<p>SFSU is the only college I got into. If I were to attend SFSU, I would be pursuing a business administration degree. I feel discouraged to even attend college at this point but this is the only place that accepted me. What should I do?</p>
<p>You should work hard to get the top grades in business admnistration. Firms do hire students who distinguish themselve with top grades from SFSU. If you don’t have the top grades, you are at a disadvantage with students from big name elite schools. Also, get some work experience thru summer interships. Experience helps a lot.</p>
<p>Alternative, you can attend a community college and reapply to higher regarded schools such as the UC’s, Cal Poly, other CSU’s like SDSU, private schools like USC, or even out of state schools like UW (in Seattle), Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Arizona, Arizona St. Univ., etc.</p>
<p>To transfer to UC’s, you’ll probably need at least a 3.4 gpa. You might want to look into the TAG program in the UC websites which someone suggested in this forum. It is a guarantee admission program if you fulfill certain course requirements and a minimum gpa (I think 3.4). The impacted UC’s (UCB, UCLA, UCSD) do not participate in this program. Anyway, you would need at least a 3.7+gpa to get into the impacted UC’s.</p>
<p>One thing I heard about SFSU that I really dislike is the fact that for my program there are 50% online courses. I really do not want this. That’s why the discouragement. I might consider CC route. </p>
<p>I agree with @UCBUSalum: If you do not like the program, then going to a CC for 2 years and then transferring to another CSU or UC would be a good idea. I believe alot more schools are going to on-line classes or hybrid type classes. I know several business and GE classes as SDSU (where my younger son attends) are offered only as on-line or hybrids.</p>
<p>I know of someone at Sac. St. Univ. and she is taking a few on line courses there. However, most of the classes are still conducted with live instruction.</p>
<p>SFSU is on a semester system and you should have started back in late August unless you are starting in the Spring 2015 semester and contemplating on what to do.</p>
<p>If you are still interested in business and if you decide that you want to first attend a cc and then transfer to a 4 year college as a junior, look at the thread “help finding a college majoring in accounting/finance” below this thread. This thread discusses accounting/finance, but will give you an idea where you can transfer to for business. In summary, 3 UC’s have undergraduate business schools while the other UC’s offer business economics degrees. These graduates with business econ. degree get job offers in the business world. All the CSU’s generally have business schools. UC’s and CSU’s give cc transfers priority over other colleges including their own transfers. Work on keeping your grades high and get internships when you can. Firms like that. </p>
<p>Lastly, generally, it is better to get a college degree than not getting one. There are numerous colleges in addition to the ones mentioned above. In CA, there are other good private schools (USC, Santa Clara, etc.) that offer business degrees. Some of them might offer good financial packages. Out of state, there are many that offer business degrees too. In the West, some are Univ. of Washington (UW), Oregon (UO), Arizona (UA), Colorado (UC) or the state universities: Arizona (ASU) Oregon (OSU), Washington (WSU), etc. These universities and state universites are good schools. Find the in state or out of state college that fits your needs best. Don’t feel discouraged.</p>
<p>In the Bay Area the school has a so-so reputation, but that’s probably because it gets compared against Stanford and Berkeley. I live about 10 minutes away, and personally don’t like the campus. It does have a good reputation for business though, and I’ve worked with lots of SFSU grads who all seem pretty competent.</p>
<p>50% online content is surprising. I don’t know if I’d like that, either.</p>