BGSU student places second in state on CPA exam

BOWLING GREEN, O.—A master of accountancy student at Bowling Green State University ranks second in the state for scores on the CPA examination.

Huai-hui “Victor” Hu, 29, of Bowling Green scored a 96 in auditing and a 99 in the categories of business law, financial and tax. The scores placed him second in the state of Ohio and in the top 120 nationwide. There were 1,280 students in Ohio who took the exam.

“I don’t think I can recall ever seeing a set of exam scores like those,“ said Dr. Alan T. Lord, the Ernst & Young professor of accounting in the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems at BGSU. “His performance is remarkable.”

Previously, BGSU students had scored as high as fifth in Ohio on the national CPA exam. Hu’s score was the highest ever by a BGSU student or graduate.

Hu received a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Hangzhou University of Commerce in China before coming to Bowling Green in August of 2000. He has completed the course requirements for a master of accountancy and plans to graduate from BGSU in December with both a master of accountancy degree and a master of business administration degree.

(Posted October 2, 2002)