<p>Long story short:</p>
<p>Maryland resident. Wants to pursue a double major in (international?) business and Chinese.</p>
<p>Which one would you recommend?</p>
<p>how is your financial situation?</p>
<p>UCLA is the much better school</p>
<p>its a shame b/c if you got into UCLA out of state, it means u got great stats, and prob could have gotten into some very fine privates instead of paying all of that money for uCLA</p>
<p>bobbobbob:</p>
<p>Good enough so that I can afford to go to UCLA, but I'm going to have no money left over (that my parents saved up) for grad school. What bothers me is that the financial letter I got from UCLA didn't tell me what TYPE of loans I'd be eligible for (e.g.: unsubsidized stafford loan vs. subsidized).</p>
<p>bball87:</p>
<p>Actually, I got rejected from all the private colleges I applied to. AH well, tis life- oh, and teh admission rates for UCLA's out of staters is actually higher than the admission rate for in-state.</p>
<p>If you can afford UCLA without having to take crazy measures, I say go there.</p>
<p>You can always take a few years off before grad school and work to save up enough money.</p>
<p>I'd like to point out that, yes, this is the first year where UCLA's out-of-state admissions rate (27.05%) is actually higher than its overall admissions rate (25.57%)... I'm not going to overtly recommend UCLA over Maryland (or vice versa) though, because you already know what I'd recommend, being an out-of-state student here. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>flopsy:</p>
<p>Actually, I do NOT know. I assume that you like it there, eh?</p>
<p>you probably got into programs and had scholarships at UDM. Did you get them and what are they? You are probably in the business school too right?</p>
<p>Cheapseats:</p>
<p>I got into Global Communities (you live with International students and take classes about cultural diversity and all that fun stuff), and I did get offered around $3000 from them. I think I'm undeclared, because I wasn't sure at the time whether or not I really wanted to go into business.</p>
<p>I also got offered a couple thousand in grants by UCLA, but that's not really going to help much (it'll still be around 40k for me to attend, per year). And I didn't get into their honors program. Got into pre-business economics.</p>
<p>if you have 1300 or above i think you can appeal to UMD for business or other LEP programs. If you do go to UMD make sure and switch that soon because if you start courses i don't think you can apply to the business school until you are a junior. If you have a 1300 or above i think they will seriously consider just switching your major.</p>
<p>I think a place like UMD close to DC would have more opportunities for anything international related...</p>
<p>Smith is highly ranked, save you $$ for grad school I say</p>
<p>SebmaFSX_53,</p>
<p>UCLA has plenty of programs for the budding IR junkie to overcome the distance. For one, the poli sci IR group is pretty darn good. That, and UCLA offers two programs that send undergrads to DC to study/intern for a quarter.</p>
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<p>What would your total debt for UCLA be? (Remember to include cost of plane tickets). If you will owe over say 22K, go to UMD-Honors. If you would only owe under 20K, tough choice- that is really not much to owe- go to UCLA if you really feel drawn to it. Social life might be tough for out-of-staters at UCLA though (people already have friends, etc).</p>
<p>OneMom,</p>
<p>This isn't really the case. Most of my friends at UCLA weren't even from Los Angeles.</p>
<p>UCLAri & ptmagnolia, you guys are (were) from UCLA, right?</p>
<p>I would recommend U Maryland College Park. UCLA doesn't offer a major in international business (they have international economics). UCLA is only slightly better than UMDCP. The difference in selectivity is about 30 SAT points.</p>
<p>Actually I think that UCLA is largely better than UMCP in almost everything, selectivity has nothing to do</p>
<p>I see you said that you will be majoring in both a language and a business major. Smith is making a new program for duel majors like that. They say they would like to talk more specifically with students wanting to duel across the duel majors some info is in this paragraph </p>
<p><a href="http://www.smith.umd.edu/research/ras/winter2006/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.smith.umd.edu/research/ras/winter2006/index.html</a>
"Fall 2006 will see the launch of several new Fellows tracks, including International Fellows and Entrepreneurship Fellows. International Fellows will be admitted with double majors in business and foreign language study, and will participate in dedicated study abroad trips, international clubs, events and subsidized travel. Entrepreneurship Fellows will a provide a fourcourse track in entrepreneurship, including a funded business plan competition and special activities with the schools Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship aimed at product, service and business creation. The Smith Undergraduate Fellows program enjoys strong cross-campus support and has received major funding from the University of Maryland administration and from Smith School alumni."</p>
<p>The undergraduate business program at UMCP is ranked 22 by US News. UCLA does not have undergrad business. UCLA is somewhat more selective than UMCP but not enough to justify the out-of-state tuition at UCLA. Selectivity is the single most important indicator of overall quality.</p>