Name: Bingchao Yang

Hometown: Qingdao, China

MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance

Class Status: tMPA

Estimated Graduation Date: Summer 2016

Why did you choose the MPA program?
Besides the prestigious ranking of the MPA program, what attracted me more was the soft element of the program: staffs and faculty care A LOT about your success. I got so much help from the people in the MPA program. Before I applied, two accounting professors allowed me to audit their classes to get a feel of accounting and auditing. Ms. Ledezma, MPA Admission Assistant Director, resolved the conflict of admission timing issues with the other school I applied by holding the committee meeting earlier to review my material. As I am taking my first MPA class now, I find that my peers are very intelligent and cooperative. Everyone here is facilitating your growth and success. Choosing MPA program was one of my best decisions.