where to go to school in cali

[eastcoastS14]

ok so im applying to colleges in california..im from boston and have been to socal once and fell in love with the area...now im thinking that i want to go to school out there but really dont know to much about where to go where not to go, nice areas/shitty areas etc. im currently looking at any of the cal states...im applying to csu chico and csu northridge...heres a map with all the campuses there are http://www.calstate.edu/datastore/campus_map.shtml someone help me out let me know which of the campuses i should check out/apply to id love to be near the water or near places with alot to do...when i visited i loved places like santa barbara and pasadena...i didnt mind LA but it was pretty busy and seems a little shitty in some areas...i also liked santa monica san diego the OC places like that...i have never been to norcal so any advice on nice places around there would help

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

more depends on the major you want. otherwise for just general educations then you can pick any so cal cal state and have a good time! my cousin goes to cal state northridge, attending film school. pasadena to northridge dricing lik e20-45 minutes depending on the day. and the beach whether it be santa monica or huntington are about 1 hour away!

[eastcoastS14]

yeah sorry looking for business management or marketing im undeclared right now because a car accident kept me out of school during the time to declare...hmmm yeah northridge is sounding pretty good..im also thinking i might apply to university of california @ santa barbara for the winter quarter since i missed the deadline for the fall

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

ucsb good for the girls and surfing and girls and nice area and girls.
did i mention the girls?

[eastcoastS14]

yeah ucsb is lookin pretty good too...unbelievable how many hot girls i saw when i was out there...seems like the west coast has way more hot chicks than the east coast really isnt fair :-/

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

hot chicks are everywhere in the us. just on the west they wear less clothes! and surfer girls are hot!
http://www.dream-media-group.com/reef/reef11.jpg

[FaLKoN240]

My friend told me some crazy percentage of the female population at UCSB has some sort of STD...

Gross.

[adrians_s13]

you guys must have never been on the CSULB (Long Beach) campus... guy to girl ratio is like 1:3! LOL
iirc, They were even mentioned in Playboy one time about the females that flock there...
but in all seriousness, I go to Cal Poly Pomona, good campus, they're on a quarter system (10 week courses as opposed to 16 weeks), very good school with a good student to faculty ratio (depending on what college your in, but for the most part, yes). and if your into nerdy ass asian chicks, or dudes in general... its the school for you, LOL

[SNC240SX]

I know that northridge has a really good buisness school.

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

I know that northridge has a really good buisness school.
if you are into dudes then this is a guy you want to "meat" up with!:rl:

[PhilthyS13]

UCSB is fun, but it's easy to get lost there. Isla Vista (UCSB isn't actually in SB) is a shithole and the parties are Insane (with a captial "I"). And yes, allegedly an amazing amount of people have STD's there. I wouldn't know personally because I made a point never to try my luck. And none of my friends admitted to anything. If you want a party school, look at SDSU. But it's also easy to get lost there, too. Most people I know who went there took more than 5 years to graduate. But they certainly had some great stories.

You'll have fun anywhere you go (hell, I went to UC Davis and had a blast). You really should visit schools before deciding if possible.

According to us news & world reports, Cal Poly San Luis has one of the better undergrad business/management/marketing programs in the west.

If you want to finish school as soon as possible, look at private schools. They will cost more, but you will finish asap. And typically their alumni love to hire alumni.

Check it out here, but don't let these rankings be the basis of your decision. Use it as a starting point.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/tools/search.php#

Remember: the name of the school on your diploma will only help getting you your first job. After that, your resume will be the deciding factor.

[supad0rk]

Every asian girl out of high school goes to Irvine or Davis... I have yet to find the logic in this but I am sure they are good schools... not just another asian group gathering

[irax]

I say, come to cali and goto community college while you get California residency( 1 year I think it is?) so once you get residency unit prices at any university will be allot cheaper. Unit prices at community colleges in San Diego are like 25 per unit, out of state prices for the same exact unit is like 300. It's the same kind of ratio at the upper universities.

