<p>I have a seriously concern regards to my school. i'm currently attending UCSD, originally major in Environmental Science, but i want to change my major to Accounting. However apparently there aren't a lot of school in california offering Accounting major, the ones i know are USC, cal state fullerton, cal state long beach, San diego state , and other states university. But i really want to get into USC, the problem is i don't have a impressive GPA with UCSD now..and i know that USC give priority to city college students also . so i would prefer to get some honest opinion from you guys. should i drop from UCSD to go to CC and boost my GPA and try to transfer to USC...or should i stick with UCSD and then go to cal states。 i know that cal states are not prestigious as ucs are。but isn't major more important than the school's name? because, i don't think stay in UCSD and graduate with a econ or management science will garantee me some bright future with high salaries. So, do you guys think transfering to usc or cal states will be better???</p>
<p>“and i know that USC give priority to city college students also”</p>
<p>This is not true. USC is a private university, with no obligation/agreement with California CC’s for transfer students. The UC’s are the only ones with those agreements (ie: TAG, IGETC, etc)</p>
<p>well assuming you are a freshmen,</p>
<p>go to a cc for your sophomore year then apply to USC and CSUF if you don’t get it in chances are you’ll prolly get into CSUF. follow the USC articulation while making sure it meets the CSUF requirements as well.
you could also go to UCLA where you major in biz econ and minor in accting from what i’ve heard.</p>
<p>priority isn’t given to CCs but i think 60% of tranfers to USC are from CCs and it’sprobably just because more CC students apply since they have no place to go after 2 years at CC</p>
<p>thank you for you guys to stop by…but it’s just a very seriously decision for me wether to drop out of UCSD and go to a CC. i don’t know if it’s gonna really help bring up my chance to get into USC, but i fear … what if i make a wrong decision</p>
<p>The problem has to do with your realistic chances. If I’m not mistaken, getting into USC accounting is competitive, which means you’ll need at least around a 3.7+to stand a chance.</p>
<p>The thing I fear for you, is not that you won’t be able to do it, but that you’re going into all this blind-sighting the real issue. I think the real issue is that you don’t know what you want, and you assume that because you get a degree in X major it will lead to X career or X amount of money after you graduate. That is not always the case. An econ degree, i believe is more impressive and flexible than accounting. If UCSD doesn’t offer accounting classes, than take them at Community college during the summer. Many community colleges offer an aa in accounting that would technically put you in the position to be qualified for an accounting job. Accounting is a trade in my opinion. </p>
<p>What happens if you drop out of UCSD, transfer as Accounting, and then realize you hate it or don’t like it? There is a possibility of that happening you know?</p>
<p>I personally would recommend to either stay at UCSD, and supplement your education with a full course load of CC classes in accounting during the summer, or drop out attend community college and really really figure out what you want to do.</p>
<p>cuteminmin - go ahead and drop UCSD if you want. There is no priority given to transfer applicants who attend CC or higher ranked institutions. You really need to just fulfill the requirements for accounting to gain admissions to USC Leventhal. Accounting is tough to get in for admissions, the average admitted transfer applicant for both Leventhal and Marshall was a 3.8 GPA.</p>
<p>As for your high salaries on jobs. If you’re really concerned about just making money than you’re really thinking of USC and accounting in all the wrong ways. Economics can surely bring you a job and so can many other majors. It really depends on what kind of job you’re looking for and how much effort you put in to get the job.</p>
<p>USC does not care about the prestige of the institution that the applicant is transferring from?–I think not. If they care about the difficulty of coursework, wouldn’t they care about where the coursework was taken in?
However, perhaps GPA has much more weight than the school you attend, and if you want to aim for a high GPA it would be easier to take courses at a junior college.
I know that CSUF would not be too difficult to transfer to from a cc. So if you prefer your worst outcome, which is going to CSUF over staying at UCSD, what do you have to lose?</p>
<p>^ wrong. The prestige of the institution you’re attending does not affect transfer admissions to USC. If they did discriminate then why does USC have more than 60% of their transfer students come from California Community Colleges? I’ve confirmed this with USC admissions counselors about transfer college discriminating. Also USC does care about the difficulty of coursework that is taken at the current college you are attending. This is why USC has many articulation course guides for various institutions.</p>
<p>Think carefully but I’ll give you some hope =)</p>
<p>I’ve wanted to do something business related since high school but decided on accounting after awhile. I both disagree and agree with liek0806. I think an accounting degree in the business world, particularly if you have your CPA, is actually way more flexible and impressive than econ b/c after all, accounting is “the language of business.” But let me warn you that MANY people decide that they want to do accounting, and then when they actually do start taking classes, decide they hate it. </p>
<p>I went to UCR for 2 quarters but had personal family problems, and decided to go to a CC. It was probably the best decision I’ve made in my life, since it saved my family a TON of money, it was easy to get the classes I wanted (really hard at UC’s. classes fill up fast and it’s going to be worst next year with all the budget issues), and it was totally worth it in the end. I got into USC this year, even though my grades at UCR weren’t very good. My GPA is definitely not that great and is actually VERY LOW in comparison to the others who got into Marshall but I somehow still got into Marshall majoring in Business Admin with pre-accounting so USC saw something in me. If you want something bad enough, and you work hard enough for it, you can do it =)</p>
<p>Btw, the CSU’s you listed are AACSB accredited. Hmmm explaining it is kinda long so read this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/511865-everything-you-wanted-know-should-know-about-accounting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/511865-everything-you-wanted-know-should-know-about-accounting.html</a>
If you’re still sure you want to do accounting, make sure you’ll LIKE the school you go to. There’s no point in going to another school if you’re going to be absolutely miserable at another school (ex: my friend wanted to do accounting but hated fullerton so much that he went to a CC after a year). Trust me on this one.</p>
<p>I was actually going to attend UCSD this year, but i decided not to go beacuse I wanted to transfer to USC. I attended a CC this year, and I got into SC. I think if going to USC is really what you want, then you should seriously consider going to a CC. I personally think that the classes are easier and you’ll do better. BUT, on the other hand, I had 2 friends who attened UCSD last year, and they both got into USC after their first year. Their GPA was a 3.8 at UCSD…and they got in. So maybe you can just work really hard, and bring your gpa up to that? in any case, good luck</p>
<p>Hey, so did your UCR gpa follow you when u went to cc and usc?</p>
<p>Damn, I know this is way late but im going through exactly the same thing. </p>
<p>My suggestion is take a leave of absence from UCSD and then go to a cc and begin taking
trying to transfer. If you decide you hate accounting then you still have UCSD to fall back on. Do not ever shut any open doors behind you when you are still not sure where you are heading.</p>