<p>@bomerr </p>
<p>I don’t know…lots of MBA programs are a little reluctant to accept applicants with business degrees unless they come from really good business programs like Wharton or Haas. Even then, not having a business degree certainly doesn’t put you at a disadvantage in the corporate world. Experience and internships would probably matter more.</p>
<p>@Cayton Most of UCLA’s MBA students have undergraduate degrees in Business, I think it is the same with most Ivy Leagues. </p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>And most of those business degree holders probably got their degrees from good business schools, not Cal State Dominguez Hills or something.</p>
<p>@Cayton Yes, I guess what I was trying to say was that the OP should have no trouble getting into a top MBA program with a degree in Business from USC.</p>
<p>@Cayton</p>
<p>Most of the prestigious “good” schools don’t have Business undergrad, only Econ, yet business grads are equal (technically slightly higher) to the number of Econ grads in MBA programs, so they must be coming from somewhere else. </p>
<p>Personally I think it’s mostly jobs related. GPA for MBA’s across the nation is relatively “normal.” (only a 3.5 at Anderson) So people are getting in based on something besides grades. Anderson says the bulk of MBA students come from Finance, Tech, and Consulting. Tech is going to be engineering students wanting to transition in management roles. Finance and Consulting, well those jobs are going to be difficult for the average LA student to get. You have better chance of getting a job in finance graduating from CSUF with a degree in Finance v UCLA with a degree in Poli Sci. </p>
<p>Even people in Business programs need to supplement their education with the Wall Street Journal or specialty books for Investment Banking applicants but what about when your core education doesn’t even remotely cover the subject? That’s why a person with a LA is disadvantaged and that’s why you see Business degrees being represented so heavily in MBAs. </p>
<p>Most top MBA programs don’t take people straight out of undergrad. People need to have professional experience. People get that experience through a variety if avenues, and it includes people from an array of majors. The longer you are in the professional works, the less impact your UG degree has.</p>
<p>USC has a top UG business school, and as much as I love UCLA, there’s really no comparison. If a degree in business is the goal, and you can swing it financially, USC is the best choice.</p>
<p>@2016Candles I don’t agree that USC has a better business school than UCLA. I think this Reddit post explains it well: <a href=“Reddit - Dive into anything”>http://www.reddit.com/r/MBA/comments/1vb5gd/explanation_of_what_a_topelite_school_means_and/</a></p>
<p>@calbro </p>
<p>At the graduate level, UCLA’s business school is far superior. But unfortunately, it has no undergraduate component, whereas USC does.</p>
<p>@calbro - UCLA doesn’t even have an undergrad Business major. You can do Bus Econ, but it is not the same. I stand by my statement that for a business degree in UG, USC has UCLA beat by a mile.</p>
<p>Fair enough :D</p>
<p>@Bomerr I have seen students of UCLA students get internships at big 4’s and Banking, I have not heard of a firm that recruits at USC but does not recruit at UCLA… Maybe Im wrong and the TRojan Network is really strong, but I have yet to see evidence to make me a believer.</p>
<p>@1tmac1 The only way reason I see that going to Marshall be a good idea is that you decided you dont want to pursue an MBA… it is too similar to the MBA program… Also Marshall is not on the same level as Haas, much less Wharton.</p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 Too clarify… Its hard to switch majors as a transfer student. However it is easier for people to add a double major. After you ‘double major’ you can drop your original major and stick to your new major. adding Economics is hard, adding Business/Economics is harder… the odds of getting will depend on your GPA for Econ 1,2,11,101, and 102 plus Math 31A,31B</p>
<p>@Dagoberto
The people getting into the Big 4 from UCLA almost always have completed the accounting minor; so they are basically offsetting liberal arts degree with business courses. They might as well have just gotten a business degree to begin with, Plus you can get those exact same jobs coming in from CSUF; in fact it’s easier just because the accounting minor at UCLA is soo impacted. </p>
<p>P.S. I was considering doing just that, going to UCLA for a BA degree and doing the accounting minor but decided against it.</p>
<p>BTW I think they fixed the loop-hole that allowed transfers to double major in Business-Economcis. On a side-note, that kinda shows the power of a Business degree, when one isn’t available people gravitate to the next best thing (Business) Economics. </p>