From a Community College to a business major at a 4 year (California)

[GA1000]

Hello guys just a little background on myself to start off, i graduated from high school this year and ended up at community college. I applied to some UC schools when i got out of highschool and ended up not getting into anywhere i wanted, but UC Riverside sent me an offer and i decided to go there.

After visiting the school and thinking it over many many times i decided I didn't want to go there. I just really didn't like the area, or even the atmosphere at the school. So now i ended up at a Community College and plan on transferring in 2 years to a business school.

I went and talked to a counselor yesterday and i thought that business schools would mostly want the same classes but i ended up being very wrong. For example i told the counselor that USC and Loyola Marymount were two schools i was interested in going, but i found out that the math path to enter into their business programs is completely different so I'm not going to be able to make the math requirements to apply to both of those. I think that if i take either route though I will accomplish at least the CSU business standards so that i will be able to apply to either USC or Loyola and then all the CSU schools.

I've heard good things about the CSU business programs before coming on this site but it seems like many of you have a different opinion. So now for my questions:

Can any of you that went from a community college to a business program at a 4 year tell me what schools you applied to that all wanted the same prerequisites?

Loyola or USC or what other privates? I'm not too worried about CSU's and UC's because the requirements for a private school will surpass their requirements so in taking all the classes required for the private schools, I will have completed the prerequisites for the CSU and UC business departments.

How hard will it be to get into either of those out of community college? What things should i be looking to do?

I think my plans are after finishing up with a business program at a 4 year, I will most likely want to go on to grad school for an MBA program. Which schools will set me up the best for that?

Which Schools will give me the best career options?

Thank you for your time,
GA1000

[Dawgie]

The most prestigious one.

[sdmatt]

just take college algebra, business calculus I, business calculus II. I did it in spring sum I and sum II. then go to USC!

[Kulakai]

For transfer to USC you will want to take financial/managerial accounting, macro/micro econ, Calc I, and all of the GE electives including the writing requirement.

Berkeley's business undergrad program requires the same as well as 2 years of foreign language.

To be highly competitive for business, you might consider taking higher level math than Calc I as well but Calc I will be good enough to apply to usc/berkeley.

[GA1000]

Thanks guys, but my counselor told me what it is i need to do to get to USC i was just asking whether that is the private school i should be aiming for? What about USC's business program makes it special? also what kind of G.P.A and what extracurriculars should i be doing to get there? Thanks again.

[ifailedcalculus]

you can also try doing the 2 year agreements you have at your CC for guaranteed admission to some of the better UC's....such as Berkeley or UCLA-econ. An economics major from UCLA would be just as competitive as a business student from Marshall.

Other schools you can check out are Santa Clara U., Chapman U. and SDSU. Those all have business schools and admission standards are more lax. Good Luck!

[Nicushor]

As far as i know UCB and UCLA don't provide TAG's.

[psmko]

ucla has tap and berkeley has something similar to tap.
but im not sure everyoen can join berkeley's "tap"

usc has brand-name prestige.. any top school gives you the "network" to get your foot in the door.
personal skill / grades / etc are on totally on you.