Posted by: nepalihu July 7, 2010
Advice Needed from CPAs and Chartered Accountants
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I  will graduate in December 2010 with a Bachelors in Accounting. I will graduate with ~3.7 gpa from a Tier 2 university in the US. I am doing an audit internship with a regional public accounting firm right now but they told me not to expect getting a job offer at the end of the internship. I am trying to find a job very hard and will continue till December but I am not very optimistic about my chances. I don't think I will be able to land any job. I have enough credit hours to sit for the CPA exam.  I could just find a volunteering opportunity to maintain my status during OPT, take the CPA exams, hope that I will pass the CPA exams on the first try itself and then hope that I will be able to find a job after passing the CPA exams. Or, I could join a Masters program and hope that I will find a job after Masters.

But I feel like both of these things will just help me stall the problem. I feel like I am just delaying the inevitable. I was thinking about a third option. I was thinking may be I could transfer some of my credits to a university in India and study Chartered Accountant there and then go back to Nepal and find work as a Chartered Accountant in Nepal. I know it probably is really hard to find a job in Nepal but I already have a house in Kathmandu so as long as I am able to earn Rs 15,000 (fifteen thousand) monthly I would be more than happy in Nepal.  

Does anyone have any suggestion for me? I have no clue how Chartered Accountant education works in India. How long is the program? What much money does it cost? Where do I start looking for schools and admission requirements? I would really appreciate any suggestion/advice in this regard. I  am a 23 year old male, if that makes any difference.

tldr*; graduating with BS Accounting, want to transfer credits, study CA in India and return to Nepal

*tldr=too long; didn't read


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