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Doing the Prep Track does not limit your options within public accounting.  Outside of public accounting, the Prep Track opens up addition opportunities because of your unique skill set.   
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Doing the Prep Track does not necessarily limit your options within public accounting should you choose not to pursue a Ph.D.  The Prep Track may even open up unique opportunities because of the unique skill sets you have begun to develop in the Prep Track (e.g., statistical training, SAS training, reading/understanding research).   
  
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If you do choose to pursue a career that begins with time spent in working for the Big 4, their training programs do not assume a high level of previous knowledge. If you are outside of Utah, a large portion of your contemporaries will only have undergraduate degrees.  You will not be behind.  (Others may have better understanding of class-specific knowledge, but the firms just expect you to have a general background.)
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If you decide to not pursue a Ph.D. and want to work outside of public accounting, the quantitative background of the Prep Track may work to your advantage.  Previous prep track members have gone into investment banking, consulting, internal auditing, and other areas.  Their specialized knowledge has helped them to do well in these other areas.
  
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If decide to not pursue a PhD, and want to work outside of public accounting, the quantitative background of the Prep Track will work to your advantage. Previous prep track members have gone into investment banking, consulting, internal auditing, and other areas.
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For more information, see what you will be learning in [[What will I learn in the Prep Track that I won't learn elsewhere?|the Ph.D. Prep Track]].
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 21 February 2011

Doing the Prep Track does not necessarily limit your options within public accounting should you choose not to pursue a Ph.D. The Prep Track may even open up unique opportunities because of the unique skill sets you have begun to develop in the Prep Track (e.g., statistical training, SAS training, reading/understanding research).

If you decide to not pursue a Ph.D. and want to work outside of public accounting, the quantitative background of the Prep Track may work to your advantage. Previous prep track members have gone into investment banking, consulting, internal auditing, and other areas. Their specialized knowledge has helped them to do well in these other areas.

For more information, see what you will be learning in the Ph.D. Prep Track.


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