[adrians_s13]

I say, come to cali and goto community college while you get California residency( 1 year I think it is?) so once you get residency unit prices at any university will be allot cheaper. Unit prices at community colleges in San Diego are like 25 per unit, out of state prices for the same exact unit is like 300. It's the same kind of ratio at the upper universities.
A buddy of mines came from Texas and was going to a Cypress CC... his out of state fees for 12 units at a community college came out to around $900!! Thats like resident University tuition!

[irax]

like university tuition for locals, but out of state tuition would easily be double or triple that.

[adrift707]

Nor-cal compared to So-cal is completely different. I grew up down south and have been living up north for the past 6 years. I like it better up here. San Francisco is sick and the environment...in my opinion is a bit better up here. There are schools like SFSU, or SJSU up here. I'm thinking of one of those two. But there are plenty more. If you're looking into bussiness UC Santa Cruz is good too. That's a lot like the O.C. area down south, but I think there might be more hippies lol.

[woodchuck]

^^ has a good point, but i have a socal bias.

Cal State Long Beach is where i graduated from and the college of business at CSULB has some major hotties. oh yeah, and CSULB also has a good college of business too. :)

[EDacIouSX]

I know that northridge has a really good buisness school.
yes but are the accredited? I believe only two csu's are accredited for business. CSULA is one and not sure on the other.

If you want a beautiful campus pepperdine is the place. or was it pitzer? The one that looks over the ocean. anyway. CSULB and UCSB (ucsb isnt in your list though). avoid csula, people here are gay bitches!

[woodchuck]

yes but are they accredited? I believe only two csu's are accredited for business. CSULA is one and not sure on the other.


not to burst your bubble:
http://www.aacsb.edu/General/InstLists.asp?lid=2

looks like there are more then 2 accredited schools for business.

[Brian]

Me - CSULB

Started off as business but now I'm almost finished with Interpersonal and Organizational Communication.

Pretty sure there are 3-4 girls for every guy.
The damn campus is like a carnival most of the time, especially spring semester. People selling shit you don't need. Rnadom people protesting something. Pools, mini skirts, sandals, boobs, another pool. a pyramid. they just had a drift demo last monday...

I go there for class and then go home. No need to stay there any longer than I need to...

[jdm538]

i heard the business school at csulb is impacted, why did you switch majors Brian?

i will be transferring to csudh for business not as impacted as csuf and csulb..

[DC2Slow]

go beach lotta hunnie babies:hsdance:

[drift-it]

i go to sdsu
sdsu ucsd, cheap/in sd.

[RpSinner]

if you got money id check out santa clara university especially if you are into business marketing and such. its right by san jose and not far from san francisco. tons of shit to do in nor cal.

USF is another bank private school to think about

San Francisco and San Jose state is all good too

[Wei240]

csun is in the valley, if you don't like to be scorched in 120 degree temperature, don't go there, biz prgm is good tho, it's pretty much a commuter school, not really close to the beach

sd has a lot of cops, cops with nothing better to do, don't bring your car down if you go there...

[180sExy]

My suz goes to santa barbara an she loves it! An I seen some of her collage buddies DAMN Hot blonds!!!

[s13gold]

+1 million for UCSB.

who's been there for Halloween. crazy parties on the street.

[SiI40sx]

+1 million for UCSB.

who's been there for Halloween. crazy parties on the street.

that school is the reason I cant drink like I used to

[DC2Slow]

+1 million for UCSB.

who's been there for Halloween. crazy parties on the street.
Greek Row FTW....but it was great a couple years ago, now I heard you cant even drink in your own private parking lot passed 11pm. FreeBirds+drunk people=best fights ever. FYI UCSB has the highest STD rate of any CA university :hug:

[kingsol]

This is odd. Guy wants to know how schools are over here, and he receives comments on the party life or the girl to guy ratio--both, in my opinion, factors to consider, if at all, only if straddling the wall, both definitely not being deciding factors; I mean, I swear academics mattered at one point in time.

