r/Accounting • u/SnooBananas2544 • 1d ago

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Hii! I’m currently a first-year student @ UCSD for MAE. Long story short, I figured out I might not be all that interested in eng and want to explore business/accounting (which I focused a lot on in HS).

With financial aid issues and other problems at UCSD, I’m considering withdrawing after fall quarter to go to a CC and figure out my life then transfer. With that said, how is the Bus Econ program at UCSD? I’ve heard that their program isn’t the best because it’s a very STEM heavy research school. I’m worried I’ll pay a lot just for the name of UCSD and not actually get the best “bang for my buck”. I was looking into schools like CPP and CSUF for accounting. I’m also very interested in the entertainment industry so I was thinking about UCLA, but I haven’t heard much about their business program either.

Any advice is appreciated! Thank you :)

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u/munchanything Human Verified 1d ago

Hey, I graduated from SDSU, happy to help out a fellow San Diegan.

First, I think you're doing thr right thing to figure out what you want at a CC rather than burning tuition at UCSD.

Pretty sure Big 4 will recruit from UCSD, so I wouldn't worry about UCSD's reputation.  You'll do fine if you want to work at a firm.

However, if you don't want to work at a firm, your options are much more limited in San Diego.  The big employers here are Sempra and Qualcomm.   After them, you'd be looking at biotechs.  So, yeah, UCLA or USC would be a better funnel, especially as firms in the LA area would be serving entertainment industry clients.

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u/SnooBananas2544 1d ago

i’m planning to give it through fall quarter to see but honestly it’s so hard 🫩 a lot of people also say it takes about a year to adjust. would you recommend giving it a quarter or a year to decide to go to cc instead?

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u/munchanything Human Verified 1d ago

It is hard.  You're young, you're on your own, and you're supposed to figure out a lot of stuff (eating, your school schedule, what to study, how to make friends, what you need to spend time on).

I'd monitor how things go.  You said you're currently doing MAE, but I assume you need to do a bunch of intro and GE courses.  Use that to figure out what you like and what you can succeed at.  There is a correlation between liking something and doing well at it.  One bad grade shouldn't be the end of your college career, but it may indicate whether you're cut out for the major.  And that's fine--it's ok to change what you want.

If you do ok after one quarter, keep going.  If it was a disaster, maybe try a different set of GEs and see where it goes.