Please help me!

College Majors Business Major
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<p>My name is Christine. I will be a freshman this 2013-2014 year this Fall Quarter at UW Tacoma. I just graduated from high school this year in June. </p>

<p>Here's the thing: </p>

<p>During my senior year, I got admitted to UW Tacoma and I got rejected by UW Seattle 2 months after receiving my UW Tacoma acceptance letter. Once I got UW Tacoma's acceptance letter, I automatically accepted UW Tacoma and I got in. I got rejected my UW Seattle because I have a low SAT score of 1300....same goes Seattle University. Seattle University was supposed to be my dream school, but I got wait-listed by them and I told myself "You know what? Screw them. Just go to UW" And so I did, but instead of Seattle, it's Tacoma.</p>

<p>Now, I've got all of my classes and my housing set for Tacoma. However, right now I feel like I might be regretting. </p>

<p>The economy has been really bad and times have always been tough. Neither of my family graduated from high school. Neither of my family ever went to college, too. And now all the weight is on me. My family and I have always been struggling and being a low income family has put us a lot pressure in struggling to find jobs and making ends meet. </p>

<p>This made me decide to want to major in Business Accounting and Finance, to either become an accountant or a financial analyst. </p>

<p>The problem is this: both UW Tacoma and UW Seattle have their own business schools. I don't know which one to choose.
I just got accepted to UW Tacoma and I've got my classes and housing there set and ready. But should I regret? </p>

<p>Should I got for my Plan A:
Should I have gone to UW Seattle for their business school (Foster School of Business) instead? Should I attend UW Tacoma for freshman year only and transfer to UW Seattle afterwards? Or.. should I attend UW Tacoma for freshman and sophomore year and apply to UW Seattle's Foster School of Business? </p>

<p>Or..</p>

<p>Should I go for my Plan B:
Should I stay at UW Tacoma? Stay where I am at right now? Stick with what I have? Stay at UW Tacoma and attend there for 4 years and apply to their business school (Milgard School of Business)??</p>

<p>I know both of them are UW and the only difference I see is their different location and their recognition. I know Foster has been recognized as one of the best business schools, however, wouldn't Milgard be the same?? Wouldn't Milgrad be the same at all - since they are still a part of the UW community??</p>

<p>I don't understand. I'm just so naive about everything - the future, college, everything. </p>

<p>Suddenly I got struck by lightening. </p>

<p>Maybe I should stick with Plan B. Prove that Milgard can be as great of a business school as Foster and become a leader there at UW Tacoma. Maybe I should start small with leadership and come out big. </p>

<p>All my life I've lived in Seattle (ever since I was born in California and it's unfortunate of me not to grow up there instead, I know) and I grew up in Seattle and I'm just so sick of the city! No offense, but I just don't like it. The weather is unpredictable, the people are rude, there's so much hussle and bustle. Seattle is just isn't a calm area. </p>

<p>But Tacoma... Tacoma is different. It's so calm and peaceful and no one knows me and my family there. Everyone knows me and my family in Seattle but.. we all want to start over. We all want to move out because we're just so sick of living in this city!
So maybe Tacoma can be a place where we can all start over. </p>

<p>In Seattle, I'm just a nobody and everyone knows that I am nothing here. </p>

<p>But in Tacoma, no one knows me and maybe if I start over, I could finally be noticed and recognized and finally become a leader in the community. </p>

<p>And then, if I could get really high and good grades in all of my classes at UW Tacoma and at their school of business - I could apply for graduate school out of state. I could apply for (MBA) graduate school at California and hopefully get accepted because of my good reputation I've made for myself and for the community at Tacoma. </p>

<p>I just want to make that happen so badly. I just want to succeed. All my life, we've been poor and almost everyone I here in Seattle thinks I'll never make it in life - thinks that I'll never succeed. </p>

<p>It's always been a struggle for me to believe in myself, but I just don't know. </p>

<p>So if I start out in Tacoma, maybe I could succeed there. If I start small.. maybe better things will come and things will change for good. </p>

<p>The problem is that I don't want to regret the choices I have to make right now. I haven't decided yet of what plan to choose - either A or B. </p>

<p>I've been talking to a lot of people online and it seems like (other than talking to my college advisor) this is the last resort. </p>

<p>I need some opinions, some advice. I feel so stuck and so lost, but at the same time a part of me knows what I'm about to do. </p>

<p>I just feel so unsure.</p>

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<p>Way too long to read. Need a synopsis.</p>

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<p>No, no synopsis. Sorry.</p>

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<p>Go to UW Tacoma and work hard. If you put in the work and get the grades to transfer you can decide what to do then. You may decide that you are ok with staying at UW Tacoma. Right now, enjoy your time in Tacoma make the most of the opportunities there. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Everyone in the city of Seattle knows you and your family? That’s quite an accomplishment.</p>

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<p>First of all, just to let you know, Seattle’s Foster School of Business is ranked better than Tacoma’s Milgard School of Business. I am in a similar situation with you. I was a running start student and will be attending to UW Tacoma in the Autumn quater 2013. However, in my situation, I already completed my AA degree as in running start program. I am planning on transferring to UW Seattle as soon as possible, so I will apply for Winter 2014. Today, I met with the admission advisers at UW Seattle, I was told that transferring from 4-year university is very competitive. UW Seattle tend to give higher priority to students who transfer from community colleges. This is more likely their biggest consideration. Furthermore, it will make you more competitive when you have prepared to get right into your major by the time you apply to transfer. It doesn’t hurt you to apply for multiple times, which is what I plan to do if I get rejected the first. In my opinion, it really doesn’t matter where you complete you first two years, what it matters most is where you complete your last two years. This is where you will take off to the working industry. My intended major is also in business, if that helps you to understand more. In short, I think you should go with plan A where you can finish off your first years at UW Tacoma, complete your pre-reqs and all that. Then, you can transfer to UW Seattle, which will give you more chance to get accepted into the school. But if you’re really that sick of Seattle, you can totally go with plan B which is staying at UW Tacoma. By far, I also think that the Campus is way better than UW Seattle. When I was attending to UW Seattle for Transfer Thursday today, I found out that parking is a pain in the butt! The campus is way too big and confusing. It took me about an hour and still didn’t find the right parking spot. So any decision you want to make, just make yourself happy at where you will be at, that is the top consideration. If you hate the school that you’re in, it will make no sense for you to attend there.</p>

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<p>You have nothing to regret. You are going to UW Tacoma. Do the best you can. If you like it there, stay there and don;t worry about this, that, or the other thing. As for the MBA, it is way too early to think about that. Furthermore, if you get a business degree, you will need to work for at least a couple years before you could get into a high-quality MBA school. And if you can’t get into a high-quality MBA school, the MBA won’t offer much beyond what you have with your BS degree.</p>