<p>^^^ Well, please take note that the OP is an international student, so I would venture that he would return to his homeland after earning his degree, or after having earned a few years of work experience at an American firm. To be quite frank about this (and no offence of the State of Arizona and/or the University of Arizona), ask yourself this: Who has heard of Arizona back in his country? I bet only a few. And, those who have heard of it must have heard that it is a less desirable, less developed State than California is, and therefore, anything associated with it, or in it, isn’t top-notched. On the other hand, the school name, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, would certainly “ring a bell” to many people in his homeland, and those people wouldn’t really care that much that it isn’t Berkeley or UCLA. The school name, University of California, would more than suffice the OP’s intention of attending an American school. </p>
<p>I’d pick UCSC over UCR. Less commuter, nicer campus, stronger student body, nicer overall area. Next I’d pick UA. Then Indiana.
Did you get into honors at any school?</p>
<p>No, I did not get into honors but UCSC does not have a pure business major.</p>
<p>kaushi94, have you visited UCSC and UCR campuses? In case you still haven’t, here are some cool pics of them, though these photos were posted in 2006.</p>
<p>UCSC - <a href=“The University of California Thread | Page 5 | SkyscraperCity Forum”>The University of California Thread | Page 5 | SkyscraperCity Forum;
UCR - <a href=“The University of California Thread | Page 6 | SkyscraperCity Forum”>The University of California Thread | Page 6 | SkyscraperCity Forum;
<p>No, I have not visited any of the campuses but thank you for the links @RML.</p>
<p>The bar for cross campus transfer to Kelley is rather low – 26 credits min with B or better average, and they won’t look at your HS records or your SAT/ACT. I would certainly choose IU over the other choices, and I’d wager that Kelley is much better known if the OP returns to his home country.</p>
<p>However, if you still consider IU to be too risky w/o direct admit to Kelley, you can of course consider the other options. You are paying a lot of money to attend college; I’d suggest you not let weather be a key determining factor.</p>
<p>And I’d agree with MYOS that Santa Cruz is a much better campus than Riverside. Not having a full business program should not matter, on campus recruiting at SC should be at least as good as Riverside.</p>
<p>UArizona would be the best option among your choices. Location wise although Santa Cruz and Riverside are attractive, I would discount them simply because they are not as good academically as Kelley & Arizona. U Mass (Boston) is also not well known for business, and gets overshadowed by giants in the area (Harvard, MIT, & to a lesser extent Boston College, Boston U & Northeastern, +…); besides it gets very cold in Boston. Kelley is risky. Although you can transfer to another university if you don’t get into their business program, it is still a hassle to apply for transfer, and can be disruptive.
Business Week does a good job of collecting lot of info about undergraduate business schools in the US and synthesizing them into easy to understand format.</p>
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<p>Good luck in your decision. </p>
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Maintaining a “B” average in your freshman year is risky? If so, you are not likely to be successful in any of these schools. All of them are large publics whittle hand holding.</p>
<p>The UCs and Kelley are well known internationally. The OP should ask around if many business people back home have heard of the University of Arizona.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your comments.</p>
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Riverside’s program is not as highly ranked as Arizona’s but it doesn’t mean it’s not good academically. In fact, the Anderson School of Management, the graduate business school of UC Riverside is well-respected. </p>
<p>Thank you @RML</p>
<p>Perhaps that’s because it’s mistaken for UCLA’s Anderson School of Management?</p>