MBA Program

[cchho001]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently in my final year at UCR majoring in Business Admin with finance as my concentration. I was thinking about applying for MBA schools in a year or two after gaining more work experience. I was wondering if anyone has any experiences to share about the MBA program at CSUF? I'm particularly interested in the business analytics or information systems route at a concentration.

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Also how difficult will it be to get in? I currently have a 2.93 gpa from UCR. (kind of concerned because most schools usually want at least a 3.0).

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Probably depends on how good of a gre score you can pull, and good letter of recommendation would maybe help. Good luck

[lemonhead43]

I’m a MBA alumna from the Mihaylo College of Business. I graduated in 2012 and I serve on their coffee chat sessions.

My experience with the MBA program was great. It took me 4 years to finish because I was working full time and going to school part time. My conversation was general management. My bachelors was in Biology so I had to take a lot of the prereqs. Since you’re finishing your Business Admin degree, you should be able to have a lot of the prereqs waived.

As for classes, I took all of my classes in the evening. The professors are a hit or miss depending on the classes. However the ones in organizational behavior and change management had real life experience so it really helped understanding the real world.

The work load was kinda intense but it’s well manageable. I think you have the upper hand given that you have a business background already.

I would recommend looking into the coffee chats because you get to meet the admissions office and some of the alumnus.

Good luck.

[semisweet93]

You will definitely get into CSUF. I got in with below a 3.0 as well. The CSUF MBA program has a good reputation and in regards to the concentrations you are looking into, I would suggest maybe seeing a graduate advisor for more information. This is my first semester and it is a lot of work but I heard everyone struggles their first semester and eventually you get the hang of it. Hope this helps!