BU ($, honors) vs UCLA

drax12
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:22:26 +0000

UCLA
pros: in-state tuition ($30,000) [total inc room & board], academic prestige

cons: large student body, unable to leave California, rising tuition, overfilled classes, little to no guidance, was put as a sociology major (not business econ like I requested - no business school).



I’m not sure what you mean by the bold I. People graduate from UCLA and leave California all the time.

Wrt Bold II: How do you feel about going to grad school, an MBA program? A lot of this depends on what business sector you want to enter. If you want to go into sales/marketing/brokerage/agency/public relations, say, commercial real estate or residential real estate brokering, then soc (any major) is good enough. Soc is a social science under L&S, so your movement within L&S shouldn’t be too bad as sentiment stated.

If you want something more technical, consulting, etc., you’d probably want an advanced degree. Also, as a soc major, you could minor in bus at UCLA, and you could stock up on bus related classes during summer because otherwise they would be hard to come by during the regular terms, with bus econ majors getting priority enrollment. You can still major in soc and besides adding a bus minor, still take management, stats, calc courses. You just have to plan ahead. Also, look into Bruin Consulting, if you want something like this. Email them and ask their advice.

Also, how do you feel about majoring in something more science-like? I think more of a “tech” major might prepare someone for a bus=related career. Most soc majors tend to go into something like law.

Also “little or no guidance” is probably way overstated.

Also Sentiment:



NOTE: All students are put into “pre-Business Econ” and must fulfill certain GPA requirements before they can declare Business Econ as their major.



There are a select few that are admitted to the major, I’m certain. But OP would definitely have to go through pre-major.