<p>As someone who was in a similar situation last year (UCLA Business Economics or USC Marshall), I had a really hard time. If you are studying business and intend on staying in southern California, I would say USC is better. As other people have already said, USC does have a good alumni network. That being said, it is limited to southern California, and it is not quite as impressive as people say (there are way too many cases where the Trojan network has failed to help). If you intend on leaving southern California, UCLA would be a better choice; USC’s reputation is very regional.</p>
<p>Also, just because UCLA doesn’t have an undergraduate business program doesn’t mean you are at a disadvantage. In fact, more firms recruit at UCLA than USC despite not having an undergraduate business school.</p>
<p>All in all, there are no real big differences between the two schools, so you really can’t go wrong with either. Personally, I chose UCLA, and my biased opinion would say go to UCLA! But objectively, it really doesn’t matter because both are great schools.</p>