With the commencement of my fourth semester, I knew I had to start planning my internship to get a head start on the rest of the applicants. I have always yearned to work for one of the "Big 4" companies ever since I knew about them but the question at the time was "Which Big 4 company to go to?" Thus began my exploration for information through the colossal source of just about anything and everything that is Google to find out which firm would be best fitted for me. The first thing I looked at were rankings and I found that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young (EY) were close competitors for the top spot.
I have known about EY ever since I was little from when they were called Ernst & Whinney because that was where my mother did her internship and my father started out working followed by where they first met but that is a whole other story. So EY had always been a familiar name to my ears however PwC has quite an impressive track record as the leading graduate employer for five years (with three in a row might I add). They are also number one in the accounting and professional services sector as well as the consulting sector. Henceforth, I decided to apply for both firms.
The first to contact me was PwC and by the time EY called after the first phone interview, I had already been accepted into PwC and I was ecstatic.
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