<p>Hellooo!
I just recently got accepted to cal poly slo for business administration and uc santa cruz for business management economics!</p>
<p>i honestly don't know where to go. cal poly is a wonderful school, and what not... but santa cruz is a UC!
people think more highly of a UC :( i'm so confused.
please feel free to say whatever, i really want to hear your opinions!</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Dude, people think more highly of top tier UCs, such as Cal, UCLA, USCD. </p>
<p>UCSC, UCR, UCM are all widely accepted as below Cal Poly and are much easier to get into than CP. Cal Poly’s comparable schools are mid-tier UCs such as UCI, UCSB, and UCD. </p>
<p>Cal Poly has the highest undergraduate starting salary of ALL CA public universities. They beat even Cal and UCLA. They also have one of the highest job placement success of all the CA public universities.</p>
<p>Well this is simple, I would go to UCSC for business management economics and SLO for business administration. It really come down to what you want to major in. I would say SLO has a more reputable and concrete undergrad business program, so if you want to major in business admin but are not sure on your concentration (finance, accounting, management, marketing etc) pick SLO, you will certainly have more options at SLO.
Good luck in your decision.</p>
<p>UC’s better than SLO? My kid got into UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI and UCSC. He chose Cal Poly SLO over all of them for the reasons stated above and the fact that he’ll get real world training. Granted, he will be an engineer not a business major. Nevertheless, if you want business, SLO can be an excellent and very prestigious choice.</p>
<p>Now, if you like UCSC, because you feel it is a good fit, then go there. Just don’t walk away from SLO because it isn’t a UC. That could be your first poor business decision. As a businessman myself, I prefer to hire people with hands on experience out of school. I want folks who have done serious internships that got real financial results when they did them. I want people who have studied abroad, folks with laser beam focus on what they want to do in business. People who have been leaders during their education by joining clubs and taking on management roles in them. Business is unlike other fields. Experience, energy, passion, drive, people skills as well as technical skills are King. Think of it this way – as an employer I have no desire to pay you to be trained by me except when absolutely necessary. I do not run a charity to train you for your next good job. I want an immediate contribution that will positively impact my bottom line if I hire you. Make a good business decision and go the the school that, in your judgment, will benefit your future employer. In turn this will benefit you when you are rewarded with pay and carer opportunities. I never hire based on school reputation alone and none of my colleagues do either. I want to see what you have done in school and out of school.</p>
<p>Another thing, these days I rarely hire out of “prestigious” schools like the Ivy Leagues. Over the years, I’ve seen a trend towards these kids having a weird sense of entitlement. Almost like I owe them something because they graduated from an elite school. Bottom line, work begins upon graduation from college. Come into my world with a sense of entitlement and you will get shown the door in a week.</p>
<p>Apologies for being so blunt. But in this economic environment you have to know what real employers think. Be humble, work hard and understand that I will not hire you unless you bring me a competitive advantage in the market. Expect to work HARDER after graduation than it took to earn your degree.</p>