San Diego State or UC Riverside

<p>AB_med, one other question why are you even posting about business? It looks as though you're a poli sci/pre-med major. When you're trying to factor in whether a business program is good or not you must look at the connections the school has with past alumni. My dad always told me to make sure my golf game was legit, because eighty percent of business is done on the golf course. And unlike the medical profession, it's not about what you know, it's about who you know. Those are the principles business is founded upon. I truly feel SDSU has a social atmosphere condusive to creating people, who in turn will be successful at business. We have the 7th best international bus program in the nation (according to your covetted US NEWS rankings) and the 5th best pass rate on the CPA. Many of the most successful business people I know put more weight into whether or not the person is a CPA and CFP and how many states they are legally allowed to operate in. I think you should go utilize your knowledge in non-business threads from now on, since you're worried about people getting bad information about schools (it's not that your information is bad, it's actually rather good, you're very good with those US News rankings). Some people just tend to be narrow-minded and don't realize how great certain programs can be, thats why i'm willing to argue SDSU's business program to the death, one because i'm apart of it, and two because I get to see first hand all the wonderful oppertunities it gives people. My friend just got an internship at AG Edwards, they've been recruiting pretty hardcore at San Diego State, it's just you probably don't know these things and I hate to see someone discrediting a school based on there knowledge and deep rooted love of the US NEWS rankings.</p>

<p>and please tell me, what kind of job is he interning for at ag edwards? I am doubtful it is for the ibanking division but rather for their fin representative/fin consultant. Well whatever you want to call it, im sorry nearly every school has a company such as ag edwards recruiting. They are commision paid jobs, nothing really big there.</p>

<p>Well that 10 dollar an hour salary you make interning in the Ibanking division is huge. If want a real internship at let's say the World Financial Center in the Investing Banking region, you basically need to know somebody or go to an ivy league, bottom line. But i'm sure UC Riverside has the biggest firms in Wall Street recruiting and begging on campus on a minutely basis....</p>

<p>so you are saying your friend got an intership with their ibanking division? really, i highly doubt that when the closest they come to san diego for recruiting is usc and ucla. Maybe you should ask your friend were he is working. Did he go to a superday second round interview. Did he get hired as an intern for a job that needs enterpenurial effort? Please ask and then come back and tell me he is a financial consultant and not an ibanking analyst since the major recruiting for these jobs from this company are focused on the top midwest schools such as michigan, illinios, notre dame, mo etc etc.</p>

<p>I hope you people don't mind, but I"m going to ask the mods to close the thread.</p>

<p>hey southpasadena why don't you just stop posting in order to prevent yourself from looking more like an idiot, you don't go to sdsu so how would you know. yes stop this forum because people like pasadena just want to argue with people even though they have no evidence to back their claim</p>

<p>HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU KNOW i have no evidence, and you call me an idiot. Possibly i dont go to sdsu, but lets see, my mother knows a high level exec from ag edwards capital mark group. I guess the information she gets is absolutely bull crap isnt it.....</p>

<p>not to mention, lets fix some of your errors. We cant stop this forum, however we can stop this THREAD. since your new, that can slide, but usually this terminology is understood by our web 2.0 generation</p>

<p>yes it is crap</p>

<p>and it is crap why? you can just further along take this thread to hell</p>

<p>because you're full of crap thats why</p>

<p>Well since this thread has already turned to crap</p>

<p>why dont you stop trolling around for SDSU since that is what all but one of your posts consist of.</p>

<p>Learn that just because, thats why isnt a sufficient answer.</p>

<p>Learn forum terminology, learn everyone isnt against that school just becuase they post something contridicting your views, and learn to grow up a little</p>

<p>i do because sdsu is a good school and im tired of people trying to put it down. i would have gone there if i didnt end up going to cal poly slo. and how about you grow up just believe what saved says and stop trying to put him down, man some people these days. you dont go to the school, he does; you dont know the guy but he does, use your brain. and sorry if im not some computer nerd who spends all day trying to learn "forum terminology" because i have nothing else to do. i actually have a life.</p>

