<p>I need help. And I will probably sound like a whiny little kid and I apologize (don't post something about how I'm whiny, I already pointed that out to get it out of the way).</p>
<p>UCSD or UCSB? I've visited both colleges, setting wise, I liked SB more. What-it-has-to-offer, it seems like SD had a bigger promise. Is anyone else going through this?</p>
<p>I want to go into business, but I have the fear that SD wouldn't be able to give me a solid beginning because technically, they don't really have a business school (therefore prestige, strong ties, speakers like USC). My major for SD is managerial science and my major for SB is business administration. I want to possibly get my MBA at Haas, Marshall or even UCSD's new Rady (which will be done in two years or so).</p>
<p>and the people...I'm not a big drinker but I seriously like to get out and have fun. I know, I know, SD has some life, I just would have to go out and look for it but at SB I'm sure I'd have fun. Then again, I've been pretty reckless my high school years just managing to pull it together last minute and get into college. I don't care about people's looks so triton eye blahblah is weird.</p>
<p>I sound like I'm leaning towards SB but I really like the prospects of SD...This is embarrassingly long but I've asked every person possible and combed through every last thread (I'm going to post this on both the SB and SD forums), and my parents frankly don't care where I go. they won't talk to me about it. PLEASE HELP ME. If you have made the choice before, what can you tell me??? ahh I have about a month or less, PLEASE HELP. it's my next four years, and your opinions are priceless.</p>
<p>pick UCSD, you'll love the weather, location and if you havent lived here your whole life, you'll have plenty of things to do. hell ive lived here for 15 years and im still staying here for college, its an awesome city i'd never leave.</p>
<p>for me, the big thing was proximity to major cities. santa barbara's something like a 6-hour drive from my home in sacramento. SD's a 75-minute flight. and spring break plans? yeah, it's nice having an airport IN the city and not having to drive out, or pay oodles to fly a puddle-jumper to LAX.</p>
<p>well it's open in that there are around 60 graduate students enrolled it in; my guide on the admitted-students tour of UCSD explained that it would probably be completely done in a couple years and they would possibly start offering actual Business-focused majors. yeah, I got pretty obsessive one night and looked up as much as I could and I still don't know what to do.</p>
<p>You're right...it does sound like you like SB more, but you don't have to decide right this very second. If you need to take the whole month to decide, then take the whole month. Maybe it would help to actually write out a pro/con list and see what aspects are most important to you. Or maybe try to not think about it for a few days and when you're a little less stressed think it over again. But it really does seem that you'd be happy at both schools, so either way you couldn't really go wrong. I know this probably isn't very helpful, I'm sorry, but I personally didn't like SB that much so I can't really compare them. I'm kind of in the same boat, except the two schools I'm considering are completely different (the other one is 800 students...haha).</p>