Moving to California......have College Questions
#31
If you want a relaxed atmosphere, I highly recommend San Diego. All my friends that go to SDSU or UCSD absolutely LOVE San Diego and a lot of them grew up in my area.
But San Jose/Santa Clara ain't a bad place either.
But San Jose/Santa Clara ain't a bad place either.
#36
You might also want to take note that before you can get California residency, you have to live here for something like a year and not return to your home state in the duration that you apply for residency. The reason I bring this up is because tuition at UC and CSU schools are hiked up quite a bit for non-California residents. A good friend of mine is going through the rough process of getting residency.
As far as business schools, I know for a fact that Walter Haas School of Business here at Cal has an excellent undergrad as well as 6 different MBA programs that range from $20k - $115k depending on where you are in your career.
PM me if you have questions about Cal or residency. And an early welcome to California to ya.
As far as business schools, I know for a fact that Walter Haas School of Business here at Cal has an excellent undergrad as well as 6 different MBA programs that range from $20k - $115k depending on where you are in your career.
PM me if you have questions about Cal or residency. And an early welcome to California to ya.
#38
s2000qtee,
I did my undergrad at UCLA and am currently doing my MBA at Santa Clara University. Like you, I'm also thinking of going to law school afterwards. As everyone else has mentioned, you have a lot of schools to choose from in California, covering a broad range of ranks, reputations, and costs.
Some of the private business schools, such as Santa Clara, Pepperdine, and USC have pretty good reputations, but are pretty damn expensive. Personally, I think the UC's are the best bargain. They're well-known, have good programs, and are cheaper than private schools. But will you be paying non-resident tuition if you come here? If so, then that might nullify the cost advantage of public schools. On the other hand, if you'll be paying normal (i.e. resident) tuition, then schools like UC Berkeley and UCLA are hard to beat for the price. The Cal States are pretty good bargains also.
Anyway, you'll be able to find plenty about the various schools on the Internet. There's equally good schools in New York, so I figure you've got other reasons, aside from academics, for wanting to move out to California. In regards to that, my personal opinion is to go to So Cal. Having lived in both Nor Cal and So Cal for a number of years each, I personally feel that So Cal is a lot more fun. There's more to do, more to see, everything stays open later, and there's just a more "busy" feeling in general. There's outdoors stuff as well - plenty of nice beaches, snow sports in Big Bear and Mammoth, etc. If you can't tell already, I absolutely love So Cal, and would highly recommend going there over Nor Cal.
Another school to look into might be Loyola Marymount in So Cal. It's a small private school in a nice part of Los Angeles, and it's a Jesuit school that has a multilateral agreement with lots of other Jesuit schools across the country - Santa Clara, Xavier, Boston College, etc. - meaning you can transfer to any of them fairly easily (this is true of the MBA program but I'd imagine something similar exists for undergraduates). And since you mentioned going to JC, I think De Anza has the best reputation in Nor Cal, and Santa Monica College has a pretty good reputation in So Cal.
Good luck...
I did my undergrad at UCLA and am currently doing my MBA at Santa Clara University. Like you, I'm also thinking of going to law school afterwards. As everyone else has mentioned, you have a lot of schools to choose from in California, covering a broad range of ranks, reputations, and costs.
Some of the private business schools, such as Santa Clara, Pepperdine, and USC have pretty good reputations, but are pretty damn expensive. Personally, I think the UC's are the best bargain. They're well-known, have good programs, and are cheaper than private schools. But will you be paying non-resident tuition if you come here? If so, then that might nullify the cost advantage of public schools. On the other hand, if you'll be paying normal (i.e. resident) tuition, then schools like UC Berkeley and UCLA are hard to beat for the price. The Cal States are pretty good bargains also.
Anyway, you'll be able to find plenty about the various schools on the Internet. There's equally good schools in New York, so I figure you've got other reasons, aside from academics, for wanting to move out to California. In regards to that, my personal opinion is to go to So Cal. Having lived in both Nor Cal and So Cal for a number of years each, I personally feel that So Cal is a lot more fun. There's more to do, more to see, everything stays open later, and there's just a more "busy" feeling in general. There's outdoors stuff as well - plenty of nice beaches, snow sports in Big Bear and Mammoth, etc. If you can't tell already, I absolutely love So Cal, and would highly recommend going there over Nor Cal.
Another school to look into might be Loyola Marymount in So Cal. It's a small private school in a nice part of Los Angeles, and it's a Jesuit school that has a multilateral agreement with lots of other Jesuit schools across the country - Santa Clara, Xavier, Boston College, etc. - meaning you can transfer to any of them fairly easily (this is true of the MBA program but I'd imagine something similar exists for undergraduates). And since you mentioned going to JC, I think De Anza has the best reputation in Nor Cal, and Santa Monica College has a pretty good reputation in So Cal.
Good luck...
#40
Oh yeah, for choices in the South Bay area, De Anza / Foothill is a good choice as large "feeder" schools for the UC schools, and up closer to Berkeley, the largest "feeder" JC is DVC-Diablo Valley College. Going to a JC first would likely be the best financial choice.
ps- just noticed you have quite a following over in the corner.
ps- just noticed you have quite a following over in the corner.