To Youpia I didn't apply for MAS mainly for two reasons: 1, Personally, the "Master of Accounting Science" sounds more academic than "Master of Science in Accounting". Considering my career goal, I need to learn something pratical in US. Based on the info. on its website, I jump to the conclusion that MSA suits me more. However, I was surprised at the fact that MSA appliction even does not need GMAT score! I wrote to Joe with my concern. Here copied her reply: "The GMAT is not currently required, however it is strongly recommended. The reason it is not required is because when this program was originally started it was designed for international businessmen and women already in the workforce in their home countries. With the increase in domestic application that we have seen in the past few years we are in the process of evaluating whether or not we want to require the test in the future. With your score of 720 it will only strengthen your application." Therefore, I made up my mind in applying for MSA, a top-ranking program of a decent school. It was my feeling about UIUC MSA program at that time. Admittedly, I was a little bit frustrated when I saw notes on CD saying that the quality of MSA is not as good as MAS and even saying that the latter is much better. But after reading UIUCer's note, I felt a lot better. 2, Impersonally, you guess right. I didn't take TSE test. Therefore, I am not even a qualified candidate for MAS program. |