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Hi, thank you for the info! My research interest points towards looking at management and auditor relationships in regards to financial reporting and disclosures. This interest stems from my time in the field where I have noticed that some clients are more open to discussing accounting issues than others, resulting in what I considered to be better financial information. Sometimes financial disclosures have 'substance over form' issues that require productive client-auditor relationships. For instance we had a client that had to disclose future minimum lease payments and because we had a good relationship with the client we were able to convince them that the substance of certain rental arrangements necessitated their disclosure in the future payments schedule. Though the rental agreements were not required by themselves, other contracts were set out years into the future that required the company to utilize certain rental sites; thus our audit team and the client determined that the substance should triumph the form and that these site would be included in the future lease payments. Without this information, a 3rd party user would not be able to accurately project future cash flows related to their future rent payments. I imagine that other auditors battle over these kinds of substance vs form issues all the time and that this would be a good beginning research topic. As for the math, I have taken Calc 1 and a couple of stat classes. Not a real focus of mine during undergrad, so the battle then is to demonstrate that this area can be improved!

Hi, I work as an auditor at a mid-sized public accounting firm in the midwest. Below are my stats from undergrad and GMAT land. I scored a 690, but by split is relatively unfavorable given the weak quant score. Does my profile have a competitive chance to gain admissions to a decent but non elite accounting PhD program such as Purdue, Iowa, Tennessee, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Florida or Minnesota? My undergrad profile is probably a little underwhelming but I was from a small town and went to a large state school with the singular goal of get a degree, get a job, stay out of the rents' basement. I'd like to be an accounting professor because the role allows for so much more creativity in teaching others and learning about interesting accounting/financial reporting topics. Undergrad GPA: 3.5-3.6 GMAT: 690 - 44 Q, 40 V CPA Exams: Passed, licensed Work Experience: Auditor 2 years