<p>You'll find the undergrad B-school rankings from Business Week here - Business</a> Program Rankings – BusinessWeek ad you'll see that Santa Clara stacks up rather well.</p>
<p>Anyone else have any suggestions or whatnot? Thanks! My parents would prefer I do my undergrad program in California (lower costs). I just need to come up with a list of schools to visit tomorrow.</p>
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Same impression here. This is the first time I hear someone say that Santa Clara is only good for grad school. I'd think it's the other way around.</p>
<p>So which other schools in California are similar to Santa Clara in terms of business programs? It doesn't have to be AS high caliber.</p>
<p>Well, lower costs only apply to Public schools in California. There's only one great school for undergraduate business as a public school in CA and that is UC Berkeley, but you're probably not getting in there.</p>
<p>Run an EFC calculator with your parents. If you qualify for financial aid (most people do), then private schools enter into the equation with their grants. </p>
<p>Berkeley and USC will be a too high for a 3.4 student. Pepperdine, Santa Clara, San Diego, LMU will all be very expensive unless you qualify for and receive financial aid. </p>
<p>That leaves you with these schools:</p>
<p>San Diego State - big city
UC- Riverside - suburbia
Cal State-LA - big city
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo - rural
San Jose State - big city</p>
<p>Not really "glamorous" options. If you extend your search to Arizona, both U of Arizona and Arizona State are good options with large CA contingents at the schools. Arizona State has somewhat of the big city feel. Also U Washington is a great option up in Seattle. </p>
<p>I would talk to the parents about finances before looking at schools. It may be even in your best interest to go to a CC and then transfer - lots of CA residents do this and there's programs with the UC's students take advantage of.</p>
<p>I second SJSU...they have a pretty decent business program..Plus a very good job placement on the silicon valley..a lot of internship...good alumi network..definately check it out...Also LMU, Chapman are worth looking i think....LMU is oin the "heart" of L.A and Chapman is in the O.C kinda Half-way btw SD and LA.</p>
<p>What exactly would be required of me to transfer to a better school (something more 'prestigious' if I plan on going to a public/CC?</p>
<p>Check out the UC Transfers Forum, there is a lot of information in there about transferring because well, on this site about 90% of the kids who are transferring go to California Community Colleges (CCCs). </p>
<p>I'm no expert on transfer admissions, I know of many people who have gotten into top 25 schools with around a 3.5 GPA. If you can go to a CC for 2 years, get a 3.5 GPA, save the money, it's possible to transfer into a top business school. </p>
<p>You aren't the typical CC student with your statistics, however California is a strange state because they feature so many great public schools but only a few have business programs, so many who want to do business and don't get into Berkeley go the CC transfer route to either an OOS school or Berkeley.</p>
<p>My parents and I went to check out LMU and they were pretty positive towards it. Does anyone have more knowledge about their business programs?</p>
<p>Anyone got more info? See above post thanks!</p>