gwu_girl

Realistically speaking, your GPA is too low for USC and the decent UCs because there are people with far better GPAs and better SATs that they would rather admit. Realistically.

If you're interesting in good business programs with schools that look beyond the numbers, try Pepperdine or LMU. (I go to Pepperdine and I'm pretty liberal. The college dems are growing. People get the wrong impression, there's a good amount of progressive students. And very few of the conservatives are ignorant.)

Also look into Cal Poly SLO and CSULB.

I'm not sure about Chapman's business, but I think it would also be a reasonable choice.

*Note about the comments about no social life. It depends what kind of social life you mean. If you mean drinking, it takes place off campus. If you don't drink, you're not missing anything. If you do drink, at least no one is vomiting on your couch during midterms. They're over at USC.

retep

I wish more UC's offered business. I feel like I am stuck in between the TOP schools and the more lower-end schools.

LSkaiWalk

yeah i agree, i wished more ucs offered business.

so im about to finalize my list, any last suggestions would be nice.

Mega Reach:
-USC
Slight Reach:
-UCI
-UCSB
Slight Reach / High Match:
-U Miami
-Santa Clara
-Cal Poly SLO
-U San Diego

(My goal is to make 1 of the schools above here)

Match:
-SDSU
-Chapman
-LMU

Safety:
ASU

look good? any schools i should add / delete?

peperdine? ( i think too conservative and not diverse enough)
other UCs? (no business + hard to get into)
other cal states? (commuter and budget cuts hitting hard)
any other privates??

i think thats my final list.

retep

i'm applying to, sfstate,sdsu,cal poly slo, uc riverside, uc santa barbara, uc irvine, and uc davis and maybe USD after i finish the applications for UC's. however all the UC are pretty much econ related majors =\

chuck19

What about claremont mckenna? its a small liberal arts college around the pomona area, I don't know an awful lot about it, but i think its supposed to have a pretty good business/econ/finance program.

ifailedcalculus

Claremont Mckenna is a very respected liberal arts college, i would imagine the admission standards are on par with UCLA and UCB

StephenR

Claremont McKenna is a wonderful albeit very expensive private school. As far as admission I believe it is not quite as tough a ticket as UCLA or UCB but it it is very selective. The two UCs are extremely selective from what I have heard about the last admissions cycle.

Claremont McKenna has the reputation of being the place on the West coast where well-connected folks send their business-minded and government-minded progeny so that they too will become well-connected. The school's reputation for placing its graduates in unsurpassed in California.

psmko

any opinions on cal poly's?

worth it over say... mid tier UC's?