<p>i wanna apply for master' s degree in business or finance in california. i need more "personal thoughts " ,instead of dull official story,about schools below
1 university of san diego
2 university of southern california
3 uc.irvine
4 uc,davis
5 uc.santa barbarn
6 u of washington</p>
<p>thanks for helping!!1</p>
<p>What "personal thoughts" are you looking for? Like, experiences people have had in these departments? What life is like around town? How pretty the campuses are?</p>
<p>I can sort of address the last two for most of your schools, since I grew up in California and had more than my fill of attending events at these campuses. I don't know anything about the business departments, but they're all great schools and I don't think you'd have problems finding employment after attending any of them.</p>
<p>(1) I used to go for flute lessons at UCSD and went to science summer camp there; the campus is okay (not breath-taking gorgeous, kind of brown in summer) but the facilities are fantastic. Nice food, the Dr. Seuss library is enormous, and you're a hop skip and a jump away from the sea. Expensive to live there, though.</p>
<p>(2) My cousin went to USC for law school and my aunt went there for library school in the 80s; my parents went to rival UCLA for grad school (English dept). The most I can tell you is there is more than one nostalgic story about a stolen or defaced Trojan. I've heard no complaints academic-wise.</p>
<p>(3) UC Irvine hosts the most fantastic shows--over the years I've seen everything from Ciruqe du Soleil to Yo-Yo Ma, and the area is to die for. My dad lived right around the corner from campus during the work week for his job, so I got to discover the neat ethnic grocery stores and restaurants all over the place. Again, living costs are high--dad's lawyer friends tended to have $1M+ homes.</p>
<p>(4) My brother's at UC Davis for engineering. He put on twenty pounds in the first semester purportedly from the awesome food >.> It's very big, very beautiful, and while you won't be in the hustle-and-bustle of SoCal, you probably won't find a shortage of things to do.</p>
<p>(5) My dad was in the vacinity of Santa Barbara for undergrad (at a private Catholic school), and a couple of high school friends went there. Be forewarned: as far as undergraduate reputation goes, the rumors in circulation were it's the place to go if you worked too hard in high school and want to slack off for four years. But again, very beautiful, and the graduate programs are probably very separate from the undergrad party culture.</p>
<p>(6) No experience here, but I did apply to the iSchool for Fall '09. Maybe we'll meet up there in the future ;)</p>
<p>Just to clarify: did you mean USD, the catholic uni (like you wrote) or UCSD?</p>