Simple answer: to weed out dumbshits.

Bigger answer: 2 semester units of Calculus indicates that you have the background to be the kind of person they want at that institution. Remember, learning the subject material, and even some of the analysis of the material is half of the college game. The other half of the game, particularly for private institutions, is to put the process in a context that is appealing to some group of people. In these modern days, people that are willing to donate to the alumni fund.

People with 2 semester units of Calculus, regardless of major, have a tendency to start in the upper five figures, and that's a good thing for SCU's long-term prospects.

 

UT,
What's the final score of the SuperBowl, who's going to win, and the best commercial?

 

Because if I wait to transfer from ohlone until Fall '11 or Spring '11 I COULD set myself up for SCU as opposed to SJSU.

I've had a lot of peers around me (friends, etc) who I've been talking to to really inspire me to actually try and make something of myself in college . I feel like going to SJSU would be holding me back as opposed to going to somewhere like SCU.

Also, their acceptance rate is ~50% and they accept almost 70% of their students in the fall from transfers.

Plus, I figure if I graduate from SCU then it'll set me up to have a better chance at Haas, Stanford, or even going back to Leavey for my MBA (or MFin). But I feel it'd be the "easier" route to get into SJSU but maybe not the best carrier decision?

Thoughts?

 

Unkie will the weather be as nice next winter as it has been this one, just here not the rest of the ountry of course?

 

Given the two schools - go to SCU for your undergrad. . . for grad school, an MBA can often be an MBA (try to get to Haas, IMHO).

 

Thanks

What do you mean an MBA can often be an MBA?? I would REALLY like to get my Masters in Finance.. but few schools offer it.

I looked at Haas and their program is Masters in Financial Engineering. That shit is crazy... every one of the 65 students in the program are either summa cum lade, have multiple degrees already, and have come from top-tier schools... most with Math/Engineering degrees of some sort.

 

31-17

I had predicted the Saints, and sure enough. . .

Best Commercial - who gives a flying F! I was freshening my drink (or somebody else's).

 

No. It's an El Nino year, which results in less Alaskan air for you (but a shitload of storms for us). Enjoy it while it lasts. . .

 

Oh shit. . . sorry. . . in many cases, an MBA is JUST an MBA. . . what makes the difference is who you get juiced-in with while doing your internships.

. . . funny thing is, SJSU's school has some decent placement. Plus, if you leave school with two brain cells to rub together AND an MBA - you'll be just fine (regardless of where you go).

Now, for that Master's of Finance. . . ummm, yeah, be prepared to get your ass kicked BEFORE you're even accepted. If you're not reading the Economist AND several respected journals of Mathematics NOW, you're behind the curve.

. . . I barely have time for a main story in the Economist these days, let alone the whole thing. Man oh man though, it's good stuff.

 

Why didn't I go to New Oleans yesterday