<p>I'm debating between these 3. Any opinions would be nice:</p>
<p>My take:</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO:
-Cheapest
-Beautiful Area
-I like the big student body / campus
-Hands On & Practical
-Ranked about 60th in BW
-Good recruiters afterwords</p>
<p>Santa Clara
-Expensive (Got 10k in scholarship)
-Ranked about 39th in BW
-Beautiful campus
-Silicon Valley Connections</p>
<p>Chapman
-Got 15k scholarship
-The appeal I have is that they have a 4+1 MBA program that I can do.
-I can also either switch to public relations / advertising which is really good at Chapman and sounds interesting / get a minor in that.</p>
<p>Why would you need to get an MBA from Chapman? Its not worth it, just because you can get an MBA faster doesn’t mean you should do it. I have a few friends from Chapman and they seem to enjoy it OK. If I were you, however, I would choose between Santa Clara and Cal Poly SLO. </p>
<p>Cal Poly for the cheap price and about the same reputation if not slightly better than Chapman </p>
<p>Santa Clara because its got a decently reputable business school in California and I’m sure there are better networks through SC.</p>
<p>Ok thanks. Originally it was between SCU & SLO. I just did some research today and sort of liked the PR / Advertising major @ Chapman. However, I think it’s better to get work experience and do a good MBA later anyways… I agree.</p>
<p>I was disappointed that SCU dropped from being 32nd on business week rankings last year, to 39th this year. </p>
<p>Cal Poly went from 70th to 64th, so atleast it’s on an upward trend. And I really like Cal Poly’s “hands on” approach. </p>
<p>So I’m slightly leaning on SLO, but I’ll visit them and see. Right now I’m thinkin SCU is not worth double the cost of SLO when it is only probably slightly better.</p>
<p>Anymore input is appreciated, and thanks ifailedcalculus.</p>
<p>^ Interesting the way you use the business week ranking to make your college decision.
Wharton drop from #1 to #3, and again to #4 in 2010, is it a downward trend? Do you fully understand how the business week rankings are done?</p>
<p>Cal Poly is a California state school. With the financial problems in California right now, you might not be able to finish in 4 years. Keep that in mind when figuring out budgets.</p>
<p>Fyi, when I visited Cal Poly last week, they said they have a four year initiative plan (something along those lines… I don’t recall the exact name). They make sure you graduate in 4 years (well, for business. eng/arch is 5yr) and help plan out your schedule. Plus the business school is the only one that has peer advisors. My tour guide who was a business major is actually struggling to find classes to STAY at Cal Poly for another year. She basically finished everything after her third year.</p>
<p>Yes, I know that businessweek is lots of BS. But it’s generally accurate. One thing you can see through the ranking is that SCU’s average SAT score dropped quite a bit. I believe Cal Poly was much harder to get into this year… I can learn things like that from BW. Also Cal Poly was 11th in recruiter survey which was extremely good.</p>
<p>Yeah I’d enroll in the Green Light program which is a program in business that gets you taking business classes your freshmen year. It sounds like I’d prolly graduate in 4 & 1/2 years or something if I went to SLO. </p>
<p>I just talked to a lady from Chapman on the phone, it’s nice that they’ve been calling me and giving me personal attention. :] She said Chapman was ranked 18th for business or something… I then told her its not even ranked by BW in the top 100 and she said it was either in US News & Report or Princeton Review. Is there any truth to that haha? Does PR or USNR have undergrad busines rankings. Can someone link them, I couldnt find them.</p>
<p>More opinions always appreciated. And thanks.</p>
<p>But seriously, I totally do NOT understand how BW get those survey ranking. According to it, Seattle U is ranked #1 in recruiter survey and Hawaii U is ranked #2. Hmmm…</p>
<p>I would rather use the job placement data from the college to make my pick.</p>