<p>I'm planning on majoring in Business Administration and I narrowed it down to three schools: UC Irvine, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and San Diego State. I am visiting all three schools in the next couple of weeks, so strictly from an ACADEMIC STANDPOINT, which school would you attend?</p>
<p>I say UCI because it has a great business program and it's the nicest out of all campuses</p>
<p>Academic standpoint? Well, UCI's school of business is emerging and growing quite well</p>
<p>Yeah, Irvine's looking good right now, but I'm just hesitant of the possibility of NOT getting into the business school for bus. ad.</p>
<p>^ Ouch, yeah, if not then I suggest Cal Poly</p>
<p>Irvine's business program is new, so calling it great is quite a stretch. Really, between these schools I think it's a matter of where you want to work after graduation as they all mostly have regional recruiting, with Cal Poly's region stretching to Silicon Valley.</p>
<p>Irvine
Cal Poly</p>
<p>(big gap)</p>
<p>SDSU</p>
<p>in answer to your focus of academics.</p>
<p>I know SDSU is widely looked at as a party school but it has a great business program as well.</p>
<p>I heard UCI only accepts 150 freshmens into the Business Administration program in UCI.</p>
<p>However do you think the business undergrad for Berkeley is better than UCI's? But i bet it's more competitive to get into :(</p>
<p>I strongly recommend Cal Poly. I graduated from there many moons ago and took my daughter on a college tour there this summer. From a parent's perspective I was so impressed. If you get a chance, you need to go visit. Their philosophy of learn by doing provides an academic and practical approach to prepare students for the real world. Last June, 100% of their accounting graduates (my major) graduated with job. Other majors are in the 90+% of graduating with a job. This year will probably be different but they have a great track record. It is a great college town. SDSU has always had a reputation of taking 6 years to graduate because the classes are so impacted. If you havent already taken tours, I recommend you take a student guided tour at each campus.</p>
<p>Berkeley's Haas is in a different galaxy than Irvine's business program, but yes, much tougher to get into.</p>
<p>Yeah, UCI's business school only enrolls 150 students per year so there is always a chance of me not getting in. That's why I'm still considering the possibility of going to Cal Poly SLO or SDSU instead where my enrollment into their business schools are almost guaranteed.</p>
<p>Do anybody know how difficult/competitive is it to get into UCI's business program?</p>
<p>SDSU for parties. They busted a few hundred students for selling drugs last year, but is was not surprise as it's know as THE PARTY SCHOOL. Watch out for the airplanes. Northpark is enroute to the airport and home to one of the worst crashes in U.S. history. I think San Diego was once declared the most dangerous airport in America. Lot of fresh air and great people.</p>
<p>SLO: If you like cows and pastures, it's your style of school. There's nothing there, but it does seem to have a lot of good reviews. Very close to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, which should have been closed long ago.</p>
<p>Irvine is mostly a commuter college. They have dorms. Everyone I know who goes there, lives at home.</p>
<p>Chemerinsky is the Dean of the Law School. Most of the City Council is Democrat: Maryor Sukhee Kang, Former Mayor and Current Councilwoman Beth Krom, and Former Mayor and Current Councilman Larry Agran. Also, a former token Democratic Candidate for Congress in the 48th, John Graham, teachers political science at UCI. He's really nice but for free trade. He's trying to close down the mini-nuclear reactor at UCI. A lot of schools have them and don't tell the public. Orange County voted for Bush in 2000, and 2000 and for McCain in 2008, but that's because the OC Democratic Party is in collusion with the OC Republican Party. They reportedly agree on which party will win which race and work behind the scenes to make that happen. Close to half of the county is Democrat.</p>
<p>berkeley's business program is great, but you're not guaranteed a spot into Haas. admission into Haas in only available to incoming juniors, so even if you do get into berkeley, you still have to apply to Haas.</p>
<p>irvine on the other hand automatically admits you to their business school. from irvine's website, i heard they're not offering the business administration major to incoming freshmen next year. they're basically gonna change the program to something more like berkeley's program. with the whole incoming juniors admission into the business school.</p>
<p>(someone can confirm that)</p>
<p>forever09: Where did you read that UCI is planning on switching to an admission process like Berkeley's? </p>
<p>This is what is says on UCI's website:</p>
<p>The Merage School intends to enroll 150 majors per academic year, beginning in Fall 2008 with freshman enrollees. Applications for transfer students and change of majors will be accepted for the Fall of 2010, with approximately 8-10% of the 150 majors entering per year being transfer students or change of majors (totaling approximately 15 students).</p>
<p>I got into UCI as an undeclared, so does that mean I have no chance at getting into their business school as a freshman?</p>