<p>why not just get your mba? undergrad business degrees are a waste of time.</p>
<p>i dont know what to major for my undergrad =)</p>
<p>yea, me too. i'd choose san luis obispo over merced, riverside, and santa cruz ANYDAY....</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure i already mentioned this but:</p>
<p>merced gets no respect or attention</p>
<p>riverside is an insult to the UC system</p>
<p>and santa cruz is for stoners and people who couldn't get into better UCs (its generally everybody's back up school)</p>
<p>hah sadly, i would have to agree with you on Merced and Riverside because its located in the f'in boonies, but pulp fiction makes me show love to the banana slugs</p>
<p>lol yeah.....that t shirt was really random</p>
<p>it really depends on your major but most majors any UC > every Cal state. </p>
<p>Slo has a great engineering program and i know CPP has good teaching programs but thats about it.</p>
<p>'...but thats about it.'</p>
<p>I'm not sure why people think SLO's only good programs are in the engineering field...</p>
<p>slo for architecture
4th in nation i think?</p>
<p>thats great that the cal states have top ranked programs but, in general i would take UC's. </p>
<p>Riverside gets way too mcuh ***** in this forum, its definitely not teh greatest school but it is in the top 100 colleges in the nation. It has a good bio program, a decent buisness program, the best entomolgy program in the nation and is generally decent in all other categories.</p>
<p>Though this might sound contradictory, i think its dumb how people automatically assume where you go gurantees you a higher salary. An Art History major graduating from Harvard going into the Art field will make substantially less than a Cal state graduate majoring in accounting or engineering. College is what you make out if it. So you didn't do that great in highschool or community college and end up in a cal state / lower UC, so what? as long as you work hard, you'll do good anywhere. On the flip side, if you get into a great school such as UCLA and graduate with a 2.5, job prospects aren't looking so hot. That being said, a higher ranked school / better regarded will look better on your resume and to employers. If you think you can handle Davis and take advantage of the opportunities presented there then go. But if you can't handle the academics or if you just watn to be an accountant then cal poly slo isn't bad either.</p>
<p>I mean if go to a cal state and get a top gpa, is it enough for me to get into a top mba program?</p>
<p>What do they pay more attention, gpa or ranking of the university?</p>
<p>gpa... </p>
<p>mba programs look for work experience, GMAT score, GPA. of course they will notice if applicant a and b have the same exact stats, but a went to harvard and b went to oregon state....then you can guess who will be chosen.</p>
<p>but its more about work experience/gmat/gpa (from what i hear)</p>
<p>and i suppose one way to look at it is the higher ranked the undergrad university is, the easier it will be to find a good job, and the better the work experience, the better the chances of getting into a top mba program. so i guess you can connect the two, but i wouldn't worry about university ranking as much as the other stuff i mentioned.</p>
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Wouldn't recommend it...You should go to a UC if you want to get into a top program. </p>
<p>LOOK: some CSUs are TOP TIER within their division:</p>
<p>to get into a good mba program you need good, relevant work experience. Then comes GMAT scores and then lastly is GPA. Avg Gpa for Wharton or HBS = around 3.5 so obviously its the work experience that counts the most. However, to get a good job out of college a more recognized/more prestigious university would help vs a CSU.</p>
<p>CSU grads can and do get into good grad schools. Here's a list for the health professions.</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UCSF, UCLA...</p>
<p>I heard a lot of cal state graduates got into harvard, wharton, stanford gra business school. It seems like your college ranking is not as important as your gpa.</p>
<p>"I heard a lot of cal state graduates got into harvard, wharton, stanford gra business school. It seems like your college ranking is not as important as your gpa."</p>
<p>You're wrong. Cal Poly is only one CSU and ranked the highest. Ranking absolutely matters in getting into grad schools and professional schools. "A LOT" of Cal State grads DO NOT go onto those schools you listed. Look up the stats for yourself.</p>
<p>EDIT: AFTER LOOKING AT THAT LIST, I take back even the Cal Poly thing. They listed schools that AT LEAST ONE Cal Poly student has gotten into in the last 10 years!!! That's highly dubious. That means 2 Cal Poly students may have gotten into Harvard over 10 admissions cycles; that's a very, very small number compared to the amount that UCB and UCLA send, for instance.</p>
<p>Where is the list? How can I find it? Thanks.</p>
<p>UCLA rocks!!</p>