<p>I got accepted to both UCI and UCSD
but i dont exactly know the difference between the two majors
I like UCSD's enviorment/campus more, but UCSD does not have a business department,which is the reason why I still cant decide where to go</p>
<p>can someone tell me the job options and the differences of the majors??</p>
<p>wow i’m almost in the exact same situation as you, and have the same questions</p>
<p>please update if you decide soon!</p>
<p>UCI’s biz admin major is pretty damn hard to get into, congrats.</p>
<p>as far as rankings are concerned, UCSD as a whole outranks UCI, but they do trade blows in certain majors.</p>
<p>I don’t know if merage will become the next haas, we shall see. All in all, I’d say going to UCI’s merage school of business is “risky” compared to going to UCSD, but you probably can’t go wrong either way. One thing to consider, econ majors tend to make more $$$$ than business administration majors. Just a heads up. I’m going to be doing Quantitative Economics at UCI(this is basically calculus and statistics with econ on the side) and hope to go to graduate school.</p>
<p>also remember that most people don’t go with their original choice of majors. I went from Economics to Business Finance to Economics to Quantitative Economics. All this changing(coupled with having to retake calculus2) basically cost me a year and half(and with the college application BS 2 years in total) of my life. I would make a list of 2 or 3 majors you’re kind of interested in and research them a bit before making a decision. If at all possible, try to make these majors have prerequisite courses which overlap a bit and knock out the overlap first(assuming you don’t ABSOLUTELY have to take one course for a major, example I have to take Math 3a and Math4 before I can take Econ105a). Having options is GOOD.</p>
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May I add, “for the econ majors that have the right placement” in front, so it’s not misleading?</p>
<p>Also to consider, for the college that have both econ major and business admin major, Busi Admin major have better job placement than econ major, that’s the main reason of econ is a back up for students that couldn’t get into business admin in the campus that offer both. UCI’s business admin is new, so no employment data. UCSD doesn’t have a under business. But check out Berkeley’s career survey as well as other campus to see that.</p>
<p>But I can’t disagree with xelink, Merage is “risky” since it’s new.</p>
<p>my toss up is UCI BA or UCSD Mgmt Sci right now. I’m leaning towards irvine since I’m from Orange County and there exists this sense of mystery about the new BusAdmin program but I am planning on going down to transfer admit day in SD so who knows maybe that changes my mind.</p>
<p>Watermark, what do you mean by “placement?”
on average, econ majors make more than business majors. This is true even at Berkely’s Haas school of business which is far harder to get into that Econ. The scales tip even higher if you take quantitative economics or econometrics since those can land you solid jobs(investment banking for example)</p>
<p>forgive me for stat whoring but…
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<p>median mid career for econ is about 100k, for business management, it’s 72k and accounting, it’s 77k. When you look at the upper brackets 145, 102, 108 at the 75th percentile and at the 90th percentile, it’s 210, 147, 195.
that said, the Ivy league doesn’t offer business degrees and it DOES offer econ degrees, so the numbers at the top will be a bit skewed, likewise, most places offering business are CSU level colleges so the low end there is drug down a bit too (remember, you have to evaluate WHAT comprises each category)</p>
<p>moral of the story, it pays to be a numbers guy. It’s why engineers, mathematicians and scientists do the best on the whole. People always ask what an Econ degree can get me into job wise. Saying “Investment Banking” shuts people up(even if you have no intention of selling your soul)</p>
<p>as for which works… can’t really say both have their strengths and weaknesses, FYI management sciences at UCSD is basically a juiced up econ major FYI. I don’t think you can go wrong either way. Do remember though, if you live at home, you can save on living expenses and this will let you get by with working less and you will (hopefully) have higher grades as well. Just remember that if you intend to do graduate studies, where you get your degree won’t matter so much.</p>
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The percentage of graduates have empolyment.</p>
<p>LOL to the “selling your soul part”. I dont know if any of you guys have been on wallstreetoasis.com , but it provides great insight on investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, etc etc… After browsing the site for a few hours, I second guessed my desires to go into investment banking because it literally requires you to “sell your soul” for 90+ work weeks but LOTS OF MONEY.</p>
<p>does anyone know the pros and cons of UCI business administration undergraduate?
I’m a senior and I’m thinking of putting that as my first major.
Is the business administration good even though it’s new?
and does it provide job opportunities compared to like public policy?</p>