U. Wisconsin-Madison or U. Illinois Champaign?

openedskittles
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:32:10 +0000

It will be hard to justify not going to UCLA or UCB when you have in-state tuition. USC has a better business program than UWM and UIUC, too.

California might have an iffy local government and some economic woes, but there are still a lot more top jobs in the Bay Area and LA than Wisconsin. Chicago is the powerhouse in Big 10 country, but it’s not like it doesn’t come with a share of political scandals and issues. That argument would work much better in Texas where Houston, Dallas and Austin are booming and the business program at UT is actually ranked better than USC and almost as high as Berkeley. However, the out-of-state tuition is still a huge obstacle and the OP might simply prefer to stay in California anyway.