Wanna help me narrow my list? (mainly CA schools)

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<p>Here’s my new list.</p>

<p>Probables:

  1. University of Miami
    -Top 30 business program. Great location / campus. Little scared, but excited to go to Florida. Probably be a high match / slight reach.
  2. Santa Clara University
    -Great business program. Jesuit. Silicon Valley connect. Great campus! Probably be a high match / slight reach.
  3. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
    -Great business. Great area / campus. Cheap. Purely career based / not liberal arts / university education. Probably be a slight reach.
  4. University of San Diego
    -Great business program! San Diego! Weather – Great campus! Catholic (which has its ups and downs) Probably would be a high match.
  5. Chapman University
    -Great Business program. Orange County. Probably would be a match.
  6. Loyola Marymount University
    -Visisted and liked a lot. Pretty good business program. Great location / campus. 40 minutes from home. Jesuit. Probably would be a match.
  7. San Diego State University
    -Great business program. San Diego! Cheap. Overcroding / economy stuff. Probably take 5-6 years to graduate. Probably would be a low match.</p>

<p>Maybes:

  1. University of Southern California
    -Too big of a reach. But have Alumni.
  2. UC Davis
    -No business major. However, still a UC. Probably a slight reach.
  3. UC Santa Barbara
    -No business major, but really good business / economics major. Perfect weather, great campus / location. Fun school. Probably a slight reach.
  4. UC Santa Cruz
    -The best UC I could most likely get into. No business. Probably a match.
  5. UC Irvine
    -New business major, only accepting 150 students. Steep competition. Not that great socially of a school. Probably a slight reach.
  6. Arizona State University
    -Possible chance at the Honors College? Great college environment / experience. Interesting business majors like Health Care Management & Supply Chain Management Probably a safety.</p>

<p>I’ll probably just add UCSB / UCI / & ASU to my list.</p>

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<p>I think you have done a great job recognizing what each college can offer you and whether they are reaches or matches. Pretty accurate there now. I still think you should identify one or two CSU’s to add as safeties. Right now you have some good matches but I don’t see any safeties that you KNOW you could get into. Possibly Chico State or Cal State Fullerton? Maybe leave off UCI and add these two state U’s. You want to make sure you have plenty of acceptances to choose from, not just Loyola Marymount and Chapman (although those would both be great!). Havin a couple real safeties is great for your peace of mind.</p>

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<p>You might also want to consider San Francisco State University which has a really good business school.</p>

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<p>In addition to Chico State I think the OP should consider Cal State Monterey Bay as a safety. The campus is up and coming and in spite of the CA budget crises, exciting things continue to happen there. Its focus on experiential learning and its majors are integrated. It boasts a 60% residency rate, higher than any other CSU I think and with the economic climate they saw a huge jump in the number of hig caliber students who chose for financial reasons. check it out at [CSUMB</a> ~ Homepage](<a href=“http://www.csumb.edu%5DCSUMB”>http://www.csumb.edu) their business dept website is <a href=“http://catalog.csumb.edu/site/x12367.xml[/url]”>http://catalog.csumb.edu/site/x12367.xml&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Also want to give a shout out for Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga. Its business program is well respected, intership ops are fabulous and with your stats it is another safety. It is expensive too but they offered nice need based money to my D which brought the price down to about CSU level. It is a Catholic school and you will be asked to take two religion classes, one on Catholicism and one other from the religious studies major which could be anything from Ethics to Zen.</p>

<p>I also wanted to caution you that Cal Poly SLO isn’t a “slight” reach for you especially if you are applying to the business program. Go ahead and apply and I wish you the best but don’t be shocked if you don’t get in. It’s extremely competitive! Make sure you have other campuses that are financial and admissions safeties. If you know that CPSLO is where you would go if you get in you may want to consider applying ED.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions everyone!</p>

<p>Okay, I’ll think about adding 1 or 2 other Cal States. Honestly though, the peace of mind would be great, but if I end up going to a just okay Cal State, I think I would maybe rather go to my local CC and work on a transfer to like USC. I’m considering Chico, Fullerton, or Long Beach.</p>

<p>Monterey Bay actually sounded pretty cool.</p>

<p>But then I went on college reviews and got very negative reviews.</p>

<p><a href="http://www..com/CA/CSUSS.html%5B/url%5D">http://www..com/CA/CSUSS.html</a></p>

<p>26% of students would choose to return to Monterey Bay! All my others are above 60% I’m pretty sure.</p>

<p>Also, all the comments are mainly negative too.</p>

<p>As seen here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www..com/CA/CSUSS_comments.html%5B/url%5D">http://www..com/CA/CSUSS_comments.html</a></p>

<p>It does look like a campus on the rise, with wxciting offers and innovative education, but it looks like it really isn’t the academic environment I’d want to be in right now.</p>

<p>Yeah, Saint Maries has been suggested for me quite a bit now. I’ll consider it. It seems to be a little bit too much Catholic for me though. Also, I don’t like the Bay area that much. I’d way rather go to USD. If I am correct, USD, LMU, & SCU are more Catholic, but they’re more diverse and have the weather I’m looking for. They’re also better academically.</p>

