<p>Any opinions on which CSUs are the best overall experience experience with not too much partying? Prospective business major who probably can't get into SLO or SDSU needs ideas.</p>
<p>Try CSULB, Chico, CSUF, SJSU</p>
<p>Definitely try for Cal Poly Pomona too. I have friends who are all very happy at Sonoma State, Long Beach, Sacramento State, and San Francisco State. Chico is definitely a party school but my friends there love it. Most CSUs are pretty good -- id just recommend trying to find one where students live on or near campus rather than commute. That way you can get more out of your college experience.</p>
<p>please identify where you live and why you need to go to a "second tier" CSU.</p>
<p>how many tiers do you perceive there to be?</p>
<p>This is for a Norcal kid who wants to go to Socal ideally. She probably can't get into SDSU or SLO which I'm told are the top CSUs. 3.0, few honors/APs/990 SAT.</p>
<p>top tier so cal schools are san diego, pomona and beach, and probably a teach with those stats for out of service area.</p>
<p>for business, i would recommend fullerton first, then san marcos and los angeles some distance back. dominguez hills is not accredited and northridge is in peril of losing it. san bernardino is third tier. campus life at CSULA is close to zero; i would pass.</p>
<p>i would apply to fullerton and san marcos as matches and pomona as a slight reach. fullerton has a huge multimillion dollar business building being built and a very strong business faculty. san marcos only began in 1988 so is still maturing but already is developing some niches.</p>
<p>drj, </p>
<p>I have a friend considering CSUN for business. Do you know why they're in peril of losing accreditation? I'd like to pass this info. on to her if possible. Thx.</p>
<p>i have no specifics since i am business faculty on another campus in the system but that's the grapevine chatter. the reviewers go through several site visits and read tons of reports. it could be for many things, funding, scholarship, facilities, full time/part time ratios, faculty student ratio, classroom sizes, curriculum, ratio of acadmically qualified to professionally qualified, etc. sometimes units get put on probation and have a certain window of time to clean things up. that said, there's no point in taking a chance like this when so many options are out there.</p>
<p>where does your friend live? if east consider los angeles or even pomona. if west try long beach. if north channel islands is not accredited so all you have that way is bakersfield which is.</p>
<p>Good info. She lives in Burbank so Cal St. L.A. might be a better choice. As you pointed out, campus life is virtually non-existent there. But she works full-time so I don't know if campus life is terribly important to her right now. Thanks again.</p>
<p>that's a short commute. tim haight has done good things as dean there, and several departments such as accounting and finance are pretty strong. good luck with it!</p>
<p>pomona should definately be considered. i have a friend who is going to attend pomona with very similar stats (lower gpa and higher sat)and he is out of their service area</p>
<p>any thoughts on the best Norcal CSU's like SJSU, SFSU, Sonoma, Sacramento, East Bay?? i plan to transfer as a business major. whhic has the best business program?? i was planning to tradsfer down south to to one of the Socal CSU's but decided to stay closer to home, any recommendations?</p>
<p>san jose the best of that lot. very mature campus, huge advantage with strong silicon valley connections, just got a $10 million private endowment, excellent physical plant, strong faculty and curriculum. east bay well placed in the international arena, san francisco has a fine faculty. sonoma is pretty small and sac is trying to move up but has funding problems.</p>
<p>Humboldt's the best CSU, imo.</p>
<p>that's true...if you plan to major in forestry.</p>