<p>Which one should i go to for business and why, considering UC Riverside is $10,000 cheaper but ranking is 60 ranks lower</p>
<p>Purdue because it's reputation is much much (much) better.</p>
<p>I think almost any school is better than UCR in anything. And Purdue is a good school.</p>
<p>How come every UC does not have a business program except for UCB and UCR?!?!?!</p>
<p>60 ranks lower? that seems a bit off. Assuming you are referring to US News then its like 25 or something. However if you look at say the Washington Monthly, UCR beats Purdue by well over 175 and the Princeton Review seems to not give to much love to Purdue (or UCR I guess for that matter). But those are just subjective rankings and I pretty much consider them all BS. </p>
<p>Purdue does have a better name for it, although I believe it more has to do with engineering than business and is more midwest based. UCR does have a lower ranked name, but in all honesty I am pretty sure that is only among high school students. Among employers, however, the entire UC system is very highly viewed, including UCR. We are still harder to get into than Purdue by a lot. </p>
<p>And take it from a National AP Scholar with Ivy invitations, UCR will by no means deliver you a 2nd rate education. And I am not saying Purdue will give you anything less than that, but dont think the gap is as wide as you think (if any gap at all). </p>
<p>Btw a lot of notions of UCR are completely false, like that mountain dew makes your ***** small thing. You certainly hear it from idiots, but that does not make it true. </p>
<p>Other mentions:
Purdue, more of a party school
UCR, much better weather (Socal)
Purdue, engineering school, so your name could be a hint that your into that sort of thing.
UCR, $40,000 cheaper
UCR is a trimester college while Purdue is semester. both have their arguements. </p>
<p>oh and btw, if u wish to save some bucks, you could always do one then transfer to the other. Purdue will let almost anybody in transfer or frosh, its the making it to graduation that can prove difficult for those others.</p>
<p>UCR is still the bottom barrel of the UC system.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that would be UC Merced. </p>
<p>And Brown is the lowest ranked Ivy League School. Your point is?</p>
<p>I'm talking about the Undergraduate Business Program.....
Purdue #18<br>
UCR #85</p>
<p>Are you trying to equate Brown and UCR??? Joke right?</p>
<p>To say that something is bad because it is the "bottom" barrel of anything loses its value if that anything is something really god. equate, no; comparable with regards to value within each own's system, yes.</p>
<p>The bottom of the UC is not comparable to the bottom of the Ivy League. Sorry. UCR is a pit nobody want to go to except by default. Until UCM came along it was everyone's last choice.</p>
<p>Well, I chose a Cal State over UC Riverside, but it wasn't because of academics. The school itself is very solid and on par with most of the UC's academically. The campus is pretty nice and the buildings are modern. It is also the most diverse UC. The problem with Riverside is the area it's in is not a very pleasant place to be. There are gangs a few miles away and it's arguably one of the most polluted places in Southern California. If you don't mind the surrounding area and the poor air quality, then you'd be better off at UCR. They have an excellent faculty and I have heard of people graduating from their business school and not having a difficult time finding a job.</p>
<p>My main concern is why is Purdue so easy to get into? People with under 3.0 are getting in.... 80% acceptance. I think the only people that get rejected are engineers.</p>
<p>Honestly both are largely regional schools for business, if you want to stay in California go to UCR. If you want to stay in the midwest (likely Chicago) Purdue is a better choice. My advice is to try and get into Indiana, which is not much more selective than Purdue but seems to have a much stronger business reputation.</p>
<p>Purdue and other midwest state schools are easy to get into because the states have taken a populist rather than elitest model and prefer to provide everyone with a chance to get a fine education. Once you get in their their are the weed-out courses that send the less serious home quickly. The schools have found that many of their most successful graduates came in without great high school records.</p>
<p>Comparing brown to UCR is like comparing the Oakland Raiders to the best High School football team. The worse NFL team on any given day is beter than the best college football team. This isn't an apples to apples comparison.</p>
<p>Do I have to do this step by step?</p>
<p>Brown is the lowest ranked Ivy League School, but that does not by any means make it a bad school. Correct?</p>
<p>No but let's take football for a comparison--there is a world of difference between Florida and Temple. And no Temple is not a good football team by any measure. Being at the bottom of a group does not make you automatically good or bad. In the case of Brown it's still darn good. In the case of UCR--not very good.</p>
<p>Oh wow, barrons. Look at it like this:</p>
<p>Your reasoning for UCR being a bad school was that it's the lowest-ranked university in the UC system. See:</p>
<p>"UCR is still the bottom barrel of the UC system."</p>
<p>Brown is the lowest-ranked Ivy League school. Does that mean it's bad? No. In comparison to other universities, it's one of the best.</p>
<p>Your assertion that UCR is still the bottom of the UC system is irrelevant, because we aren't comparing UCR to the other UCs; we're comparing it to Purdue. Get it?</p>
<p>Yes, I get it and Purdue>>>>UCR. My reasoning about UCR is not about it being at the bottom of the UC, it is a crappy school by most measures and would finish at the bottom of lots of lists. Its association with the UC is the only thing that gives it any credibility.</p>