<p>SDSU is a fine undergrad business school. It won’t place you on the fast track immediately on graduating, but it is well known in the business world and a good transcript from SDSU in accounting or finance or international business will get respect. Also SDSU offers MS business degrees that allow graduates in other majors to get up to speed in a business discipline at fairly low cost in as little as 45 units.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to interview for a job in San Diego or elsewhere in So Cal there is a very good chance that the hiring decision will be made by a SDSU grad.</p>
<p>I have no idea, but here’s how I would research it:</p>
<p>Look at the section for the business department in each school’s official catalog (online) and compare the course requirments and descriptions for each major. They are probably very similar but having a greater range of specialties at one school or the other would be something to consider.</p>
<p>Look at the faculty listings on the web page of each business department. Which department has more faculty?</p>
<p>Look at the class schedules for business courses at each school. Note the names of professors for some of the more important offerings like intermediate level finance and accounting. Check some of these names out on RateMyProfessor.com to see what their students thought of them. </p>
<p>Compare graduate program offerings of the two schools. SDSU has a pretty full range of graduate programs but I don’t know about CSULB. Most Cal State campuses don’t have graduate programs. This isn’t in the main catalogs so you will have to pull up the Graduate Bulletin.</p>
<p>Bottom line is that Cal State schools and most other state schools will give you a fine start in business if you get top grades. If you finish with a 2.8 gpa it’s a whole nother story.</p>
<p>CSUF has the biggest program, they just invested a lot of money into it, and they have a good concentration for those interested in the media world, but I’m not sure how good they are compared to SDSU. I’m sure they are about the same perhaps.</p>
<p>Realistically speaking, your GPA is too low for USC and the decent UCs because there are people with far better GPAs and better SATs that they would rather admit. Realistically.</p>
<p>If you’re interesting in good business programs with schools that look beyond the numbers, try Pepperdine or LMU. (I go to Pepperdine and I’m pretty liberal. The college dems are growing. People get the wrong impression, there’s a good amount of progressive students. And very few of the conservatives are ignorant.)</p>
<p>Also look into Cal Poly SLO and CSULB.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about Chapman’s business, but I think it would also be a reasonable choice.</p>
<p>*Note about the comments about no social life. It depends what kind of social life you mean. If you mean drinking, it takes place off campus. If you don’t drink, you’re not missing anything. If you do drink, at least no one is vomiting on your couch during midterms. They’re over at USC.</p>
<p>yeah i agree, i wished more ucs offered business.</p>
<p>so im about to finalize my list, any last suggestions would be nice.</p>
<p>Mega Reach:
-USC
Slight Reach:
-UCI
-UCSB
Slight Reach / High Match:
-U Miami
-Santa Clara
-Cal Poly SLO
-U San Diego</p>
<p>(My goal is to make 1 of the schools above here)</p>
<p>Match:
-SDSU
-Chapman
-LMU</p>
<p>Safety:
ASU</p>
<p>look good? any schools i should add / delete?</p>
<p>peperdine? ( i think too conservative and not diverse enough)
other UCs? (no business + hard to get into)
other cal states? (commuter and budget cuts hitting hard)
any other privates??</p>
<p>i’m applying to, sfstate,sdsu,cal poly slo, uc riverside, uc santa barbara, uc irvine, and uc davis and maybe USD after i finish the applications for UC’s. however all the UC are pretty much econ related majors =</p>
<p>What about claremont mckenna? its a small liberal arts college around the pomona area, I don’t know an awful lot about it, but i think its supposed to have a pretty good business/econ/finance program.</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna is a wonderful albeit very expensive private school. As far as admission I believe it is not quite as tough a ticket as UCLA or UCB but it it is very selective. The two UCs are extremely selective from what I have heard about the last admissions cycle.</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna has the reputation of being the place on the West coast where well-connected folks send their business-minded and government-minded progeny so that they too will become well-connected. The school’s reputation for placing its graduates in unsurpassed in California.</p>
<p>my top choices ended up being usc, cal poly slo, usd, and santa clara. i choose to ED to san luis obispo, and will apply to the others and some safeties if rejected.</p>
<p>usc - probably the best out of those 4, but id have a very small chance of getting accepted. also since i live in la, i kind of want to get out of la, yet i still wanna stay decently close. also didnt like the feel of usc. also expensive</p>
<p>usd - barely anyone knows about it. however, realy good business schools rankings lately. san diego! lots of hot girls and 70/30 girl to boy ratio. but really preppy, rich snob sort of steriotype i felt at campus… also really expensive.</p>
<p>santa clara - great internships in silicon valley / great business program. REALLY expensive again. overall good school. jesuit</p>
<p>cal poly san luis obispo - CHEAP - 1/3 of price of the other 3 because most likely i wouldn’t get aid or scholarships. on the rise business program. 2nd behind Berkely in business out of all CSU and UC campuses. sweet location. hands on learning which i like, im not too keen on liberal arts learning… san luis obispo / beach! and i liked the overall vibe of the college. kids seemed to be like me. very relaxed. not exactly a party school / but more of a fun / outdoorsy school which i liked. while all seem great, cpslo seemed to fit me the best, plus its a lot cheeper… however budget cuts hitting cpslo hard.</p>
<p>just to give you an update on my research and what im doin haha :)</p>
but really preppy, rich snob sort of steriotype i felt at campus… also really expensive.</p>