Hey Guys, I am a current undergraduate at UC Irvine. I am sruding Business Admin here. I applied for a transfer to Babson College and got accepted. But the only issue is at UC Irvine, I was granted a lot of credits from my high school and a lot of basic requirements were waived off. But here in Babson they are not accepting my high school credits and not even full credits of UC Irvine’s freshman year as UC Irvine is a quarter system. If I go to Babson, I will approximately start from first year. While my UC Irvine degree with the aid of credits is only 3 years in total, and I am already done with one.
I really love entrepreneurship, but please suggest is it worth spending 4 more years (total 5 including the one at UCI) and $280K in tution to go to Babson, or to just complete my BA here in UCI as Business Admin. I plan to open up my own business and tha’s why Babson was my dream school. But please tell is it worth doing this much?
My tution at Babson is 70K per year while 50K per year in UC Irvine as I’m out of state.
Babson:
4 more years (graduate in 2020)
pay 280K more (total 330K including UC Irvine’s one year tution)
UC Irvine
2 more years (graduate in 2018)
pay 100K more (total 150K: 3 years tution)
Please guide me is Babson really worth it?
I am a graduate of Irvine and am currently finishing up my mba at Babson.
I too was intrigued by the level of entrepreneurship integrated into every aspect of the classes at Babson. I would recommend finishing up undercard at Irvine and look into joining Babson’s mba program. They have a 1 year and 2 year programs, it cost about 80-100k for a masters. Don’t waste more money on a undergrad. UCI ranking continues to increase, as it’s still a new school, Babson undergrad is good but not worth spending all that money to redo undergrad.
If you are a entrepreneur, finish at UCI. Start a side business with the money you save from not transferring to Babson. Build that up and gain business experience. By the end of it, you will know if you want to attend Babson mba, it will help you get in, they love entrepeneurs coming into their MBA program. My grades were decent, but they saw the hustle inside me and accepted me. Best decision of my life was to get a MBA from Babson. Opened up so many opportunities.
I hope this is helpful in making a decision.
If you have any good ideas, reach out to me, I am moving back to SoCal and am always looking to meet entrepreneurs looking to start an idea. If you need a referral, I don’t mind talking to you and seeing if you would be a good fit for Babson. I’m always willing to help alumni out.
-Chris Kim
I’d finish at UC Irvine in 2 years. I would not spend the 2 extra years for a BS at Babson. You could always go to a school with a focus on entrepreneurship for a MBA down the line.