This is usually done prior to coming to campus. The purpose of the examination is to assess whether students have mastered the accounting research literature and are thus prepared to begin their own research. Students are allowed two sittings for the written exams. If they do not pass on the second sitting, they are dismissed from the program. The exams are written and graded by the accounting faculty.
Students enter the job market at the beginning of their fourth year.
The initial contact with recruiting universities often takes place at the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association in August. The job market does not usually clear until late May of the following year. All of our students take academic positions. Our preference is to admit between two and four students each year. The minimum GMAT score that we will consider is 600.