<p>considering turning it down for ucsd, havent decided yet though</p>
<p>turned down UCLA for Johns Hopkins (east coast, campus, peabody conservatory, etc. hard to resist :P)</p>
<p>I'm turning down UCLA for USC because UCLA simply has no business program.</p>
<p>^ You are in fact mistaken. I am majoring and selected UCLA because they have a strong business economics program. While they do not have a "Business Administration" program, a bachelor's degree mostly covers the basics and surface material. Therefore, I rather save $$ and go to a good MBA school.</p>
<p>I turned down UCLA for American University in DC-- I wanted to be in DC for college, I got into some cool programs and got $$, and just didn't like UCLA's size. Plus, AU has one of the best poli sci departments and internships to match!</p>
<p>My son turned down UCLA for USC (Electrical Engineering). He is very happy with the decision, but it was not an easy decision. UCLA is a top notch university, and I wish for all who have said yes to UCLA much success, and a great future.</p>
<p>I turned down ucla for USC. I'm going into Annenberg's school for communication and it is just an awesome program. I love USC's feel on campus, and the campus is the perfect size not to Big like UCLA's or not to small like LMU's or pepperdines. It's a couple miles closer then UCLA to my house and plus I just love USC, it was my dream school and the cost was almost the same, USC gave me a lot of grants, where as UCLA gave me none so, when it came down to it I just like USC over UCLA. I can't wait to go to USC vs UCLA football games.</p>
<p>My D turned down UCLA for the Residential College at UMich Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>i turned down ucla for a full ride at ucsb.</p>
<p>dragon17,</p>
<p>I'm afraid you are the one that is mistaken. As an alumnus of UCLA's MBA program and someone who has a undergraduate business degree as well, let me tell you quite clearly that UCLA's business economics program is nothing like a regular undergraduate business administration degree.</p>
<p>You comment that "a bachelor's degree mostly covers the basics and surface material." Well, a real bachelor's degree in business (like the one my son will be starting at Indiana University in Bloomington next year) will cover about 60 to 66 semester units of business--that's a solid two years of "basics"--and is more units than is required to complete UCLA's entire MBA program.</p>
<p>I wish you well in your economics program--but let's not mix apples and oranges. The two programs (econ and bus admin) are not the same.</p>
<p>P.S. If you are like most UCLA undergraduate business econ majors, you'll be trying to get enrolled into the few available MBA program courses that are not filled with graduate students. I strongly suggest you take advantage of this if you have the chance, since the professors, at least when I was there, were all excellent.</p>
<p>Thank you for the information.</p>
<p>dragon17, sorry if I came on a little strong there. In the long run, how well you do in the business world is only partially determined by your major--and much more by the person's drive and ambition. If you worked hard enough to get into UCLA, you'll undoubtedly go far. </p>
<p>Good luck to you during the next four years--and have a great time at UCLA. It is a fantastic university.</p>
<p>Turned down UCLA, UCSD, CAL and UCD (regents + IS) for UCI (regents + CHP).</p>
<p>Thanks Calcruzer, I agree completely.</p>
<p>flopsy:</p>
<p>slightly offpoint, but I was at a breakfast meeting this morning, and the HS senior sitting next to me was seriously considering u$c instead of Cal, UCLA and that Jr University Down on the Farm. I told her she was absolutely crazy to turn down Stanford for Marshall undergrad biz.</p>
<p>bluebayou:
Maybe it had to do with USC offering more $$.</p>
<p>Calcruzer, glad to hear someone picks up IU(Bloomington) for Business. Recent
Business Week ranks it 10th, even higher than UCB for undergrad. Do you know how much cost of IU for the CA resident?</p>
<p>if u turned down ucla then this is the wrong room for you</p>
<p>This year (2006-2007) out-of-state tuition for Indiana University Bloomington is $19,508. Other info (including housing costs) may be found here:
<a href="http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eiuadmit/freshmen/cf_tuition.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit/freshmen/cf_tuition.shtml</a></p>
<p>Oh, and I forgot to mention that Indiana gives lots of merit scholarships (93% of their out-of-state business scholarships are based on merit, not need) depending on SAT and GPA scores. While my son only got a small one, they go up to $7,000/year--$28,000 total. </p>
<p>This is a real help for parents in California that already have large mortgage payments.</p>