#UIUC Gies vs IU Kelley vs UC Davis (in-state)

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floral heart
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Business Majors at UIUC vs IU vs UC Davis in-state

Hey everyone! Trying to decide between these three as my top choices, cost is only a SMALL factor (but it would be nice to not be paying outlandish amounts. I love big campus vibes.

for reference, CA resident.
Intended major : Business Admin/ Business Undeclared

UIUC pros:

Top 15 undergrad business school

Pipeline to Chicago

Cool-ish campus

Good integration between engineering and business

Top 35 school overall
Very diverse, good food scene out of campus

Can double major in two business majors (like finance and information systems)

UIUC cons:

Highest cost (~55k)

Weather much colder than home

Campus is kinda in the middle of nowhere

Foods alright I guess

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IU Kelley

Pros:

Top 10 Undergrad B-School
Also pipeline-ish to Chicago and New York
Nice campus
Great Investment Banking program (not sure if I want to go into it though)

Best alum network

Cons:

Overall school is worse (#70)

Also kinda in the middle of nowhere

Cost is relatively high (51k with deans' scholarship)

Diversity is rather low

Less name recognition from an IU diploma(???)

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UC Davis

Pros:
VERY close to home (could be a con?) ~30 miles

Strong school overall (t30)

cost is the best (~40k)

Cool campus I guess

Can visit home (ties in with first pro)

Very diverse

Weathers kinda nice but it gets really hot
Stay on the west coast might be better for jobs

Cons:

NO business program right now, admitted for managerial economics, BUT they're making a business major NEXT year. (big point for me)

Biggest business pipeline is Sacramento? Much less so bay area

Can't explore majors for 2 years like the other two

Thank you!

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automod made me split this into 3 bruh

next knoll
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IU Kelley if u think ur likely to do IB

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UCD if not

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would think this throughly before u decide

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actually... ucd is only 15k cheaper for in state hmmm

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this one is like coin-toss type of decision

floral heart
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The thing with Kelley im seeing is that if you don't make the IB workshop then the prospects are lower

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And it's like minimum 3.95gpa so it seems pretty dubious

grim stirrup
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true u need to get into the IBW