<p>Hi everyone!
I was accepted to Marshall Business, pre-business at Cal (haas), Georgetown McDonough, and UCLA Business Economics. I was just wondering what the advantages are of each program and which do you think is the best choice? I received $0 from Georgetown and i got presidential from USC, which is already having me lean there but id appreciate any input about the business schools! Especially which would be best for attending MBA where you need high GPA and scores above all else...</p>
<p>i’m in a very similar position as you
got accepted to Marshall, pre biz Cal, and UCLA biz econ.
However, i’m nearly positive on attending USC as I received the trustee schloarship</p>
<p>Regardless, I think Marshall has an excellent business program and i would have chosen to attend even if i received the presidential schloarship</p>
<p>hey Im sure this post will be filled with persona bias due to the fact that I am probably going to go to USC Marshall next year but I will see what I can do here</p>
<p>UCLA’s program is highly theory based and it is sprinkled with a bit of practical business courses - I have heard mixed reviews about MBA selection. Some seem to think MBAs love the theory base and other think that they hate it. In my opinion that is all B.S due to the fact that it is the job you land between your BA and your MBA that truly determines the MBA program you will attend. UCLA does not seem to place in Investment banking but they tend to do moderately well in consulting etc. They have some large class sizes and personalized counseling is non existent. </p>
<p>Georgetown McDonough - In my opinion a phenomenal business school but its placement geographically semi -disadvantaged. I know a lot of people will tear me apart for saying this but the fact that it is on the East coast does actually take away from its ability to place its students. While Berkeley and USC are essentially the only two legitimate Business programs on the entire east coast, Georgetown has competition from all over. However, Georgetown is well respected, is a target school and has amazing access to D.C. That said its job placement is relatively weaker than USC/Berkeley ( as per my own CC readings over the past four years)</p>
<p>USC - Marshall is a great business school that prides itself on job placement. They manage to get a tremendous amount of their kids into dream jobs and the trojan family connection in So Cal and even in Nor Cal to a certain extent is amazing. That said there is little dispute that USC’s national reputation ( while growing at an extraordinary rate) is below that of G’town and Berkeley. The program itself is well funded ( almost to a scary extent) it is the only program in the entire nation that allows international travel and experience in its freshman year. USC as a school provides by far one of the most appealing college experiences that I have hear off. USC still needs to work on its East coast connections due to its slightly lacking reputation there. However, I personally know several SC grads who easily scored international consulting/banking jobs in Asia as well as England. </p>
<p>Berkeley (Haas) - Even as a highly likely prospective trojan I have no hesitation in admitting Haas is THE strongest program in the State of california ( mind you we are talking about business programs not schools in general). They have phenomenal regional, national and international placement and seem to do ridiculously well in MBA placement as well. Several things to note however. UC Berkeley is NOT an easy school to score a high GPA to impress MBA/employers. It is a raw and ridiculous intellectual powerhouse and if you don’t match that level of intelligence getting into Haas is impossible. Furthermore, as it is in California under the public education system you will be faced with tremendous class size, little or no time with professors and TAs. Just keep in mind though, graduating with a decent GPA and a Haas degree is a tremendous tool in the business world. I believe the program itself is ranked 2nd or third nationally but as far as most employers are concerned its a top of the line Business education. </p>
<p>So there you have it my rankings</p>
<p>Haas</p>
<p>[ large gap]</p>
<p>USC
McDonough ( just a hair or two under Marshall maybe even equal)</p>
<p>UCLA ( gap is due to focus of education not quality of education or even job placement to a certain extent)</p>
<p>wow thanks for that response! it was very thorough. Yeah, that seems to be my main problem with Haas ( the tough GPA/ maybe not getting into Haas). however it is quite elite. I believe i want to stay in Cali; so in that regard, Marshall should be solid. Idk though! any other opinions?</p>
<p>You are not only attending a school, but also selecting a specialty within the school. If your main interest is entrepreneurship SC has a stellar program. Entrepreneur Magazine ranked it 1st, U.S. News 4th. Other top notch programs at Marshall are Real Estate, International Business and Accounting.</p>
<p>A family friend is a rising junior at Marshall. He wrote me today he will have an internship at a famous hotel in Hong Kong this summer. Freshmen students in the LINC program travel abroad in their freshmen year.</p>
<p>Marshall also has a unique dual major: Business Admin. and Cinematic Arts. It is quite competive to be admitted.</p>
<p>Here are some of the alumni who have an undergraduate degree from Marshall
Dan Bane—Chrm. & CEO of Trader Joe’s
Al Casden----Chrm. & CEO of Casden Properties
Dick Cook— Chrm. of Walt Disney Studios
Scott Cook–Co-founder and Chm. of Intuit
Dan Epstein----Chrm. & CEO of ConAm Mgt.
Terrence Lanni—Chrm. & CEO of MGM Mirage
Art Melin—Co-founder of Wham-O
Ed Roski—Chrm. & CEO of Majestic Realty</p>
<p>Depends where you want to work. I’d rank Haas > Marshall/McDonough > UCLA
But you also want to go somewhere where you’d fit in. Each of these schools are extremely different culturally (at least from my visits)</p>
<p>Georgia Girl, add Marc Benioff (salesforce.com) :)</p>
<p>What if I intend on working in Asia? Then which school will be better? Does that kind of cancel out the strength that USC has in connections? I’m trying to decide which school to go to (it’s either USC or UCLA) and the Trojan connection is really appealing but if it doesn’t really matter outside of California, then I don’t think that can be a factor in my decision making. Please share your thoughts with me, thanks!</p>
<pre><code> USC has 17 alumni groups in Asia. The Marshall School has had sold out conferences in Asia for some years. Sponsors of these conferences have been some well known companies such as: Korean Air Lines, The Japan Times, Fubon Intl, Hanjin Shipping, Tingyi Holding Corp., Captial Services Group, Sataki & Trianz, Toyota, Edelman Japan, Intersoft, Suntory, EXchange, ITRI, Sunrider and the RunZhou Dist. Govt. (China), among others.
What particular country interests you as a place to find a position? USC is a Pacific Rim university and has offices in some Asian countries.
I suggest you visit the Marshall website and read more about what Marshall has to offer.
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<p>For those students who have been accepted to pre-business at Berkeley keep in mind you have to be accepted into Haas later. What will you do if you are not selected?</p>
<p>Thanks, Georgia Girl! I’m considering China, Singapore or Indonesia. The thing is, I’ve been asking around (not the best way to gain very accurate information, I admit) and it seems that more people in Asia - at least the people I’ve talked to - know about UCLA. I’ve actually been leaning towards USC for some time but I’m not so sure right now especially with the seeming lack of recognition around here. /:</p>