<p>Here's the deal, I know I can get into ASU, but I would rather go to a top 50 U. So my plan is to attend SBCC and TAG into either UCSB (first choice) or Berkeley (Haas). I just want to know if you guys think it's a good idea to play it safe and attend ASU or try to transfer into a top 50 school. I'd like to pursue a job in advertising or accounting.</p>
<p>Are you a resident of California? If not, then it’s not worth it. Go to ASU.</p>
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<p>Money isn’t a huge problem. Obviously I care about how much it costs, but it’s not the deciding factor.</p>
<p>My concern is that ASU isn’t the greatest school. It requires like a 2.0 GPA, 1040 sat, and has an 89% acceptancerate. For me college is a means to an end, and it doesn’t seem like an ASU degree would get me where I want to go. I want to go straight from college to the NYC/LA/SF advertising industry, and then on to an MBA program.</p>
<p>A few comments. </p>
<p>First off, Cal does not have TAG. Nor does UCLA. Or San Diego. </p>
<p>Second, the decision of which route is a personal one. At ASU you’d get more of the traditional college experience your 1st 2 years than you would at a CC (unless you went away to attend a CC, which some people do at SBCC; see my post in the UCSB forum).
Here you’re making what I think is an erroneous assumption. Graduate from a top school like Stanford, a top LAC, and they’ll want to talk to you in the advertising industry. Cal, maybe. UCSB, probably not. But once you get outside the top 2 dozen or so schools you’ll need to bring something else to the table. I’d bet that an ASU grad with a few good internships and some solid on-campus experience will do better than a grad that did little more than attend a solid college, even if they graduate with a high GPA. Experience and connections are what will get your foot in the door in advertising, or graduating from a top-brand college.</p>
<p>I disagree with mikemac because the OP mentioned accounting in his/her first post. There are certain jobs that the very top u’s in the nation don’t produce a lot of professionally: engineers, accountants, real-estate agents/brokers, and I would suspect, those employed in advertising. </p>
<p>There just aren’t that many of the really top u’s that have engineering – not that someone couldn’t go to Harvard and major in physics, and step into a grad program in E somewhere else, make up the courses and later earn a masters or doctorate. This is a harder road to take rather than majoring in it, so in a way, engineering is a great evening out factor for non-elite and state u’s.</p>
<p>Accounting, same thing. Lower tiered schools usually have the higher ranked accounting programs. Probably beneath most Ivy leaguers to be employed in this field.</p>
<p>Real Estate is usually run by those who are more sociable and less academically minded. I have a few friends who were history and sociology majors who partied a lot and weren’t the greatest students, some where plain mediocre, but they knew a lot of people which is important in any sales position, and who are now successful in residential and mostly commercial RE. I’m not saying the Ivies don’t produce agents and brokers in this, but one hardly sees them employed in such.</p>
<p>Advertising. I would think the NYU’s and ASU’s would be especially good in this, besides that both probably have these sub-fields in their bus programs. I would probably add the SB’s of the world to those who might do well in this field.</p>
<p>Edit: Not that I’m comparing NYU to ASU, because they are completely different u’s. </p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>I would think ASU would take you where you wanted to go, but you have to shade your chances better by doing well. The same would be true of someone who went to SB.</p>
<p>ASU I believe has a decent accounting program.</p>
<p>ASU has one of the best business programs in the country. ASU can accept so many people because they have the room to. Yes, there are people there who want to party all night but there are also people who want to buckle down and study. The school is big enough for you to meet people you want to hang out with and stay away from the ones you don’t. As far as ‘Top 50’ goes, for what reason do you want that? Bragging rights to your friends? Past your graduation, where you got your degree won’t really matter all that much. It’s up to you but don’t judge ASU on their high acceptance rate. Plus if you get into Barretts (Honors college), that’s bragging rights all in itself.</p>