UCI Merage School of Business

<p>So I've heard that getting into the undergrad Business Admin program at UCI is extremely difficult because of the limited number of seats availabe to transfer students (15 only?). Did anyone here apply to UCI for business admin? What are your stats. Please UCI Business Admin only!</p>

<p>For Fall 2011, Business Administration admitted 153 out of 1,782 applicants. 20 of them chose to enroll. Source: <a href=“http://www.oir.uci.edu/adm/IA21-fall-transfers-select-yield-by-major.pdf[/url]”>http://www.oir.uci.edu/adm/IA21-fall-transfers-select-yield-by-major.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’m also a transfer applicant for UCI Business Admin. I’m shocked after seeing the numbers above. Why is the yield rate so low? Did most of those admitted get accepted by better schools? It really makes me think twice now even if I get accepted by UCI, seems like their program has a long long way to go before it gets truly recognized by the students and the industry.</p>

<p>BTW, my stats are:
CCC GPA 4.0
Oversea University GPA 2.47 (I know, it’s rediculously low, and a chance of maxing the unit cap too…)
IGETC and Major Prereq will be completed by SP13
Work 20hr/week
Very little EC/Volunteer due to family responsibilities.</p>

<p>Also applied to Haas, UCLA Bizecon, UCSB Econ&Acct, UCR, etc.</p>

<p>Like you, most students will apply at many Biz programs across the UCs and the other UCs have better and more established programs right now. The limited # of seats likely has more to do with it being a new program that may not be able to handle a large undergraduate business class as opposed to prestige.</p>

<p>I got accepted into Merage School of Business for Business Administration (2013) w/ CHP + Reagents Scholar (I believe everyone with 3.8+ gets this). Personally, I believe they will make the acceptance rate higher, since a small percentage of people enroll. </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>CCC GPA: 4.0
I finished 4/5 Honors courses and I.P for my last one. I checked the: UCI Community College Honors Transfer Program
IGETC/Pre-REQ: Finished first year including Calc 2.
EC: Key club five years Treasurer(200hrs+), Model United Nations (Vice-Chair), Mentoring program (leadership), Paid Internship at Nissan (32/hrs week 12 weeks), private/volunteer tutor(2hrs/wk for 3 years), Seasonal Server(150Hrs), Entrepreneurship program (10 weeks). </p>

<p>Best of luck! : )</p>

<p>@Eviity
So you have already been accepted as a Fall 13 transfer applicant? May I ask when did you get the offer? And are you in the category of URM? I’m so so anxious now and your answers will hopefully soothe me a bit, haha. Thank you.</p>

<p>March 6th @ 3:00AM. Nope I’m asian (vietnamese).</p>

<p>I see. Thank you for responding and congratulation on your acceptance. With your stellar stats, I bet you probably applied to other schools like Haas as well. Wish you all the best.</p>

<p>@Evil, 3.8+ will get regents?</p>

<p>@HopingToXfer, I am not necessarily sure. However, some of classmates got it; UCI loves “Honors” transfers. I think competition of honors and 3.8+ GPA would guarantee reagents.</p>

<p>I found that many of the people from the first batch got regents… I wonder if it’s on a rolling basis.</p>

<p>I just graduated from UCI. I completed roughly 90% of the bus admin major but was never formally accepted into it. The program should be getting EASIER to get into. It was originally over enrolled. It is no longer so impacted, however it is too late for me.</p>

<p>From what I have seen, it is easier to get in by transferring than from another major once you’re already in UCI. I did not initially apply to it.
Their internal admissions is garbage, the look at straight GPA and little else. A friend of mine(who is still substantially above the average Bus Admin major in terms of overall quality) with a slightly higher GPA(after factoring in repeated courses, but lower without factoring in grade replacement) got in while I had substantially better work/leadership experience, a harder major and a harder axillary minor at the time of application.</p>

<p>I’m starting out just out of undergrad in my first job and I’m making about as much(70k all in for a 40ish hour work week) as their typical MBA students(with better hours most likely) but wasn’t allowed into their program when I applied. </p>

<p>I attained 3.8GPA in business admin courses with nearly 0 effort, with around 90% of the total major being completed. I’m able to sit for the CPA and finished a mathematically intense curriculum, good enough. It won’t matter post MBA. I will NOT be choosing Merage for an MBA unless they give me a 100% free ride and UCLA, USC and Claremont burn me. </p>

<p>Way to go Merage undergrad, bringing your salary and employment rates DOWN by accepting in relatively low quality students while denying the guy who f’s up the ridiculous curve with virtually no effort and a near 0% class attendance rate.</p>

<p>^ very interesting…thanks for your input. I originally applied as a Bus Admin major but changed to International studies due to me not finishing some math pre-reqs and my GPA not being the highest…but i think my work experience/extra curriculars make up for it. My intention is to switch to Econ or if it all possible…bus admin but i thought it wasn’t possible after transfer?</p>

<p>@Eviity, Congrats on your acceptance! My roommate also applied to the Biz Admin program at UCI and I may as well subscribe to this thread for more info to relay onto him. Did you receive an e-mail notification or did you just check your status?</p>

<p>@speakbraille</p>

<p>International Studies with an emphasis in International Business and Finance(or whatever it’s called) and a minor in Economics, Management or Accounting works pretty well as a “business” major. It’s close enough that no one will care about your major being “good enough”. If anything it might make you stand out among all the Econ and Bus Admin drones who are largely direction-less and incapable of independent thought. Your major is a SINGLE line on your resume. </p>

<p>I’d worry most about gaining good experience. Join a club and be involved(read: become an officer on the board), do an internship(or two or three), travel or volunteer a little and do something interesting. Have a high(3.5+) GPA and you should be good. Take the easiest classes you can. </p>

<p>Remember that a lot of the top companies hire in the FALL for the next year. Be ready to go with a complete resume BEFORE you set foot on campus your last fall quarter(be it your senior year or an additional fall quarter during your SECOND senior year)</p>

<p>These two articles pretty much lay out what you need to do. NAME WHORE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
[How</a> to Write an Investment Banking Resume | Interview Tips | M&I](<a href=“http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-resumes/]How”>http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-resumes/)
[Consulting</a> Cover Letter](<a href=“http://www.caseinterview.com/consulting-cover-letter]Consulting”>Consulting Cover Letter | Caseinterview)</p>

<p>Also note that it’s relatively straight forward to transfer. I had a roommate who got in as an Aerospace Engineering major.</p>

<p>He’s now going to be graduating as a Physics, Electrical Engineering major with minors in Math and Comp Sci.</p>

<p>I also originally applied as an Economics major though I changed that later on to something more rigorous. </p>

<p>Your mileage may vary. Major matters less than you think though, it’s what you DO with your major(err overall experience) that counts and if you’re obsessed on having a SPECIFIC major, just take on a minor and something close enough.</p>

<p>Here’s a resource from Berkeley
<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Business Admin(which is IMPOSSIBLE to get into over there) Economics and Operations Research are basically tied when it comes to average salary. Bare in mind that people getting into Business Admin usually had rather high GPAs too.</p>

<p>The only real conclusion that I got from all of this was that people outside of STEM and “Business” are generally unmotivated even at top universities BUT there are a few who do well(e.g. people working at Bain and Google out of “fluffy” majors)</p>