1. Applied Research Project By: Nick Adams

2. San Diego vs Tampa Major: Economics and Politics & International Affairs Position: Financial Analyst

3. San Diego vs Tampa San DiegoTampa Monthly Salary$5,416$4,166 Apartment Rent$1,675$866.67 Utilities$120$152 Movie + Fitness Membership$52.00$51.80 State Income Tax (per month)$257$0 Groceries$316.50$300 Gas from Home to Work$120$107 Car and Health InsuranceCan stay on parent’s plan Remaining Funds$2,875.50$2,688.53

4. Comparing San Diego vs Tampa San DiegoTampaAdvantage Last Won Super BowlNever2003Tampa Total Pro Sports Teams (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) 23Tampa Crimes per 1000 Residents28.4832.52San Diego Particle Pollution Grade (Stateoftheair.org) FATampa Weather (Temperature and Precipitation Avg.) 70.5° F/ 9.9 inches72.3° F/ 43.9 inchesSan Diego Cost of Traveling Home$500.00$2.50Tampa Attractiveness Ranking (Travel and Leisure Magazine) 210San Diego Funniest City Ranking (Movoto) 1055San Diego Golf City Rank (golf.com)3417Tampa

5. Master in Finance 18.6% projected employment increase for common jobs as of (2014) Mid-Career median pay: $119,000 Pros Covers more finance topics than MBA I didn’t study finance in Undergrad, so could be helpful Cons More focus on theory and less on practice Less Exposure to general management practice than MBA

6. Graduate School Comparison (UCLA vs USF) UCLA (Masters in Financial Engineering) USF (Master of Science in Finance) LocationLos Angeles, CATampa, FL Ranking8 th 5 th in Florida Cost of Full Program$57,268$14,020 Average Salary Post Program$100,000$93,000

7. Job’s with a Masters in Finance Personal Financial Advisor ($81,060) Financial Examiner ($76,310) Chief Executive ($173,320) Business Teacher ($74,090) Sales Agent, Financial Services ($72,070)

8. My Choices When deciding between Tampa and San Diego for my initial job, I would choose to live in San Diego. In San Diego, I would have more money to save, following the basic expenses and would have a nice opportunity to live in a new place with very funny and attractive people. I would choose to go to graduate school in order to increase my salary and garner more knowledge about finance, because I did not study it in undergrad. I would choose UCLA because personally I feel as if reputation of school matters a lot. Although, I am not entirely internalizing the cost as my parents are willing to pay