<p>I was thinking of transfering to USC's Marshall from Pepperdine to continue my undergrad degree in international business. I need to know if Marshall's curriculum is much more challenging than Pepperdine's. I would would also like to know how the grading is concerned, for I've heard that there is a tough curve placed by professors.</p>
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I was thinking of transfering to USC's Marshall from Pepperdine to continue my undergrad degree in international business. I need to know if Marshall's curriculum is much more challenging than Pepperdine's. I would would also like to know how the grading is concerned, for I've heard that there is a tough curve placed by professors.
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<p>It will probably be more challenging because the quality of students is different more so than the curriculum. For you to do well respective to the curve (2.85), you have to beat the average student at Marshall. The average student at Marshall nowadays were 3.9-4.1 GPA and 1350 SAT students in high school or 3.6-4.0 as transfers. Trying to beat the average, can make a easy class challenging.</p>
<p>This is true. In classes where the average is high (like Busines Statistics or Operations Management where the professors enable the exams to be open-note/open-book), even getting what normally would be a very high score could be normalized back down to a C based on the curve and the class competition.</p>
<p>I don't want to discourage you though from Marshall, as the caliber of its students is in part why it is ranked #9 in the nation. Along with the name of a top-10 business school on your resume, you get access to innumerable intangibles including the Trojan and Marshall-specific Networks... Marshall student organizations... free panels, mentors, and seminars through Marshall undergraduate student services... there's really just a lot of things. </p>
<p>I don't know what the non-academic scope of Pepperdine's b-school is, but just this small semester so far at Marshall, I've formally chosen a mentor in the business field I'm interested in (financial services) who there to provide resume advice, guidance on breaking into the industry and establishing oneself, and firsthand advice... I've attended a seminar on navigating USC's Network of alumni which included how to network, how to build one's network, and actual networking itself following the seminar... I'm signed on for various investment bankign panels which are forthcoming... I'm signed up for resume critiques and mock interviews... etc. etc.</p>
<p>Again, I don't know what Pepperdine offers in terms of extra-academic services, but Marshall, just aside from its prominence (in both los angeles and worldwide), offers so much. I don't think I really grasped how much until this year.</p>
<p>USC owns LA while Pepperdine only owns its campus.</p>
<p>you don't have to worry about the curve in some classes like buad-250a/b (financial accouting), but in some of the easier courses (like they said before business stats, operations management) you'll have to try really hard if you want to get an A in the class. accouting is tough, so the curve usually set is generous to the students since the average on the tests is usually below a C.</p>
<p>For International business go to USC. Just bear in mind that there is a very different teaching style</p>
<p>how is the teaching style different?</p>