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Originally Posted by jacefromLA Hi,
I am looking to transfer to . . .
San Jose State-Business Admin
San Diego State-Business Admin
Long Beach State-Business Admin
UC Riverside-Business Admin
UC Irvine-Business Admin/Econ
UCLA-Business Econ
UC Berkeley- Econ
Santa Clara University-Accounting
Loyola Marymount University-Accounting
University of Southern California-Business Admin to Accounting |
Transferring into each of these schools can be
very different. Not impossible, just different reqs or guidelines for each, so be aware of that and plan accordingly. Chances are, fulfilling the reqs to be admitted as a transfer at a CSU/UC will be different than a private university (I know this is the fact for SJSU & SCU, though both campuses are only a couple miles apart geographically). So unless you stay where you are for an extended period of time to complete the pre-reqs (both general education and major prep) that each school requires, you will not be able to apply to all at the same time.
In regards to your actual list though, it looks solid. An even mixture of CSU, UC, and privates and it looks like if you just eliminated 1 from each category, then you'd be close to your 6. To do this I would evaluate which aspects of college are important to me (i.e. location, cost, program/degree offered, name recognition, size, etc) and see if any 1 campus consistently falls to the bottom of each aspect's list. That would be the one to knock out. Make some sense?
I would then look at schools geographically and compare then with the aspects (criteria) lists you may have considered above. For example, SJSU and SCU are right near each other. However, one is a CSU, and thus considerable cheaper compared to the private SCU. Both offer a program you'd be interested in and both are in prime real estate for jobs and internship opportunities (SV). One is considerable bigger and urban, while the other is smaller and suburban. So, in the example, if affordability is your highest criteria, then it may be wise to summize that SCU will come with a considerably higher price tag and you can drop it in favor of applying to SJSU. Or, alternatively, if you prefer more intimate campus structure, then you can drop SJSU in favor od SCU.
I notice you have a lot more SolCal schools than NorCal schools (and even less if you drop one of the Bay Area ones). Really, you have a good mixture in SolCal that, IMO, makes the only school worth applying to in the North as Berkeley. A CSU South like Long Beach or Fullerton would be better than SJSU if you intended to return to the LA area. Also, consider locality in CSU admissions. 'Locals' - those students who live in the campus' service area (based on zip codes) - receive admissions priority over those applying from outside the service area. So, if you live in LA, then you would have better chances at LB than SJ.
I would also consider dropping UCR if I was already applying to UCLA and UCI, unless I were heck-bent on attending a UC or I plan to use it as a plan C UC, say if I was not admitted to either UCLA or UCI.
SLO is always highly regarded, but personally I don't like how it looks like it's out in the middle of nowhere (in the dead space between LA and the Bay Area - a little too far to have internships during the school year or to actively go out to job search, but some may argue that the "hands on learning" that may be provided there and recruiting aspects will make up for that). Fullerton is one of just a few colleges in the entire state that have not just the Business AACSB Accredation, but also the Accounting AACSB Accredation as well (USC does also), so I might consider that only because it's unique and not wholly because that would help at all for employment prospects. All the schools on your list have the AACSB Accredation, so there should be no worries there.
In short, you should consider if the Bay Area schools offer you anything different from the SolCal ones besides the obvious locational one. If you don't care about staying in the LA area (assuming from your SN), then you should consider dropping the pricey SCU and the replacable SJSU and instead look into Fullerton or SLO if you're so inclined (while dropping UCR). UCLA and USC are probably the harder programs to get into, but LMU, CSULB, and UCI are all there to back-up (1 private, 1 CSU, and 1 UC so you still have great diversity) - and Fullerton should you add it.