<p>you are either confused or slow (nice way to put it). When did i ever put sdsu down. Saying this certain job isnt directly available through oci is putting down a school. Really, since when did that mean what you are proclaiming to be my derogatory towards SDSU.</p>

<p>you're an idiot because you dont work for the company and you dont know who they recruit and you dont go to sdsu so you dont know if they recruit there or not. and i guess i'll be the bigger person and stop arguing so dont even bother trying to post anything else because i wont read your ignorant ****</p>

<p>Well you better start learning. Corporations are already experimenting with bringing in forums/blogs/myspace like services to their workers for better communication. So learn while you can.</p>

<p>So your going to argue that my mothers information is wrong, yet she got her information from the person your application would be sent to if you wanted to apply to ag edwards corporate finance division?</p>

<p>I may not know everyone recruits there, i never said that did i. But some things i do know. I have done my research so i can plan where i will transfer to. I am not dumb, i am actually not ignorant, you actually are just not understanding what is being said</p>

<p>Well, in all honesty, your information is somewhat like saying, my uncle's great aunt step dog said "such and such". When you apply for a future job the specific internship really isn't all that important, it's the name of the company you work for. To have a company like AG Edwards etc. down as your internship is good looking regardless the type of internship it was. Let's be logical here, either way, as an intern you'll be doing the grunt/******** work that no one else wants to do, it doesn't really matter specifically what department you work in and I believe an interviewer would use common sense and realize this. I wasn't expecting to get such a flaming ****ed off response. I-banking seems like its bigger and more prevalent on the east coast. </p>

<p>But truly the only point I was trying to make was that SDSU does open up more oppertunities than most would realize.
I have another friend who got an internship at a Capital Company in La Jolla through SDSU. Brandeis Investment firm recruits heavily out of SDSU (the owner is a grad) they control about 5 billion in investments. And there are about 30 other companies such as qualcomm that come to our job fair looking to hire students. </p>

<p>So that's great that your mom knows an exec at AG Edwards and you heard some inside information. But as it has been said, you don't know my friend, you don't know the San Diego recruiters, and becareful about information you hear from someone from someone. You shouldn't speak with absolute conviction unless you hear it from the donkeys mouth. Possibly this person is not in charged with the recruiting in San Diego, but somewhere else perhaps? There could be many variables. </p>

<p>I don't think this thread should be shut down. There is some valuable information here, just stop flaming and getting mad. A standard rule of thumb is that one should act as though they're speaking at a party. Honestly, I don't know how much respect you would get in a room if you started dissing someone on their "forum" terminology with a mixture of your beta 2.0 counteractions.</p>

<p>Everyone just relax and have a good day.</p>

<p>Cheers.</p>

<p>actually you don't just do "grunt work" in ibanking internships.. in most internships you do, not in ibanking. You're considered a summer associate and you're expected to work insane hours just like a regular ibanker. </p>

<p>Name is important but employers aren't stupid and they do realize the difference between working at the corporate office and independantly owned ones. For example, it'd be much more prestigious to work at Farmer's Insurance corporate office doing investments and securites than at an independtly owned one selling insurance. They both havfe the same name but one is more prestigious than the other one.</p>

<p>what do you do exactly as a summer intern in I-banking? Do you pitch the clients and make huge percentage cuts? Probably not, you're basically the investment bankers b i t ch, aka you do the grunt work and as you said long hours of it. You don't wine and dine the clients, you set up the books. Have you read Monkey Business at all? it's a great read. </p>

<p>The only foreseeable positive reason to be in the investment banking department, would be for the connections and making contacts. But truthfully, you can be a host at a fine golf course and make some great contacts. There are easier ways around it. Investment banking seems more abundant on the east coast anyways. The west coast is all about capital firms. Commercial capital especially.</p>

<p>savedbythebell7 --- Does SDSU provide strong connections in the San Diego area that will lead to a prominent career in business? Assuming the person has done internships and performed well in school.</p>

<p>Also can a bachelors degree from SDSU land you a high paying salary or will you have to get a mba to get a job like that?</p>