Program: Accounting
GMAT Score: 690 (49Q, 35V)
Undergrad GPA: ~3.7 last 2 years (Electrical Engineering and Applied Math)
Graduate GPA: ~3.85 (MSc & PhD in Math Finance)
Research experience: MSc. Thesis, three working papers (Math finance papers) and I read several accounting papers which I referenced in my
statement of purpose.
Professional experience: Worked as a R&D engineer for about 1 year.
Attending: Toronto
Admitted: ASU, UCLA, Rochester, and Toronto
Interviews: none
Rejected: UNC, Duke
Withdrawn: UBC, I was waitlisted at Berkeley but told them I would only wait until march 13.
Comments: I don't have much of an accounting background, just the normal debits and credits type work in an intro course. I do have plenty of Math ad Finance and some econ, plus I have read a fair number of accounting articles which I believe helped convince the adcoms that I was somewhat knowledgeable about capital markets accounting research.