<p>I'm choosing between Business Economics (UCLA) and Business Administration (USC Marshall). Which is better?</p>
<p>USC! 
Be a Trojan!</p>
<p>As someone who faced this problem 3 years ago and became a Bruin - if you can reasonably afford USC, go to USC</p>
<p>If you prefer to do your own thing in college and have kind of have a sense of anonymity, I’d recommend UCLA. At USC you really get sucked into the whole Trojan Pride and school spirit thing. Plus, beyond the huge number of commuters at UCLA, students really melt off campus after their first few years. At USC, you generally spend all four years in that magical bubble that most Trojans love. But again, it isn’t for everyone. If you’re really the type of person that marches to the beat of their own drum, the only huge advantage in attending USC is that the degree is worth a bit more if you’re looking for a job right away when you graduate. Otherwise, be a Bruin. We really don’t want you here if you don’t plan to part of the overall community and experience of Troy. </p>
<p>-A Trojan</p>
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<p>This is funny. Someone has no idea what they’re talking about.</p>
<p>Anyway. If your interest is in business then the best option is USC, but wait until your financial aid information comes in. Bus-econ at UCLA is NOT a business degree, it is an economics degree with a few business and accounting classes. I would think that the only (rare) exception would be if you plan on working outside the US, since UCLA is a big name internationally whereas not really anyone outside the US has heard of USC.</p>
<p>However, you should definitely tour both campuses first. I was deciding between UCLA and USC (but for a major that UCLA is much stronger in… though I didn’t find that out until much later) and while I fell in love with UCLA during the tour, USC to me was kind of just eh. I’m sure plenty of other people have had opposite experiences though.</p>
<p>C’mon TiaWNPP, you can’t tell me you deny, that relative to USC, UCLA has way more commuters and way more people who move off campus after freshman or sophomore year. A lot of it has to do with more than half of USC students being from outside California, and maybe a bit of it is a result of the lower-middle class surrounding neighborhoods of USC, but Trojans tend to stay on campus all four years, Bruins don’t. If you wanna deny that, then you are denying the statistics that both UCLA and USC put out each year regarding the living situations of students. USC is its own little world, UCLA is part of Westwood.</p>
<p>Madseason, with all due respect its obvious you have some kind of inferiority complex from your post history.</p>
<p>Living off campus doesn’t mean leaving the UCLA community. I technically live off campus… but I wouldn’t say that living across the street from campus makes me a commuter. (Literally as I type this I am looking out my kitchen window and right into the windows of one of the on-campus dorms.)</p>
<p>My building apartment building is full of UCLA students. I would bet a hefty sum of money that at least 95% of the residents in my building are UCLA students. The apartments across the street are full of UCLA students. The apartment next door is full of UCLA students. In fact, the majority of students who live off campus live within a quarter mile radius of each other in an area referred to as the North Village. For me, it feels like a very unique, very college experience.</p>
<p>This is why apartment parties are such a frequent occurrence… there aren’t any older neighbors to complain about the noise!</p>
<p>Madseason is also kind of ignoring the fact that housing is only guaranteed to people for three consecutive years at UCLA and how expensive it may be for students (including meal plan)… Even if we have a large number of commuters it doesn’t change the fact that they bleed blue and gold. The OP should never have a problem feeling alone on the campus - walk around the surrounding apartments at midnight and you’ll see many students around (especially on Thursday nights).</p>
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<p>Right. Like the same thing won’t happen to USC once that Expo line opens up…</p>
<p>sooooo yeah…if you’re really into business administration/sure that’s what you want to do, then choose usc. but a lot of the people who major in bus econ at ucla are also minoring in accounting, so if you’re thinking about leaning in that direction…(also, accounting minor requires only like 4 additional classes to the bus econ major so that’s pretty convenient)</p>
<p>I believe this decision should lie purely on how you feel on campus. Both schools are great, but I felt happier on the USC campus. I know many people who felt happier on the UCLA campus, please just go And trust your gut on this one</p>
<p>@ChocolateStar what questions do you have in your mind?</p>
<p>Depends on what you want to do. What would you rather study and which school do you like better? We can’t really advise you beyond that.</p>