<p>Hi everyone, here are my options. Any input would be great!</p>
<p>1) USC- major: accounting (which I love!, wouldn't mind being a CPA) w a minor in economics; I've always wanted to go to USC (went to comm. college after high school cuz financially USC would have been a stretch for my family had I gone for all 4 yrs of undergrad); Financially it'd end up costing my family about 9 grand a year (imo, not too bad!) My family has enough money saved up so I wouldn't have to take out loans to pay for it or anything.
2) UCLA- major: business econ (..hopefully w an accounting minor, but idk how hard it is to get into the accounting minor program); I like economics a lot, but don't necessarily love it- Honestly, no offense to anyone, but I'm not a huge UCLA fan. The campus is reallyyyy big & I'm not really a West LA person, but I could adjust if I end up choosing UCLA. Financially, UCLA would be pretty great cuz tuition would be covered, I'd live w my aunt about 30 min away so rent would be free, & w the scholarship they gave me I'd have 9 grand for books & personal expenses. **parking is another concern for me as far as UCLA goes since I wouldn't be living on-campus.
3) UCI-major: business admin w an emphasis in accounting- I visited UCI recently & I really liked it! The campus isn't too big & the people seem friendly. I hear the business program is pretty small, which is a plus for me, but it's pretty new so idk how good it is. Financially I'd have about 4 grand left over for books & personal expenses after the scholarship they gave me.</p>
<p>Which would you guys (and girls) pick?</p>
<p>I’m enrolled to attend the university of Washington in the fall, but UCI was my second choice. </p>
<p>I may be biased, but based on what I would personally do, I would have otherwise gone to UCI :)</p>
<p>I would take UCLA since its free + 9k.</p>
<p>But since you don’t like the big campus and West LA then maybe you should take USC.</p>
<p>UCLA with net gain of 9K/year>>>>>>>>USC with net loss of 9k/year.</p>
<p>USC is pretty equal to UCLA, and with an 18k/year swing UCLA is the obvious choice.</p>
<p>yea, it’s pretty hard to pass up 9k. hard to pass up usc leventhal too tho.
thanks for the input every1 :)</p>
<p>I think the right call is go to UCLA, and live on campus. You’ll get the best of all worlds. Otherwise USC. I would very easily pursue those over UCI.</p>
<p>Do UCLA
live rent free with family, its plain silly to pay for a dorm when you don’t need to .
Dude, you’ll graduate without much if any debt, go for it.
Plus UCLA is a top Econ school, your GPA must be like 3.8+</p>
<p>Umm UCLA are you freakn kidding me?!!</p>
<p>^^lol yea, I know it sounds pretty crazy to give up 9k & end up paying 9k for usc. does any1 know if the accounting minor is hard to get @ ucla & if business econ majors have problems getting classes & ultimately being able to graduate w/in 2 yrs or transfer?</p>
<p>Honestly I don’t think it matters if you get into the accounting minor or not if your bizecon. You have access to the accounting classes. So just take the amount required for the CPA. I don’t know the difficulty of getting into the classes though.</p>
<p>If you want to work in accounting, i might be in the minority here or a bit bias but UCI is not bad for that field at all. A few of my BA friends with a specialty in accounting has jobs in Deloitte,PWC, and Ernest and Young. Many had internships there the summer before due to their close proximity to UCI. </p>
<p>UCI is lucky to be located right next to a plethora of companies in affluent surrounding cities with a huge amount of accounting firms that have their offices there.</p>
<p>UCLA is obviously UCLA and won’t argue which school is better but, if you don’t like econ. It is one of the more competitive majors at UCLA and their requirements for micro/macro theory might be boring.</p>
<p>I may be in the minority but if you really love USC, I think 18K(if you finish in 2 years) is manageable debt, even if you did happen to take out loans for that. In your case, I think it’s an affordable luxury if you think it will make you happy, and not burden you or your family.
Also be aware that at UCLA you’ll be entering as a pre-bus/econ(correct me if i’m wrong, but this policy hasn’t changed?)which means that you’ll still have to maintain a certain gpa requirement to be admitted officially into the major. There is also an accounting minor gpa requirement at UCLA(if I also remember this correctly). At USC, you’re already accepted to the major.</p>
<p>^^Yea, it’s so hard for me to give up USC! & yea you’re right, I would be entering as pre-business econ and I think the accounting minor has a gpa req as well. </p>
<p>@peter, what do your friends think about the business w accounting emphasis program @ uci (class sizes, good profs, or any opinions you’ve heard)?</p>
<p>Again, thanks for the input everyone! Still deciding, but the clock is ticking!</p>
<p>If I were you option 2 UCLA sounds good! (financially that is). Plus Biz Econ is super competitive to get into- great job =)</p>
<p>if you can afford it, USC. It’s too hard not to want to rock the cardinal and gold!</p>
<p>Class sizes for upper division management classes are relatively small usually in the high 70’s- 80.</p>
<p>Most classes in upper division management also stress group work and critical thinking. From what i’ve encounter at least in my management minor program so far. </p>
<p>The accounting classes are in that range as well, since the major is relatively small with a graduating class of ~200.</p>
<p>you can check uci’s schedule as well on [Schedule</a> of Classes](<a href=“http://websoc.reg.uci.edu/]Schedule”>http://websoc.reg.uci.edu/) it also has max size of class and enroll amount of people. </p>
<p>from what i have seen it’s a pretty good program and the class are easier than my econ classes since they are less memorizing based and more critical thinking/project based work. So that might be useful if you are planning on a MBA or law school because of higher gpa</p>
<p>p.s If you really want to do accounting i wouldn’t do econ might be just me though</p>
<p>With everything else being equal, I’d go to USC. With the financial aid in consideration, I would choose UCLA.</p>
<p>@chailatte yea, financially it’s the best option!</p>
<p>@silenthill lol it sounds funny/crazy, but I know exactly what you mean!</p>
<p>@peter thanks for the info! yea, I know people say business econ is pretty much just econ sprinkled w/ accounting :/</p>