[MrCPA2B]

Hello All,

Of course I’m back with another question 🙂 . I was in one of my Gemini moods today and began to think about a lot of things. For the past 5 months, I have been working on my MS in Accounting online while working full time as an accounting clerk for a private company. As stated in a previous post, I am interested in public accounting but unfortunately hadn’t had any luck yet. I am also studying concurrently to take the CPA exam (AUD first up in January 14). I have been back and forward on career blogs reading about the value of a MSA and reading the different opinions. A few blogs made a valid point that the MSA is redundant if you already have a bachelors in accounting. In which case, I do. So I have been toying with the idea of completely stopping my MSA mid-way. I have completed 15 credit hours of the 30 required credit hours needed for the degree. However, I already have my 150 needed for the CPA. Should I stop and focus on the CPA? I am scared that even after my MSA, I still will not find work in public accounting and I’ll be swamped with debt. Feedback please!

AUD- FEB 2014
BEC- APR 2014
FAR- MAY 2014
REG- AUG 2014

Using Wiley CPA Exam Review and Ninja Notes
May the "Force" be with me!

[Anonymous]

I mean yeah it adds nothing but if he's already half way done he might as well finish and on top of that it gives him the option to eventually become a teacher or something.

Furthermore if you got an MST (MS in tax) that actually does add a ton of value for some reason. If I could do my masters over I might have gone for tax because I might of actually learned something new and there's so much value. Only reason I didn't was because I didn't want to work in public accounting so I thought it would limit my options. My first semester of my MSA was the five course that could count to half my MST so might be the same case for you(one of my classes was a tax class)

Also with an MST you can go on to be a lawyer if you ever got laid off or something and had a few years to kill in law school

[Anonymous]

I mean yeah it adds nothing but if he's already half way done he might as well finish and on top of that it gives him the option to eventually become a teacher or something.

Furthermore if you got an MST (MS in tax) that actually does add a ton of value for some reason. If I could do my masters over I might have gone for tax because I might of actually learned something new and there's so much value. Only reason I didn't was because I didn't want to work in public accounting so I thought it would limit my options. My first semester of my MSA was the five course that could count to half my MST so might be the same case for you(one of my classes was a tax class)

Also with an MST you can go on to be a lawyer if you ever got laid off or something and had a few years to kill in law school

[MrCPA2B]

@candlemassisawesome Thank you for the feedback! I think for the program that i'm in i can easily switch to tax as well! I'll consider it

AUD- FEB 2014
BEC- APR 2014
FAR- MAY 2014
REG- AUG 2014

Using Wiley CPA Exam Review and Ninja Notes
May the "Force" be with me!

[MrCPA2B]

@candlemassisawesome Thank you for the feedback! I think for the program that i'm in i can easily switch to tax as well! I'll consider it

AUD- FEB 2014
BEC- APR 2014
FAR- MAY 2014
REG- AUG 2014

Using Wiley CPA Exam Review and Ninja Notes
May the "Force" be with me!

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