It might sound dumb but uh whats the better business school? also if usc is better, is it worth the tuition costs? I’m also liking this cause life on USC seems very bland compared to UCI. I really like the environment and community of UCI as well. Thoughts?
If you are into rankings, then USC’s Marshall School of Business is ranked higher than UCI’s Merage School of Business. Both schools will give you an excellent education. Apply to both and see where you are accepted. Once you have your acceptances in hand then you can decide which school would be the best fit academically, socially and financially.
If you’re into stereotypes, USC has the whole white-rich-suburban kid stereotype, not that much diversity compared to UCs. USC is also super duper expensive. That being said, it’s definitely a more prestigious business school. However, if you can get in-state tuition for UCI and you’d have to take out loans for USC I’d probably recommend UCI.
That’s a new one!
FYI, the undergrad major in business admin at UCI is very difficult to get into and has a very low acceptance rate. In general UCI does not admit by major, but I believe they make an exception for business admin.
I don’t know if you’ve been to Irvine but I you’d have to be crazy to consider it more exciting than Los Angeles.
Also, UC diversity means there are a lot of Asians. USC being full of white-rich-suburban kids is exactly what @philbegas said it was: a stereotype.
Marshall is undoubtedly the better business school and the only way I could justify choosing UCI would be if USC is prohibitively expensive for you.
You’re right about UC diversity, I know it’s like that up here at uc berkeley but I didn’t know enough about UCI to comment on it specifically.
Also yes, LA is way more exciting than Irvine as a city.
Yeah… i heard about the difficulty in getting into uci’s business admin… kinda sucks lol should i just go for Berkeley and do their major prep classes instead? but how hard exactly is it to get into uci’s biz admin
UCI had a 3,1% selectivity rate for transfers in 2015 and 18.6% selectivity rate for Freshman applicants. Apply to a variety of schools and see where you are accepted, then make your decision.
UCI is almost 25 percent Latino and also has economic diversity. NY Times ranked it as one of the top schools doing the most for low-income students. It has a high percentage of students receiving Pell grants. I don’t think diversity at UCI is solely about Asians, a category which contains diversity within it.
USC is more diverse than you think. The undergraduate student body is 40% White; 7% Black; 22% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 15% international (mostly Asians) and 2% others (adds up to almost 99%). I know in the business school, the Asian percentage is higher than 30% (similar to Haas). You’ll have to decide whether the USC business school is worth the costs. USC is one of the top 2 or 3 undergraduate business schools in the West Coast.
If you are looking at Berkeley’s Haas, they do not admit freshmen into the business school. You have to apply in your sophomore year to get in as a junior. They generally take transfers from CC (about a 3.9 GPA) or from UCB (about a 3.7 GPA). It is very difficult to get into or transfer from another school to Haas. USC is almost as difficult (around a 3.6 GPA) and it is a very highly regarded business school.
Alternatively, you might want to look into some of the other UCs’ business economics programs, like UCLA, UCSB, UCD, etc.
UCLA’s Anderson school of mgmt is only graduate degrees though.
The only UC’s that have undergrad Business Schools are UCB/UCI and UCR. The rest of the UC’s offer Business Econ and/or Managerial Econ programs for undergrads.
Not sure if you are planning to stay in So Cal, but the USC alumni is really strong here.
First time I’ve ever heard that. Normally people characterize USC as very exciting and UCI as very dull.
Anyway, go to the school where you feel you fit better. It sounds like that might be UCI.