<p>Hey guys, just wanted to get ur take on how far you think a USC degree will get you? This question is geared more towards business majors, but everyone is welcome. What kind of jobs do you guys expect to get when you complete your bachelors and/or mba? What kind of salary do you expect to make?</p>
<p>I know USC is notorious for career prospects, so Im sure any future with a USC degree will open some doors.</p>
<p>hmm, im hoping (as a music industry major) that usc will open a lot of doors as well as provide a lot of contacts within the industry. im also hoping that the trojan network will be of some service in finding a good job. and a decent internship would be nice. im hoping on starting at 50-70k a year and up. what about the rest of you guys?</p>
<p>yea i gotta start looking for an business internship soon too. Anyone know how to get the login and p/w for monstertrak to look for internships? </p>
<p>Anyways, i see myself at a firm, either as a consultant or accountant, with an mba (probably not from usc, but i will have an undergrad bus degree from usc). I am hoping to start at $80k</p>
<p>notorious? that makes it sound negative =p anyways...well im planning to go to grad school...if i do, do psych...i don't think USC's psych department is that gd...hmm but i do hope i have a great undergrad year and then transfer out =p haha. not a betrayer....really -_-"</p>
<p>planning on Grad school as well for Law</p>
<p>I'm double majoring in Print Journalism and Philosophy, so after USC, I plan to write for a major metropolitan publication and pursue graduate studies in religion/philosophy/ethics and eventually teach at the college level.</p>
<p>sounds cool everybody. im just gonna go straight to grad school, so the USC degree will get me in there hopefully...im double majoring in history and physics...but i dont know what i want to do yet..</p>
<p>hey guitarshark...are you in the music school? what kind of guitar do you play?</p>
<p>If I were in film or business or journalism, I'd feel more confident as to where I'd be heading after 'SC. However, since I'm going to be in the College, majoring in Intl. Relations, I have to admit I'm not sure where a specifically USC degree will get me. </p>
<p>I want to go to law school, ABSOLUTELY. Hopefully get into international business law-- dealing with law situations between businesses from different countries. That'll be interesting.</p>
<p>I want to go to law at Yale or Stanford (very big hopes, I know). But I don't know how "friendly" they are to USC kids. :)</p>
<p>USCwannabe: It's been a while since I've registered for monstertrak, but I believe you have to have your id # to register for an account. </p>
<p>Where will my degree take me? Well I'm an entrepreneurship concentration so my degree is really my backup plan. I plan to go into a risky and expensive venture after I graduate, so it's nice knowing that even if you completely fail you always have a good job to fall back on through your degree. It sure makes losing 50k in less than six months easier to swallow ;)</p>
<p>As for my business education, I think I have a unique take on it. Personally I see the study of business in general being rather pointless. A lot of it is common sense and much of what you actually use once you start working is learned in the WORKPLACE (thus the reason for so many corporate U's). Really you only need to know basic concepts and know them well; you can achieve that with a trip to Barnes & Noble and credit to your CC of a $100. </p>
<p>In the 60's the study of business was nearly extinguished because it was too trade like, but I think business school leaders have dropped the ball by making it too theoretical now - I suggest you read a recently published article in Harvard Business Review written by our very own distinguished professors, Warren Bennis & James O'Toole. I really like what Dean Gupta is doing to our MBA program and I hope he adopts it for our UG as well. I think it truly has the potential to be the most innovative b-school program in the nation. </p>
<p>With that said, I've had some great professors at Marshall and a few not so great professors (avoid summer business classes). Do I regret going to Marshall over other top business schools? Actually it doesn't even cross my mind. Wait, that's slightly a lie cause it did cross my mind a tweensie bit when I went to NY and saw NYU Stern's stunning building, but that was more a result of the awesomeness of NY ;)</p>
<p>The value of my USC/Marshall experience does not come from any professor or class (although the entrepreneur program kicks ass and should be ranked #1 not #3) it comes in two parts: (1) Leadership and (2) Networking. Constantly interacting with likeminded business students has made me develop into a leader and it's gives me confidence to go out and run a company. I think the memories I'll most remember are from the little colloquiums I've had with fellow business students, seeing all my friends in breezeway everyday, and the endless amount of group projects assigned. Also the networking is superb. I'd be hard pressed to find another school in the nation with an alumni base that is so happy to help you and exposure to so many different firms. It really is tremendous. </p>
<p>Well I apologize for digressing, but I had to make the point that I don't see my degree as a piece of paper (not directed to the author), in fact that was the thing I most wanted to avoid when picking a business school. USC is truly unique, and if you use the resources the school offers to your advantage, I really don't see how you can look at your expensive degree with negative eyes.</p>
<p>afterhours,</p>
<p>Good post and I second you on getting the latest Harvard Business Review. I think it's around $17 but it's well worth the price. It's really neat when you read the article, then read Dean Gupta's letter about what the new curriculum encompasses, and see that it not only addresses Profs. Bennis' and O'Toole's concerns but surpasses them as well.</p>