<p>Is that correct that LMU, USD, & SCU are more liberal, and even though they are Catholic, they are very relaxed and have high diversity? I’m guessing especially LMU & SCU because they are Jesuit.</p>

<p>Yeah, CPSLO is probably more of a reach then… I’ll consider it. </p>

<p>Thankss for all the feedback!</p>

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<p>I know several students (friends of our family or my daughters) that have attended or are attending Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount and U of San Deigo. Some are Catholic, some are not. My impressions from knowing these students and visiting all these schools is that they are farly liberal. The Catholic aspect is there if you want to be involved in it but other wise you will not feel it is a huge part of the experience. You will have to take a couple religion classes but sometimes they can be interesting, like World Religions or something like that.</p>

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<p>kk cool. that sounds what im lookn for. </p>

<p>considering the schools i think i could probably get into, USD would probably be my #1 choice right now. LMU & SCU are up there too. Thanks!</p>

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<p>DD is a rising senior at Santa Clara. She is not Catholic. The school is very ecumenical and welcomes those of all faiths openly. Yes, it’s a Jesuit school, however, the Jesuits really have an excellent handle on higher education. Religion courses are required BUT there are about 100 different courses from which to choose. Yes, there is a Mission Church in the center of the campus…but in addition to being used for mass, it is also used for orchestral concerts and other large assemblies. </p>

<p>DD has loved her time at SCU. The only down side (if there is one) is that it is a bit on the expensive side. BUT our kiddo has gotten everything she expected and more from the school.</p>

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<p>kk thanks! that sounds great! im glad to hear. SCU is one of my top choices!</p>

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<p>You said you don’t particularly care for the Bay Area so not sure why you are considering SCU. But, in case you change your mind as to location, you also might check out USF, in the heart of the city with lots of internships in the city.</p>

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<p>most of your top preferences are seriously reach schools to me unless you really ace the sats - cal poly slo and the top 3 or 4 ucs are heavily impacted and downright difficult now. maybe include csu san jose or fresno as safety schools. just my $.02 for what it’s worth.</p>

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<p>Yeah, thankss. Yeah SCU is a little south of the bay area right?? yeah i prefer so cal, but thats okay.</p>

<p>kk thanks. i think a more realistic goal for me is LMU / USD / SCU.</p>

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<p>Santa Clara is in the middle of Silicon Valley, hardly south of the Bay Area. It is in the greater San Jose area.</p>

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<p>Santa Clara is right next to San Jose Airport - very much a part of the Bay Area. </p>

<p>St. Mary’s is over the hill from Berkeley in the little suburb of Moraga - perhaps a little more removed from the bay area (although still a part of it in my mind). </p>

<p>What is it you don’t like about the Bay Area? If it is the urban nature of San Francisco, St. Mary’s is definitely a better choice.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how much you’d like UCSC based on what you’ve written, but here’s a program that I’ve always found really interesting, even though I go to UCSB now.</p>

<p>[UC</a> Santa Cruz - Economics - Graduate Program - Dual Degree Program](<a href=“http://econ.ucsc.edu/graduate_program/dual/]UC”>http://econ.ucsc.edu/graduate_program/dual/)</p>

<p>It’s a 5-year program for a BA in Economics and an MA in Applied Economics and Finance. I just thought it was something you might want to consider.</p>

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<p>kk thanks thanks. that dual degree program actually looks kind of cool.</p>

<p>is there any sort of dual degree program with a BA in business at any CA schools?</p>

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<p>My D was one of only two students from her Prep School to get into Davis this year. Her GPA was 4.1 and ACT was 34. The rejected students were 4.0 and one was a National Merit Commended Student. Davis can be almost as tough as Berkeley, depending on Major.</p>

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<ol>
<li>University of Southern California-- Big reach, you might want to save yourself the application fee.</li>
<li>UC Irvine-- Reach, I know plenty of 3.7’s that were rejected last year.</li>
<li>UC Davis-- Reach, I’d dock this school off your list. It’s basically a replica of UCI and doesn’t even have your major.</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara-- Match. From what I’ve seen, it’s easier to get into than UCI and UCD but of the same caliber.</li>
<li>Santa Clara University-- I don’t know.</li>
<li>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo-- Slight reach.</li>
<li>University of Miami-- I don’t know.</li>
<li>University of San Diego-- Match</li>
<li>UC Santa Cruz-- Match</li>
<li>Chapman University-- Match</li>
<li>Loyola Marymount University-- Match</li>
<li>San Diego State University-- Match</li>
</ol>

<p>If I were you, I’d dock off University of San Diego, UCSC and UCD, but that’s just my opinion. You’re working from a good list.</p>

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<p>You can easily get into Arizona State (not sure about honors) and their business program is the best thing about that school. The Carey School of Business is one of the best in the country. If you want to major in business that school would be a good fit for you.</p>

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<p>kk thanks. yeah well the bay area isnt bad, i just dont like the cold winds. :)</p>

<p>thanks gwu_gurl, i’ll probably dock off ucsc and ucd. usd is actually one of my top choices cus there business schools is really good, and i really like san diego. i’ll probably add ASU too. </p>

<p>thanks guys.</p>