USC or CAL (Spring '10 Econ Transfer)

liek0806
Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:46:16 +0000

Considering your plans of an MBA, I will state that its very rare to get an MBA(at least from a top MBA program) following graduation from undergrad. You will NEED notable work experience, and the fact that you would have to get that after undergrad, and you plan on staying in SoCal after graduation, your best bet is USC. My cousin did Econ at USC,(graduated with less than a 3.5, but above a 3.0). Has had really great work experience primarily because of the trojan network. I know she works in the stock industry, and is now headed to UCLA for her MBA. She also got into USC for an MBA(but decided on UCLA as she already did the USC thing and UCLA ranks higher for business and generally is more well known around the world).
If you plan on coming back down to so cal, after undergrad, your best bet really is USC.
I definitely wouldn’t get into debt for it if Berkeley’s price tag is better(after financial aid) but you can’t go wrong with USC and living in so cal.