My advice: go to the best school possible. Though, I'd avoid SF State if you're looking for any life outside of school, as it's considered, for the most part, a commuter school. Or, If you're really serious, go to a community college and transfer into UC Berkeley which has the best undergrad business program on the west coast, ranking number 2, overall, in the nation. So, again, go to the best school possible, put in the work now, chill later in you're Ferrari.

[EDacIouSX]

not to burst your bubble:
http://www.aacsb.edu/General/InstLists.asp?lid=2

looks like there are more then 2 accredited schools for business.

GAY! fucking dumb teachers at csula...... they lied to us!

[Brian]

^^^^
Here is my real opinion on CSULB

I hate going there. There is approx. one person there that makes it worth my time. Other than that, the school is filled with idiots who are concerned about how they look and what the newest fashion trend is. Every class I'm in has the people with their computers surfing MySpace or talking to people on Sidekicks. Of course, these people thin out at my academic point, I usually have only a few of these examples for each class.
I hate walking through the campus and hearing all sorts of conversations about girls bitching about their guys, Guys bragging about the girls they fucked last weekend at Brad's kegger, What party is coming up next weekend, What club is going on, having tons of people there handing out flyers for the dumbest shit ever. (my new line to those people is, "I'm famous, I don't need the flyer.") lol.
This is why I enjoy going to class, then leaving and ging home.

On another note,

The campus is nice. Very beautiful. A lot of attractive people. A lot of fun professors. etc.

I don't think it is a bad school, but if you want a "real" kind of college, go somewhere else. Berkeley rules. That is the stereotypical campus I always imagined when I thought of college.


Happy Wednesday.

[DC2Slow]

^^^^
Here is my real opinion on CSULB

I hate going there. There is approx. one person there that makes it worth my time. Other than that, the school is filled with idiots who are concerned about how they look and what the newest fashion trend is. Every class I'm in has the people with their computers surfing MySpace or talking to people on Sidekicks. Of course, these people thin out at my academic point, I usually have only a few of these examples for each class.
I hate walking through the campus and hearing all sorts of conversations about girls bitching about their guys, Guys bragging about the girls they fucked last weekend at Brad's kegger, What party is coming up next weekend, What club is going on, having tons of people there handing out flyers for the dumbest shit ever. (my new line to those people is, "I'm famous, I don't need the flyer.") lol.
This is why I enjoy going to class, then leaving and ging home.

On another note,

The campus is nice. Very beautiful. A lot of attractive people. A lot of fun professors. etc.

I don't think it is a bad school, but if you want a "real" kind of college, go somewhere else. Berkeley rules. That is the stereotypical campus I always imagined when I thought of college.


Happy Wednesday.
someone wasnt part of the cool group...hahaha jp GO BEACH!!!

[Brian]

lol

which cool group?

[DC2Slow]

the group where the guys compete who can fit into the tightest jeans/shirts and girls who dress up like they are going clubbn...ahahahah but for reals the CSULB Buisness program is nationally accredited but is very impacted. Either way I think going to a CC first then transfering to CSULB, USC or a UC school is the way to go.:rawk: GO BEACH

[swiftdrift]

Cal Poly Pomona FTW!!!!!

Mech Engineering FTL!! That Major is harder than a Bronco Errection! lol

But ya it mos def is a good engr school and i heard they have a pretty god business program as well.

Also Fullerton is suppose to have a premier Bussiness program as well. And they're like walking distance from the best cali beaches.

Best Cali Beaches= Best cali Bitches! :keke:

and SDSU, wow lets not even get into that.......:wackit:

[swift_style]

ucsb good for the girls and surfing and girls and nice area and girls.
did i mention the girls?

lol!! oh yeah, UCSB is the place to be if you're in Socal.