<p>Kulakai:</p>
<p>Listing your favorite and least favorite marshall organization is very subjective. Since business covers a whole spectrum of interests and there are almost every organization fulfilling those interests. I will list some organizations that I feel are run very well: Trojan Investing Society, Entrepreneur Club, Hospitality Industry, Trojan Consulting Group, Los Angeles Community Impact, and a couple I can’t think of right now. In the first couple days of every semester, there is always a Marshall Student Org Fair, so thats when every single organization comes out and you can sign up to those that interest you.</p>
<p>Marshall has this great mentorship program called “Career Advantage Program” or CAP. Basically you have to do a short application and when they select you, you can choose a mentor for the year. The mentors cover almost every industry and are all USC Alumni in the LA Area. They are actually very very active with your mentorship and also there are CAP Programs that Marshall puts on once a semester, where its basically a networking event with all the CAP mentors. That was something that I definitely enjoyed. As far as externship programs, Marshall has a LOT of opportunities in many countries in which they place you in an internship for the whole summer. If you want to learn more, I’m sure you can google it.</p>
<p>Advice for incoming business majors: Get a 4 or 5 on AP Calc (a or b) AND Statistics. In college, you want to take as few math classes as possible and at USC calc, stat, and advanced stat are necessary courses for business majors. Don’t skip 30 days of AP Calc your senior year and get a 3 and suffer like I did.</p>
<p>Bk1992:</p>
<p>In order to keep my identity semi-private, I will not be listing my fraternity. Feel free to ask questions about the Greek system though and I will happily answer them. That includes how I feel about a particular frat or sorority and I will try to give you not my opinion, but the general USC opinion of that particular one.</p>
<p>missionewokzzz:</p>
<p>The reason I chose USC over those schools was simple. I knew I was going to be a business major. That knocks out UCLA and UCSD. Only reason I applied to so many UC’s is the same reason as you guys, all it takes to apply to a UC school is literally a click. Berkeley: Yes, I understand that Haas is “ranked” higher, but, correct me if I’m wrong, you have to apply after your second year. Like i said before, I knew I wanted to be a business major. What if I went through two years of school and didn’t get in. So no Haas. Also, at USC you take business classes your first semester. Stanford: This was a hard decision, but looking back it really isn’t. Yes, I understand Stanford is more prestigious than USC. BUT, I mention again I knew I wanted to be a business major AND stay in Southern California for the rest of my life. The thing about USC is, the TROJAN FAMILY is real. I didn’t believe it coming in, but I am brainwashed beyond belief. Honestly, if you have a USC degree in southern california, that degree is comparable to a harvard business degree. ONLY in southern california though. Like I said, this is all my opinion so no stupid comments. And, I don’t like the north, have any of you guys spent a whole weekend in the Stanford dorms? I went up there my first year, as part of our traditional football weekender and stayed in the dorms for 3 nights. I thanked god every night that I made the right choice. The atmosphere was like telling 30 people who have never been social in their lives to all of a sudden act social. Sorry to all the stanford people, I am not trying to hurt your feelings in any way and I concede that stanford is a more prestigious school BUT what I am trying to say is, I don’t regret my choice one bit.</p>
<p>chuckcarls:</p>
<p>first off, in college it is easy to get a B. If you go to class every time, do the assignments and get average, you’ll most likely get around a B. Now, if you get an A, you deserved it, simply put. Timewise all classes are different and it honestly depends on the student. Of course there is a correlation between time spent on a course and the grade earned. </p>
<p>look i will use you guys as an example. i know that it has gotten exponentially harder to get into USC than when I applied only 4 years ago. In order to get admitted to USC, you have to be a great student meaning you take many many APs. Because of that most students will come in as a sophomore. Only reason I double-majored was because I graduated in 3 years taking a normal load because of all the units i brought in. Because accounting and business overlapped i decided to pursue my second major as accounting. USC LOVESSSS it when you double major, in fact they want you to. They believe everybody should at least minor in something else.</p>
<p>In my humble opinion, after your freshmen year (as a business major), take the summer off and travel and visit all your friends and just play. it is next to impossible to get an internship because honestly what do you know about business? You will spend all your summers after that working hard at your internship, so take your freshmen year off. I promise you won’t regret it.</p>
<p>Getting a MBA is pointless if you are a business major UNLESS you get into one of the top five schools. The only reason a business major undergrad would go to an MBA is because of a career change or to network. My financial valuation teacher told me that she gives the same lecture and test to MBA and undergrads. Only difference is the MBA average has never beaten the undergrad average on her tests. </p>
<p>I went to a event 2 weeks ago that Marshall put on in which the admission directors for Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, and 2 other schools came and spoke in a panel setting. USC doesn’t care if u go to MBA it is up to you. Work Experience and GMAT score is weighted higher than what undergrad u went to, so hope that answers your question.</p>
<p>sorry if i capitalize than uncapitalize paragraphs. i get tired.</p>