The difference between a CSU and a UC, Any input? Options

[Bre3zyJune]

CSU is public and UC is private. private universities tend to cost more because there's one base price that everyone has to pay. unlike private universities, public universities tuition depends upon if you are state residents are not. if you are a resident, you get tax reduction, so you tuition is lower. private universities tend to provide better education than public universities.

[Bre3zyJune]

^ woah, i didn't know they were both public.
imao, maybe b/c i live in colorado, so i thought it was the same..lol
i know that USC is private--maybe b/c it's not part of the UC system.

[gentoo]

UCs are more prestigious due to the fact that they receive more money to perform their duties as reseach institutions. It's a great school if you want to do research, so as the results, their undergraduate classes tend to be big because they don't have the available resources to teach in smaller class basis.
Verdict: UCs are great school for graduate & post-graduate students.

CSUs put more emphasis on teaching; their classes tend to be smaller compared to UC, and the courses are being taught by professors (not graduate students).
Verdict: CSus are great school for undergraduate students. They also have cheaper tuition as mentioned by some posters.

To truly benefit from California education system, I'd recommend to start at community college level due to the cheapest tuition & smaller class size for GE courses, then transfer to CSU system, and finally if you want to continue getting Master or Doctoral degree, go to UC.

[InitialDJay]

^umm i wouldn't recommend people going to community college, then transfer to a CSU/UC system because you're just wasting your time.

if you are financial stable and academic capable, jump straight ahead to CSU/UC but DO NOT take career course unless you know what major you're in. take all general courses and CSU/UC requirement elective courses first.

it allows you to buy a year or two to decide your career path.

the rest i agreed.

[vishva]

I'm going to assume you mean CSU=Cal State University and UC=University of California. The biggest difference is the level of expectations in the programs. The UCs are bigger schools, generating much more in the way of research and thus attract many more talent researchers than the CSUs (that's not to say the CSUs are bad, just that the UCs are stronger). If you were an A/B student in high school (and in California), then a UC would be what I recommend, whereas if you were a B/C student I'd recommend a CSU (or a community college); this of course is assuming that you don't have interest in a particular program that only one of these schools have.
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[Sophisticate]

Wait you need only a 2.5 to get into CS SB MBA program ?!


... WHAA ?!

[HighOnRedBull]

Most if not all CSU MBA programs require your last 90 units to be at least 2.5 to get in. And a GMAT score of 550 for a 2.5 and a GMAT score of 470 if your last 90 units is 2.90 or better. Even though I went there CSU San Bernardino is a very very low ranking university. CSUSB is also 8% Asian and the majority of those Asians are International Students from Asia whom return home after they finish their schooling.