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Old 2009 July 2nd, 03:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
taxPhD
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I think you certainly have the numbers and quant background to make you a very attractive applicant for the vast majority of schools. Plus you have public accounting experience, which is certainly a great addition to the profile of any applicant.

You will probably want to start thinking a little bit about what you are interested in researching. At least a general area like financial, tax, auditing, or managerial. If you are looking financial then pretty much every school is fair game, but if you are looking tax or auditing then you will want to tailor our application list accordingly. Quite a few schools do not have much in terms of research faculty in tax or audit so you would want to make sure you are at a school that has the resources to provide you with the tools necessary to build a strong research background yourself.

Like PhDCPA said, you should certainly aim high, you have the numbers to do so. But you should also make sure not to only apply to those top 10 type programs. There are a lot of great programs out there, so do not get too caught up on the names like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Chicago, etc...
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