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Greetings SDN!
I am just north of a decade into my career as a CPA with a wife in year 1 of an internal medicine residency. I always thought of being an MD, but thought that was something where simply nobody gets accepted, so you might as well not try. Fast forward (or rewind in the present day) to freshman year of college. I graduated high school with a lot of confidence and a high GPA/ACT score, but followed some friends to a school where, well lets say, I did not excel. I finished my first year with a GPA of 2.8 through some personal battles with depression. I returned in the fall I ended up taking a pause on my college career and prioritizing my success, but was only able to raise my GPA up to a cumulative of 2.9 by graduation with a slog of old courses that had very low grades. In my last two years of undergraduate work, I was working full time as an accounting intern, switched schools and wrapped up my bachelor degree in accounting with a 3.4 GPA at the other school. I started working, passed the CPA exam and have been in a very rigorous public accounting field ever since. I developed a close relationship with the graduate director in accounting at a top 10 business school and completed a masters in accountancy with a GPA of 3.7. Observing my wife's journey, my decision has been made that I want to make the switch, but am a bit lost as to what steps I can take due to the troubled past and have a few questions I am hoping you might have some insight.
- Are professional certifications like the CPA designation relevant to overcome some issues like mine?
- Does current graduate level work overcome the low undergraudate GPA with a clear change in the trend?
- Do you have any suggestions for next steps I could take or target schools that look favorably on my fact pattern?
Any advice is genuinely appreciated.
Thank you!!
I am just north of a decade into my career as a CPA with a wife in year 1 of an internal medicine residency. I always thought of being an MD, but thought that was something where simply nobody gets accepted, so you might as well not try. Fast forward (or rewind in the present day) to freshman year of college. I graduated high school with a lot of confidence and a high GPA/ACT score, but followed some friends to a school where, well lets say, I did not excel. I finished my first year with a GPA of 2.8 through some personal battles with depression. I returned in the fall I ended up taking a pause on my college career and prioritizing my success, but was only able to raise my GPA up to a cumulative of 2.9 by graduation with a slog of old courses that had very low grades. In my last two years of undergraduate work, I was working full time as an accounting intern, switched schools and wrapped up my bachelor degree in accounting with a 3.4 GPA at the other school. I started working, passed the CPA exam and have been in a very rigorous public accounting field ever since. I developed a close relationship with the graduate director in accounting at a top 10 business school and completed a masters in accountancy with a GPA of 3.7. Observing my wife's journey, my decision has been made that I want to make the switch, but am a bit lost as to what steps I can take due to the troubled past and have a few questions I am hoping you might have some insight.
- Are professional certifications like the CPA designation relevant to overcome some issues like mine?
- Does current graduate level work overcome the low undergraudate GPA with a clear change in the trend?
- Do you have any suggestions for next steps I could take or target schools that look favorably on my fact pattern?
Any advice is genuinely appreciated.
Thank you!!
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