FDD or CMAAS? MBA is the goal

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I would lean towards FDD, demonstrates that you have some generalizable finance and analysis skills VS CMAAS where you might just get pigeonholed as a technical accounting person.

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FDD for sure, assuming your post MBA goal is something non-accounting and you’re using the MBA to pivot / wash your resume of being “just” an accountant. FDD is still accounting, but gives you a lot more exposure to an operators perspective on running a business. CMAAS / FAAS is largely technical accounting focused and will make you look like even more of an accountant

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I’m just gunna put in my two cents from an AAS guy. We’ve had 3 people leave for HBS in the last year or so that I know of. Our practice has less than 220 staff under partner/MD level nationwide and everyone leaving for BS was a manager or lower so do the math I doubt they look down on either your chances won’t be different either way. If you go to a top tier MBA nobody gives a crap what you did before you could get into IB after being a preschool teacher from a top 15.

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