<p>In response to Gumbymom’s comment, UCB’s Haas (you misspelled the name) does not admit students in their freshman year. Haas only accepts applicants for junior year status with no exception. To apply as a UCB student, you’ll have to satisfy the prerequisites durng your freshman and sophomore years and apply to Haas as a junior. True, it is very competitive, but you’ll need around a 3.7 gpa or higher at Cal to have a chance to be admitted to Haas. Community college transfers need around a 3.8 gpa or higher to get into Haas. Community college transfers and Cal students are given priority, which leave little openings available for transfers from other schools. Other UC’s are next, but there are hardly any spaces for them.</p>
<p>As for undergraduate business schools at other UC’s other than Cal, there are 2: UC Riverside and UC Irvine (which just opened a few years ago). There are other UC alternatives. You can get a business or management degree in the economics department from the following UC’s: UCLA, UCSB, UCD and UCSC and maybe UCSD or UCM. Essentially, the accounting firms recognize and hire the business econ degrees graduates from these schools. Other business establishments such as banks do too. </p>
<p>Alternatively, you can apply to USC’s Marshall Business School and they admit freshmen. Marshall is a very expensive private school and is considered the 2nd best undergraduate business school in CA after UCB Haas. Both undergraduates schools at Haas and Marshall are ranked in the top 10 to 15 nationally.</p>
<p>If you want to get an undergraduate business degree, other alternatives are other private schools such as USF, Santa Clara, Pepperdine, Loyola, etc. and public schools in the California State University system such as LA, SF, SJ, SD, Chico, Long Beach, East Bay, etc.</p>
<p>Just taking a glance at your gpa and sat, you have a good chance to get into most of the UC’s and USC. Again, Haas is not an alternative for your freshman year. You have to reapply as a junior and it is very competitive. I know people who got into both UCLA and UCB, but chose UCLA for the business economic major because of the difficulty of reapplying and getting into Haas as a junior. Another alternative, which is unlikely, is that you can go to a community college and try to get a 3.8 gpa and try to transfer to Haas. Haas is the only business school in the west coast (including UW, Oregon, USC), which requires a full year (2 semesters or 3 quarters) of 1st year college calculus to get in. The other UC’s (including UCLA) business schools or econ business/economic require 1 or 2 quarters of calculus. When I was visiting UCR’s business school, the assistant dean told me that calculus is a big obstacle or hurdle for many potential business students to overcome. Btw, I am a UCB and USC grad with a CPA license. I work for a very well known Fortune 150 company.</p>
<p>For Nutrition Science, you cannot go wrong with UCB or the other UC’s that offer the major. I have friends who graduated in that field from UCB. I am not sure if you are considering USC, and I don’t know if they have that major. You’ll have to do your research.</p>