LSkaiWalk

I'm gonna decide tomorrow that I'm going to apply ED.

My top competitors are Santa Clara & USD. I'm majoring in business.

Cal Poly:

-Cheaper
-Kids seemed similar to me
-Beautiful Location
-Great Business Program
-Hands on Learning (fits my personality)
-fun school, but not a super party school (which i like - i like that its still a fun campus without a super party scene, as compared to like sdsu, or ucsb - im not that much of a partier, but do like to pary a bit..)
-Goal to produce career oriented business people (very little liberal arts / character)
-Big Campus (I prefer)
-Laid back

Santa Clara & University of San Diego:

-Business programs ranked slightly higher
-Over 2x as expensive (my parrents have the money, but still..)
-Snobby / Rich / Stylish Kids
-College designed not only to produce a business person, but also to produce character / sprituality (important)
-Beautiful locations
-Small campus


I'm pretty sure I'm gonna ED for SLO. 95% sure. But would anyone like to provide some counter arguments before I make my final choice? The only big thing I see really is that SLO is just producing business people, while the others focus more on producing character aswell. Other than that, SLO looks perfect for me. Any thoughts / arguments before I submit the ED to SLO?

Also, would anyone like to make a counterargument for business schools in about the same range admissions wise?? I figure I'd be regected easily at Berk and USC, and barely any UCs have business. id like to stay in CA, but am maybe considering miami.

a_mom

Have you applied to SCU and USD? If you have any doubt, don't do ED, even you're 95% sure. There's still 6 month before the final call. Many things can change, including your opinion of a certain campus. The 5% could make a swing. ED only helps the boarder line in my opinion. If you have a good stat, you'll make into the RD. If you stat is low, ED won't save you either.

LSkaiWalk

i think im exactly borderline is the thing haha.

thanks for the advice though. and i am 95% sure i like slo. i have 3 more days to submit my ED app, i just wanted to hear any opinions to see if i should do it.

i toured slo today and loved it! ive toured usd, and even though it was nice, i didnt like the feel. havnt toured scu yet, but i heard its very similar to usd.

anyways, thanks for the insight! anyone more input?

compwiz

From what it sounds, SLO seems perfect for you then.

Yeah, we probably don't party that much, but it's still fun here. What do you mean by character and spirituality? Do you mean like personality?

ralph4

There are many opportunities to get involved in character building activities/organizations in SLO. If you are Christian, SLO has one of the largest, most active Campus Christian group in the nation (Campus Crusade for Christ). They also have Intervarsity Christian Fellowship on campus. There are many great churches in SLO also. There's also all kind of opportunities to participate in things like Habitat for Humanity, Walks for the homeless, Engineers without borders, Spring Break and Summer missions trips, etc. There are also clubs for almost every prominant religious group. There is a Community Services student organization that does community service projects even during WOW week. My son's Material Engineering classs built a storage shelter for a local homeless shelter as a class project. I'm sure you can find as many character/spiritual building opportunities as you want in SLO.

LSkaiWalk

sounds perfect. thanks guys, and thanks a_mom for all your help on lots of my threads haha.

im 98% sure, and wont apply ED for another 2 days till im 100%, but so far it sounds perfect.

KoreanBoi92

Yeah, since I turned in my ED app, this school has been becoming more and more of a dream school.haha. Hope I get in,lol.

LSkaiWalk

well, we're in the same boat. i remember you chanced me like a month ago . theres a good chance ill ED too.

best of luck to ya, and maybe see ya there! haha

KoreanBoi92

haha. Yeah. I'm seriously counting down the days till December. I still have to get through the UC app though.Damnnn.....

gotpeter

Have you checked out the cost of going to Santa Clara? It's more than Princeton!! That said, my niece went there and loved it so much she's working in the Athletic Dept. and going for her MBA. Then again, my son is a Cal Poly freshman and you couldn't get out of there with a crow bar. Tough choices but a nice problem to have.

LSkaiWalk

kk, im pretty sure im gonna ED tonight. any more thoughts would be nice tho.

thanks for the input!

vballmom

My son toured all 3 colleges, applied ED to Cal Poly (on Oct 1) and EA to Santa Clara. He didn't apply to USD because it didn't have an electrical engineering major. He's currently a freshman at Cal Poly and like gotpeter's son, he's happy as a clam. In all of our talking to students, parents, grandparents and alums who had any connection to Cal Poly, we heard a consistently positive message. Everyone loves it there.

gotpeter

It really is amazing. I started wearing a Cal Poly cap before my son was accepted and got stopped repeatedly by alums, students and parents, all with big smiles. Not one had a negative thing to say about the school and I always asked about how it could be improved, what they didn't/don't like about it, etc.. Try as I did I could get nothing critical of any significance from anyone. Being raised in New Jersey I knew this meant some kind of conspiratorial 'fix' was in place . . . but, my son went there anyway.

LSkaiWalk

thanks. i just send in my email switching to ED.

spool80

If you're applying to Business, be aware that you are no longer permitted to pursue more than one concentration within the major due to budget cuts. In the past, students typically double concentrated in Accounting and Finance or Accounting and Info Systems.

Other than that, it's a great school and a fun town.