Economics major

College Search & Selection
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<p>It'd be a great help if any of you guys could tell me which Cal State i should be looking to for an economics major Fullerton,Pomona, or San Diego State University?</p>

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<p>Have you been admitted to all three?
If you’re a junior, what are your stats?</p>

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<p>yeah i’ve been admitted to all three i’m a senior in high school</p>

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<p>Visit all 3 and go to the one that you think is the best fit for you in terms of where you’d like to go to school. Look at the type of students that tend to enroll (campuses can have a “feel”), where students tend to live, whether it is predominately a commuter campus, if you like the community, etc.</p>

<p>The recognition by future employers of these schools is roughly on par. Any differences are going to be swamped by what you do in college. Did you get internships or coop positions? Take part in student organizations? Work hard to get good grades? Get to know some profs if you want good recs for grad school? As you see factors like these are independent of which school you attend, which in one sense is liberating and in another puts the onus back on you to make a choice.</p>

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<p>great response thanks a ton ;)</p>

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<p>I’d place SDSU first then Cal Poly Pomona then Fullerton. In particular, at Cal Poly Pomona your peers will be academically stronger, there’ll be more math (always good for economics majors, whether they’re oriented towards jobs or grad school ), and there are more small classes than at Fullerton. SDSU is roughly at the same academic level as Cal Poly Pomona (depending on subjects) but nothing can beat its location.</p>

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<p>I’d also add that of the “extras” outside of good grades, the most important one for future employers is having internship/coop experience. For grad school it would be getting to know some profs since recs are key. The exception is an MBA, since typically students are expected to have a few years real-world experience before entering, so the most important “extra” is again internship/coop experience so you can get the kind of jobs out of college that MBA schools want to see. </p>