<p>senson, I got into management science @ UCSD also. The only reason I picked that, is that it is THE CLOSET THING to a business program that UCSD offers. Check out this page:</p>
<p><a href=“http://econ.ucsd.edu/ugradprog/handbook.shtml#Business[/url]”>http://econ.ucsd.edu/ugradprog/handbook.shtml#Business</a></p>
<p>It does a decent job explaining the business education you will will get by taking MS @ UCSD. It compares Berkeley’s business program (one of the best), with Econ.</p>
<p>Here is a little blurb:
Overall, a student majoring in Economics here could, by picking electives carefully, put together a package of courses which somewhat closely resembled perhaps three fourths overlap a Berkeley major in business administration. A student majoring in management science here would automatically overlap a Berkeley business major to roughly this degree, and would be much stronger in quantitative techniques. Nonetheless, many business topics available at Berkeley are not available here.</p>
<p>If you really wanted to go into business, why did you select UCSD? Even though I was offered admission, I am looking at other options. I think that MS is a fantastic program, but I do not think it is 100% for me. Do a search for “management science” on this board (with quotes), and see what you come up with. Also, take a look at this BusinessWeek article explaining how quantitative skills are becoming more and more valuable in the business world:
<a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_04/b3968001.htm</a></p>