Paul Merage School of Business

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>How good is this program? I received an email describing this program saying how only 125/4200 people got in. Is it that small? How many people are actually in this program? I am interested in the benefits that I get for being honors.</p>

<li> Personal assistance with your internship search for the summer following your junior year.</li>
<li>A faculty mentor in your area of specialization, which includes quarterly lunches hosted by the Merage School.</li>
<li>An opportunity to serve as a Research Assistant to a faculty member, up to 10 hours per week for at least one quarter per year.</li>
<li>Assignment to a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, which consists of many of Orange County’s leading CEOs, CFOs, and entrepreneurs. Quarterly meetings will be hosted by the Merage School.</li>
<li>A MBA student mentor, with quarterly lunches hosted by the Merage School.</li>
<li>Participation in extra-curricular opportunities: (a) Business Plan Competition ([University</a> of California, Irvine | The Paul Merage School of Business - SYCR Business Plan Competition](<a href=“http://www.merage.uci.edu/ResearchAndCenters/Beall/SYCR.aspx]University”>http://www.merage.uci.edu/ResearchAndCenters/Beall/SYCR.aspx) ); (b) Opportunities for involvement in approximately nine business student clubs; (c) Opportunities for involvement in the new Merage School Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA).</li>
<li>Other academic opportunities: (a) Independent study options; (b) Honors project.</li>
<li>Informal gatherings of the Merage School Honors Students (to have some fun!).</li>
<li>Personal invitations to the Merage School Distinguished Speaker Series events ([University</a> of California, Irvine | The Paul Merage School of Business](<a href=“http://merage.uci.edu/Classic/ResearchAndCenters/CLD/CLDExecSpeakerSeries.aspx]University”>http://merage.uci.edu/Classic/ResearchAndCenters/CLD/CLDExecSpeakerSeries.aspx) ), including the invitation only receptions that follow.

<li>Priority enrollment in freshman seminars taught by Merage School faculty members. </li>
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<p>Are these real perks that will be super helpful or are just there to lure people to irvine?</p>

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<p>If I recall, it’s either last year or this year that the School of Business will admit undergraduates for a degree in Business Administration so don’t expect much feedback.</p>

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<p>It is what you make of it.</p>

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<p>Put it this way, the Merage program is only the third undergrad biz program in the UCs (Cal-Haas and Riverside are the other two). Thus, while Merage’s undergrad program is new, it’s a great alternative to a Cal State or USC-Marshall. While Marshall is highly regarded, its a lot more $$.</p>

<p>And, yes, those types of perqs are huge at a large, public Uni. (Altho #5 could be worthless if the MBA student is not (ahem)…_</p>

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<p>I’m not entirely sure about the perks, but the undergraduate program at UCI just began this past Fall 2008. </p>

<p>And it’s also a capped major, if that tells you anything…</p>

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<p>Oh. I already got in this and was wondering if it is better to do undergraduate biz or do engineering/science and get an MBA. Does doing undergraduate biz helpful in the long run?</p>

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<p>Depends. Do engineering now or never. Or do business now or later.</p>

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<p>bump. how would merage compare to USC marshall?</p>

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<p>Merage vs. Marshall (USC)
–New vs Established
– 9K vs 38 K
– 125 freshman in major vs. $ or 5 times as much
–New, unproven vs. Established, well-known, highly ranked
–New but rare undergraduate B-school other than Haas in the UC system in filed with high demand, therefor impacted
–Next year, freshman at UCI will not be able to apply for business major, only pre-business and then reapply late sophomore years to get into major.</p>