Many School Related Questions?
Hey guys, I am entering my senior year in high school and I have my eyes set on going to the University of Washington next year. I don’t know if any of you guys have heard of the running start program in the state of Washington but it basically allows high school students to attend classes at local community colleges and gain college and high school credits at the same time. I will have my associates degree from college a few months before I graduate from high school. Afterwards I will go into UW as a mid-year junior. I looked at the degree programs at the University of Washington and I’ve decided that I will pursue an undergraduate business degree in both finance and accounting. Before I enter the workforce I might also earn a masters degree in accounting and get CPA certified as well. From the looks of things, I should complete those three degrees and get cpa certified by the time I am 21 years old or 22 at the oldest. This leads me to a few questions:
1) After I earn those degrees, will my young age hinder my ability to be competitive with older applicants who are searching for the same jobs as me? I was speaking with my father a while ago and he said that I might have a harder time being competitive due to the lack of maturity and world experience I may have compared to older job seekers.
2) Once I get my degrees from UW, I plan to work a few years and come back and earn an MBA; hopefully from a top 10 or even a top 5 program such as Stanford, MIT, Michigan, etc. Do these high end programs place a large emphasis on where I earned my previous degrees? UW has a good undergraduate business program. It is ranked 21st overall in the nation by U.S. News and its accounting program ranks 14th in the nation. However the entire business school is only ranked 33rd overall by BusinessWeek. If I finish at UW with a decent GPA (3.5 or higher) would I stand a good chance at being able to earn an MBA from one of the top programs later on? Or would MBA programs prefer that I have my undergraduate studies completed at a stronger program?
3) Any opinions on fraternities? Although I have heard mixed opinions about them I am definitely leaning towards joining a fraternity while I am a student there. From what I understand, most people that have been in fraternities don’t regret it. It looks good on a resume, you get to meet more people than most other students would be able to, you get to do community services and activities, and I’ve heard the parties are awesome. My only major concern is the hazing.
All of your answers would be greatly appreciated. I’ve tried finding the answers to my first two questions and I just don’t know where to begin looking for them. However I understand a bit about fraternities and I just want to get more opinions on them. Thankyou!
Sincerely, Hard Working Student
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Hey, I’m sorry I can’t help you too much about your specific questions in the US and in Washington, but I just wanted to make a suggestion about your first point. Unless there are some very large financial circumstances that would require you to find a job as soon as possible out of university I would consider slowing down when you finish and maybe continuing your education. Even adding one or two more years to get an additional certificate or a professional degree or maybe a graduate degree would put you miles ahead of people who have simply an undergraduate degree. And since you would be completing these degrees at 21 or 22, you would still be in your early 20s with some very comprehensive academic qualifications to throw at potential employers. I’m 21 myself with a 4 year Bachelors degree and right now I’m doing a one year education program which will give me a second Bachelors degree. Of course the education program is specific for people like me who plan on teaching, but there are other ways to continue your education and improve your qualifications that are not specifically geared towards one profession.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:13 pm