<p>Hello all,
I applied to both schools. I'm pretty sure i'm getting in both so that's not my question. My question is that I am a Business major, (bus. admin. to be more specific), so what would be the better school to attend?</p>
<p>UCSD - Great name, but no business administration program, no business econ either. The closest major would be economics. Also, i would need to take 4 more calculus courses to satisfy their requirements. I took another route, opposite of their needs. </p>
<p>SDSU - Worse name, but has my exact major. I completed all the pre-reqs. I'm sure i would get better grades at this school. </p>
<p>so my question is, should i work harder at an ECON major at a better school to get my MBA further down the road, or should I settle for a lower ranked school that has my major. </p>
<p>I guess that depends on where you would like to get your MBA. Are you thinking of Ivy League or top UC's...or a CSU? </p>
<p>Others here might disagree but I believe going to UCSD and excelling will set you up better for an MBA than a school like Seduce U ever could.</p>
<p>Graduate and professional schools in particular value the diversity of a class a great deal. I think you should go to UCSD, do very well, and throw in some relevant work experience/volunteer work and you'll be fine. Good luck.</p>
<p>people who get into those mba programs usually have great work experience at companies that are very competetive to get into. I think going to UCSD will give you a much easier time getting into those jobs.</p>
<p>i'm actually going to say sdsu.
if business is exactly what you want, then you should pick sdsu.
econ is more academic than business as a major. business is a lot more pre-professional.</p>
<p>nothing guarantees you good jobs coming out from either school, although i'm pretty sure sdsu's business program gets attention simply for being one of the stronger programs in so cal. you should research and look at the opportunities both schools have for its students, and what kind of companies come to recruit their departments.</p>
<p>i think it really depends on where you want to get your MBA, if both schools are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and just how fast you want to get your MBA. because depending where you want to get your MBA and how fast, it's important to see if the classes you take at either school transfers over when you get your MBA (this is where the accreditation part comes in) so you don't have to retake classes (or additional classes) to complete your MBA.</p>
<p>and i only know this because my sister went to UCR for accounting, and being an accredited school, she's able to get her MBA at SF state within a year, which is pretty impressive.</p>
<p>UCSD is a tier 1, top 35 university
SDSU is a tier 4, unranked
take your pick</p>
<p>And you can always party at SDSU if you want to go to UCSD. And a business major isn't very strong unless you go to a TOP SCHOOL ie wharton, haas, nyu, etc</p>
<p>Top MBA schools want work experience, you will get better job w/ a degree from UCSD. If you want a biz degree why not go to another UC (UCI/UCR/UCB)?</p>
<p>No contest. You need a good job before getting into an MBA program, getting that job will be MUCH harder to get from SDSU. You're talking a top 50 college vs. a 4th tier school. For business, school counts. Major doesn't matter.</p>
<p>…It is a 1st tier. 183 nationally by USNWR in 2011. It’s a smaller university, designated as high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation, and for graduate school it is a competitive catch. </p>
<p>Why waste your money at a UC school if you don’t have to? It’s not the school or the degree that matters, it’s what you do with it and how hard you work. Also, look at the faculty, a lot of them are from ivy league schools and are focused on teaching. A lot of UC professors are there to do research, not to teach. Plus, it’s not like they are giving the grades away, they have the same accreditation standards as any other school.</p>
<p>Why? Yes, you will be majoring in Economics. But you can also minor in Business (Rady School of Management). If you really want to do Business, then just do that!</p>
<p>“UCSD is a tier 1, top 35 university
SDSU is a tier 4, unranked
take your pick”</p>
<p>Actually SDSU is ranked higher for business than UCSD on some lists (not to be confused with the even more highly ranked University of San Diego [USD] private school).</p>
<p>UCSD is routinely ranked extremely high nationally overall, but it’s not known as a business school. The Rady school is still relatively new and a graduate program. UCSD is natural sciences & medicine-centric.</p>
<p>That said, when it comes to graduate admissions and name recognition on resumes, all UCs will probably beat everything other than Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>^SDSU is ranked higher for business than UCSD because UCSD does NOT have a business program. Now, UCSD’s economics program is ranked top 10.</p>
<p>If I wanted to see SDSU compared on the level of UCSD I would have stayed at SDSU not transfer to UCSD. Even though I will not be a business administration major, I will have the same opportunities wherever I apply.</p>