<p>I am from California and will be majoring in Marketing/Management/Econ.</p>
<p>Please evaluate the universities based on reputation, potential, campus life, value, etc. Thank you very much!</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO
Cal poly Pomona
UCSB
UCSC
UCR
Babson
Penn State
Purdue</p>
<p>Sympathy:</p>
<p>I've been following your threads...you will not get into Penn State...I would remove it from your list and exchange with Indiana U...you have a much greater chance of acceptance there and has an excellent business department you can get into if you prove yourself the first year or two!</p>
<p>TYVM! It does indeed seem like a much better fit although I am afraid I will be rejected from there as well considering they don't put much weight on the SAT. GPA and class rank are my weakest points.</p>
<p>Would you pick Indiana over Purdue, Ophi?</p>
<p>And the new list:</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO
Cal poly Pomona
UCSB
UCSC
UCR
Babson
Indiana
Purdue</p>
<p>I would probably apply to both IU and Purdue just based on that the more schools you apply to, the greater chance you will be admitted to one (not guarenteed mind you, but you never know unless you apply)...</p>
<p>From what I hear Purdue is in a slightly worse 'city' than IU...and IU is consistently a better business school than Purdue, however, they are both very good. I'm not familiar with admissions at the other schools on your list...but just to give you a little perspective here is my experience with Penn State v. IU...</p>
<p>Applied to IU, Penn State and U of Pitt 6 years ago (for Fall 2000) with prospective major of business...</p>
<p>My Stats Were: 2.91 UW (STRONG rising trend), 1120 SAT (590 M, 530 V), Pa res. from #2 school in county, few honors each year, no AP, rank about 30%</p>
<p>ECs: Yearbook editor, club sports, random clubs, youth groups/youth choir (we did summer tours...), YoungLife</p>
<p>Volunteerism: family volunteered vacations at a Christian outreach in NY</p>
<p>Work: worked up to 2 jobs at a time from the time I turned 16, also had a job the summer I was 15</p>
<p>Other: HUGE family legacy at IU (say, nearly all males on my dad's side of the family...including my grandfather's MD), and huge rising trend as noted...</p>
<p>Results:</p>
<p>IU: in with small scholarship ($1000/yr), didn't get into the business school though
Pitt: in, attended and graduated in '04
Penn State: rejected from main, into some branches</p>
<p>That's my experience with those two schools...you may want to look into IUPUI (Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis) to attend for a year or so and then transfer to either IU or Purdue from there...</p>
<p>Edit: also wanted to note that my parents say most of the great professors teach at IUPUI because they don't want to live in the middle of nowhere...</p>