<p>I got into USC Marshall School of Business, UCSD (Intl Studies major), and UCI Merage School of Business. USC is definitely my top choice/best fit, but my finaid package wasn't that great (~40k a year) </p>
<p>I met with someone at the USC finaid office, and they looked over our documents and suggested that I appeal my finaid package, and I'm sending it in on Monday. </p>
<p>Any advice? I'm not going to UCSD for science, I've heard that Merage is quite selective... my parents kinda feel I should just go to UC, save some money for future expenses like grad school...</p>
<p>wait, you mean USC is giving you 40k a year? or you have to pay 40k a year ?
if the latter, then yea i understand you… im sure ucsd would be A LOT cheaper and maybe more worth it depending on the major… if its the first one, which i doubt, then i dont see what youre complaining about ? im an intl student, get 0 finaid, im paying it all out of pocket if i get in(have applied for transfer 09 )… sucks… but worth it imo… i think some of the great things about usc that would make it worth the extra money is that i hear USC has an amazing alumni network of people who are more than willing to help other trojans and with the help of that it is really a lot easier to secure a great job, which in turn will lead to more pay-pay off that money and will also increase your chances of getting in to a top notch grad school but i dont know, this is what ive heard i dont even go to usc yet so
also, i guess marshall is a very top business school, right ? im neuroscience, so i dont know… but i mean, a prestigious business school like that probably has big companies recruiting straight out of there ? </p>
<p>i guess both options have pros and cons… it would probably depend on whether youre gonna go to grad school directly or not… i dont know if this is correct, but isnt it true that for most good grad schools they want you to have job experience ? </p>
<p>well like i said, dont know much about the business majors but i hope i may have helped a little ? i would go with usc and be a proud trojan :D</p>
<p>just checked some rankings, and according to usnews and world report, USC ugrad business was 10th place in the country in 2007</p>
<p>according to businessweek, theyre 19 this year, i dont really know what they base it all on but yea… also ucsb was like 40 or something… quite a diff…</p>
)… sucks… but worth it imo… i think some of the great things about usc that would make it worth the extra money is that i hear USC has an amazing alumni network of people who are more than willing to help other trojans 