livable big cities in U.S., hehe also great weather ~300 days sunshine per year... it's a very liberal city, unlike any other cities in Texas, also it's called "live music capital of the world"..

NEVER heard anyone who doesn't like Austin...hehe... good luck!

i personally have been lived in MI, PA, NYC, TX (Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin) during last several years... austin is one of the best. (the other is NYC). ..places I visited or temporarily stayed (less than 3 months) don't count.

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-27 14:41:13编辑过]

georgiachen

谢谢LARRY兄。以前一直都是打UT at Austin的，来了这儿之后看到别人写UTA，为了图省事也把它错误的缩写了，呵呵。

我知道Austin有很多高科技公司，但近来high-tech公司不太景气啊，除了4大之外的其他大公司本来就不太愿意招国际学生，这些公司还会给我机会去面试吗？也许芝加哥的机会可能稍微多一点？我在芝加哥的朋友告诉我那里job market挺好的。Larry知道芝加哥那边的情况吗？

至于气候问题，这不是我决定选择哪个学校的因素。虽然UIUC那边环境不太好，气候又差，但是出去读书主要是奔着学东西去的。想要享受的话，等以后赚够了钱再去美国旅游也不迟啊。环境不好，也许反而可以督促我好好学习，不要一天到晚野在外面玩

putiren

请问你的offer 有奖学金吗？

我刚从小米打听到12月的全部费用是$52775.

你都是家里出钱还是贷款啊？

putiren

我上面指的是UIUC MSA

georgiachen

UT Austin, uiuc, unc的会计硕士都明确说了不给国际学生奖学金的。

sigh.......

家里出钱亚，申请的时候就把资金证明一起寄给学校了。不知道签证官会不会一看到学费那么贵就把我据了，怕怕

UIUCer

Congratulations to georgiachen!

By default, UT stands for Univ. of Texas at Austin. I used to study in the MSA program at UIUC. Personally speaking, I believe you may find a decent job, whichever school you decide to go, as you have big 4 job experience in China. The issue is where you wanna live. Recently, there have been a lot of job opportunities in Texas, cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin. It is said that Austin was ranked as the #1 livable city in the US.( No comment on it as I have never been there). Personally, I prefer Chicago, even the midwest area is  famous for winds in winters.  Big 4 in Chicago have a strong preference for UIUC's accounting graduates (specifically, MAS). But that preference does not eliminate the chances of MSA students' getting an offer. Like I said, you will be at an advantage position, since you got audit experience in big 4.

I relocated to Houston and work at Big 4 currently. I miss my campus life at Champaign-Urbana, miss those cool cool accounting professors. Welcome to UIUC!

larry98

In terms of accounting, I think UIUC and UT are in the same level. As for job market,  Chicago might be better than Austin, given that Chicago is a big business city only second to NYC. Since Big 4 are no longer your preferred firms, it would be no difference for attending either school, plus the high-tech industry seems start picking up (correct me if i'm wrong).  My dislike of awful weather around Greak Lakes area was the reason for my last post. Although summer in Chicago is very beautiful, the long, cold winter ruins my opinion of Chicago. One year of suffering experience in Michigan prompted to move to warmer state, my current roommate moved from Chicago 2 years ago, we've been sharing lots of such experience, like digging a car out of feets of snow in winter...etc..

Both schools are top ranked nationally, so it wouldn't be too hard to find a job anywhere. Like I mentioned, NYC is also a great place to work after your degree is done. So you may also check the alumni network of both schools, try to find out which one has a strong network in NYC, or any other big or good places. My point here is, you don't have to limit yourself within only one metro area, you definitely can reach out to get more with a top MSA or MPA degree. Don't forget Houston is also only 2.5 hours away from Austin, Dallas is about 3 hours. So, why don't you pick a school or place has more fun or being livable? then you won't be feeling too bored during 1.5 or 2 years of study...

Of coz these are my 2 cents, it's your decision, though. Good luck and Congrats to you!

p.s. I'm not majoring in accounting, and know nothing about it.