<p>Hello,
in 2012, I came to United States from Czech republic to study as a foreign exchange student on high school in Torrance (Los Angeles County), California. After a year, I literally fell in love with America and local educational system and decided to stay in the US for at least another 4 years of college.</p>
<p>This fall, I am going to attend El Camino Community College. I chose community college for many reasons.
1. it's cheap
2. I will live with host family close by (free housing)
3. I believe I can perform better than I did in highs chool and transfer to a better university (my GPA was around 3.7, but I didn't really try my first 3 years in my country)
4. I missed CSU and UC deadlines for fall 2013 (I decided to stay in the US in 2013)</p>
<p>For my first year, I chose pretty general course that cover requirements for all majors I am thinking about. I will be taking 16 credits - precalculus, macroeconomics, managerial accounting, and english (reading and composition).</p>
<p>For my transfer universities, I am pretty sure I will be transferring to CSU, because UCs are just way too expensive and ROI is very low for me.</p>
<p>I want to major either in economics, business economics, or different types of business and management (not sure which since my knowledge of this topic is not that broad yet). I am pretty interested international business, since I am an international student and my dad, who has a company I may run in future, owns truck transportation business (export-import) between Russia and Czech republic, and he also runs wood production company. I would be interested of developing his company by getting connections in the US and maybe expanding somewhere else than just Russia. I am also interested in economics, since it is better to have economics undergraduate degree for possible MBA school. The problem is I am not sure if I want to stay in the US after college, get MBA, or even work here. Would international business major be worthless in case I stayed in the US, worked, or got a job? What do you think of this?</p>
<p>My top choice schools and majors are (1. = top choice, 2. = after top choice, ...):
1. Cal Poly SLO - business administration (not sure of concentration, but probably management, finance, or accounting)
2. SDSU - besides business administration, I am interested in their International business connected with regional studies and language (Russia and central Europe) and one semester abroad. Since I already had 2 years of Russian in HS and my dad runs business with them, it doesn't seem like a bad idea. But again, I am not sure whether to stay in the US and start from scratch or take charge of my dad's company and stay there. I like life in California better, but I think it is better to start with 12 trucks than nothing. On the other hand, average salary in the US is 55,000 dollars/year and while in Czech republic, it is only about 12,000/year.
International</a> Business | San Diego State University
3. CSULB/CSUF
4. UCSB - business management, UCLA, UCB (Haas), UCI, UCSD - but only in case I got some form of scholarship, my dad all of a sudden became a billionaire, and I also got in.</p>
<p>My other career choice would be either (with some luck), working for the BIG 4, or starting my own business - since I was a foreign exchange student and I have some experience with it, I would like to make on company for helping students from Czech republic study in the USA and vice versa, which is also some kind of "international business".</p>
<p>Also, are my chances as a transfer student higher, lower? I may think for reasons for both. Higher, because we pay more money and lower, because there is probably limited space.</p>
<p>So these are my thoughts for what to do in my future years. Anything can change (especially after I know I changed my life from scratch during this 1 year abroad). I will be applying to universities in approximately a year, but the sooner I start, the better. What are your thoughts?</p>