<p>I have been admitted into both UCLA and UW. I also got into the Foster School of Business' Freshman Direct program. I really really like the feel of UCLA and absolutely love southern california, but the out of state tuition is sort of a detractor. For business, which university would be better? I know UCLA has no undergrad business school but it does have a Major program called Business Economics which is very similar.</p>
<p>I am still undecided which would be a better fit for me. If money was not an issue I would choose UCLA hands down, but is 20k$+ extra per year to attend UCLA instead of UW really worth it?</p>
<p>I had this same question last year when I did visits. After visiting Berkeley, I didn't think it was that much better than UW to pay out of state tuition. </p>
<p>But it seems like you like UCLA a lot more than I liked Berkeley, so that is something to take into account as well. So now you have to ask yourself:
1. How the loans you will have to take out (if any) will affect your future. Will they be a major burden?
2. How much more do you really like UCLA? If the answer is a lot, then perhaps you should just go where you think you will be most happy.
3. Job opportunities. I really don't know much about the difference between the two in this area, but it is something to consider. I turned down another school similar to my current one because I felt job prospects were worse at the other school.</p>
<p>Congrats W08 on your acceptances.
Do you think that you will be looking at working in So. Cal after graduation? That might be a consideration in your decision-making.
What exactly draws you to UCLA? Is it mainly the weather or does the school offer other things that UW is lacking? I mean in many ways they are similar: large, urban, great sports, etc.</p>
<p>If you feel comfortable posting some of your stats (also Nineteen), I would be very interested in seeing them. I hear direct admit to Foster is no easy feat. Again, congrats -- both are great schools.</p>
<p>Sure,
2080 SAT
32 ACT
3.95 unweighted GPA
Editor of the Newspaper
Miscellaneous sports and activities.
I believe Foster is trying to admit more Freshman into its program than it has in years past. About 200 Freshman were admitted into the program.</p>
<p>@ Randombox:
Why didn't you think it was worth it? Are you currently attending UCLA or UW?</p>
<p>I just don't think I could put my parents/myself in a position of taking out a lot of loans. Plus, going to UCLA over UW isn't going to guarantee me an infinitely times better career or college experience. I guess it's also nice that a lot of my friends going to UW next year. </p>
<p>I'm going to be attending UW next fall! Sent in my confirmation already. </p>
<p>I agree with what other people have said. It's really your choice and you just need to figure out which school you really want to go to and not regret it. Hope it works out.</p>
<p>If you want to go into business, go to fUCLA (sorry, I hate their sports teams, which is why I write that ;)). Although at the undergrad level, fUCLA isn't the absolute best at recruiting, it's head and shoulders above UW, and you can get into banking, although it will still be hard from there. At UW, you can be the absolute best and still have to be very lucky to get into the competitive, high paying industries like I-Banking, Consulting, etc. at top firms. Go to fUCLA, enjoy the vastly better sports teams, better weather, and get a better job and pay off the difference within a year. The only thing Husky in Washington are the women (sorry, I'm going to get flamed for this).</p>
<p>Being both a UW parent and someone who went to business school (MBA/PhD(abd) at Berkeley) here are some things to consider:</p>
<p>1) Have an HONEST talk with your parents on whether they can afford the increased out of state costs and whether its a good idea to load yourself or them with the burden of loans so early in your career, particularly in this economy. Also consider whether they really would like you that far away.</p>
<p>2) Do you have any thought on where you want to live after school. The focus of UW is surely more on the NW while UCLA is more SCal.</p>
<p>3) Remember to really go anywhere in business you will have to go to graduate school, so you can afford to "save" yourself AND YOUR MONEY for the best graduate school you can get into at the time. I can say that getting your undergraduate at either UW or UCLA will make no difference on getting into top end MBA schools - its the rigor of the classes you take, your grades, test scores, etc that will count. In my opinion, this consideration is probably the most important based onmy experience.</p>
<p>I agree with Olyman (as someone with an MBA). UW and UCLA are in the same class. No point in paying that much more for UCLA. Save it for grad school.</p>
<p>watsyl - I have almost the exact same stats as u (2100, 3.98) and am a freshman direct admit into the Foster School of Business. I was facing a somewhat similar situation way earlier in the year. I had decided I wanted to stay on the west coast for college, so I was looking at colleges in California. What it came down to it for me was the fact that I love Seattle, and am not a big fan of the constant heat in California. The only college I ended up applying to was Udub, cause I was sure thats where I wanted to go. If you love the feel of LA, then i see where the problem comes in. I would say keep two things in mind. One: A UW degree is gonna carry more weight in Washington, UCLA more in California. if you have any idea where u might wanna live in the future, that might come into play. Two: If your well off and wouldnt be in a lot of debt upon graduation, go to where u want, which seems to be UCLA. Even if you will acquire a lump of debt, as long as your not over ur head, go for it. You only get to go to college once. And no matter how much money u make in ur future, you will never be able to buy the experiences u have in college. It's worth a certain amount of financial strain early on. 80 thousand? probably not. but it really depends what your financial situation is.</p>
<p>On a side note, did you go to the freshman direct-admit open house last week? I was very impressed with the Foster School of Business personally. Alot of opportunities.</p>
<p>Ya I was also extremeley impressed with the open house. The student speakers were very impressive and it was nice to see what kind of students the b-school is producing. I am very excited about the school.</p>
<p>hii, i know ive asked you guys, but im appealing to UCLA from WA. i reallyyy wanted to go there since i am from california and i want to get in idea or why i did not get in. any clue as to what got you in? you have great scores and gpa but was there somethign extra that gave you an edge at ucla? its tough out of state. good luck and congrats!</p>
<p>Hm. I don't know why I got it, but they probably liked my essays. I was pretty involved with my school too. My stats are decent, but not steller. (3.94, 1850, and pretty bad subject scores). </p>