<p>And yes, there are higher ranked b-schools out there but when one brings up the subject of networking, invariably USC is brought up as well. I was actually at an alumni barbecue last night (though I'm not an alumnus) and everyone I talked to mentioned how invalvuable the Trojan Network has been for them, though they cautioned you had to work it; it won't come and seek you out. Theirr advice? Go to every USC networking mixer you can and meet people. Independently, many even mentioned the importance of buying a class ring along with how to shake one's hand with the ring (upon outstretching your hand, you do so palm down so you flash the ring as you go into the shake) and how this simple technique in non-USC settings has lead to many "Oh, you're a Trojan too?" comments and, subsequently, more networking.</p>
<p>Myself? A finance major looking to do the i-bank thing in NY. I hear that outside of LA, the city where the network is strongest is there, so who knows... in such a competitive field, perhaps the name at the top of that degree could get my foot in a few doors...</p>
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<p>I was in NY not too long ago for a few days and I actually ran into a handful of Trojans out there. The cool thing, and one of the guys I met even said the same thing, is that you have an instant bond out there. </p>
<p>One of the guys I talked to works for PWC by Grand Central, and he told me he went to the Career Center and they phoned some Trojans out in NY. He later got calls for interviews from them, and subsequently received the job. Maybe I-Banking is too in-demand, but you should definitely give it a shot. </p>
<p>Also, head over to the WeAreSC.com board and look for a guy with the name, "NYEquitiesTrader", he always talks about wanting more Trojans out in NY in I-banking. Who knows he might be able to pull a few strings, or at the very least give you info.</p>
<p>You're the man afterhours.</p>
<p>See? The Trojan Network's even extended itself onto CC...</p>
<p>I am considering doing Accounting or Finance, maybe be an Investment Advisor or something, but I am hoping an USC degree will land me a job where I will be able to pay off my student loans, I am going to have to borrow alot from private lenders if I go there</p>
<p>i would hope to go to grad school, if not perhaps an MBA. </p>
<p>Hopefully the Marshall program will make me look good for a uniquelly different grad experience that i can go to right away, and will make me look appealing to NU or Harvard for perhaps their Broadcast Journalism programs.</p>
<p>I consider many programs technically to be pointless studys for practical use but many study them even still for one reason or another but not all of the business stuff is indeed on the job type things, some of it is the science of business, thus partly why you earn a Bachelors of Science. I dont really see it as being pointless, and if i did and i just did it for the networking i would have majored in something else, which also would likely have its fair share of theory involved.</p>
<p>just as some schools dont just study the develompment of film but the theory behind it.</p>
<p>I'm also another grad school hopeful. I hope to get out of USC w/ an Engineering degree, then perhaps I could pursue an MBA somewhere.</p>
<p>my one gripe with the MBA (even though i understand the point of it) is that you have to wait to apply in most cases, working for some years, whereas i would like to at least find out right away where i could and could not get into, seeing as it could possibly affect what i want to do about it, and possibly go into something else thay may not require the wait.</p>
<p>as unecesary as two masters degrees would be i would have no qualms with going straight to graduate school and then getting an MBA later if i really needed/wanted it (which i probably would not, unless after that i still wanted yet another different college experience).</p>
<p>yea well im hoping to get enough job experience through internships during school or maybe in the summers, so that as soon as i get my undergrad degree, i can get into grad school.</p>
<p>Thats awesome the USC network has extended to NY. I love hearin that type of stuff. Makes me feel like the arm and the leg i will pay to go to this school will be worth it.</p>
<p>fyi, from my investigation, internship and summer work will more than likely not be enough to get you into the top programs, unless it was "VERY" outstanding/amazing. that is unless you're not aiming that high anyway.</p>
<p>Do you think you would get a better job with a bachelors from USC or Wharton? USC has a great network, but Wharton is WHARTON. Ultimately, I think the difference would be little, yet substantial between the two, but a Wharton undergrad would most likely have an edge. </p>
<p>I am considering giving it a shot at applying to transfer to Wharton (even tho i just got into USC). I love USC and all, but as many people have said, a Wharton undergrad degree is comparable to many MBA programs and may give me an edge in the job market.</p>
<p>I think this route may not be bad if you just wanna go undergrad and not grad as Im thinking about. I dunno though. Its just a thought. I love USC and will probably jus stay there. Its still a top 10 school for undergrad business</p>
<p>... ludicrous.</p>
<p>"I am considering giving it a shot at applying to transfer to Wharton (even tho i just got into USC). I love USC and all, but as many people have said, a Wharton undergrad degree is comparable to many MBA programs and may give me an edge in the job market."</p>
<p>I believe you were the one who was saying that getting into USC on transfer was the happiest moment of your life. A week later, now you are considering an ATTEMPT to transfer to Wharton?</p>
<p>Isn't it like impossible to transfer TWICE during your undergraduate years? Not to mention, it's just sad. Can't you just stay put? Why didn't you attempt to transfer to Penn in the first place? Didn't you do your research and find out that Wharton was better than Marshall from the beginning?</p>
<p>Again, your consideration of YET ANOTHER transfer attempt sounds ungrateful, incredibly indecisive and even impossible. You can't just hop from one college to another. I have never heard of a person with an undergraduate education split between three different universities. It's just ridiculous.</p>