<p>My major is business administration and I got accepted to Haas School of Business at Berkeley. I'm pretty sure i'll be accepted to USC Marshall School of Business. Which should I choose? (Consider the quality of both programs, prestige of the programs, prestige of the universities, opportunities for jobs, and opportunities for grad school)</p>
<p>Haas for the win.</p>
<p>Im gonna say Marshall because it has better alumni networking and possibly better job oppurtunities, but both are great. You can't go wrong.</p>
<p>Are you a transfer student? If you are and you are already admitted to the Haas school then you should go to Berkeley.</p>
<p>If you look at US News Graduate School for MBAs, there is a category called recruiter assessment, what companies think of your school.</p>
<p>UCLA and UC berkeley got scores of 4.0 and 4.1 or something like that. I remember they were in the low 4.0s with 0.1 difference. USC on the other hand got a recruiter assessment score of 3.0.</p>
<p>UCLA and Berkeley are respected in the eyes of recruiters. When you move out of the USC alumni network, things aren't as bright for Trojans. The alumni network will help you land a job, but after that it is determined by your job performance.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley is ranked #12, and USC is ranked #21 in BusinessWeek for undergrad business administration.</p>
<p>Undergraduate business education wise, recruiter's are much more biased toward private school's rather than public's because there will be so many of you applying for the same job, but either one is great. Also, if you plan on staying in California, I would say USC has the advantage, but outside of it, berkeley wins, but both are great.</p>
<p>I actually disagree with the recruiting at Berkeley.</p>
<p>One thing that I really liked about it was quite a few firms recruit at Berkeley and enough Haas graduates are in the SF financial sector to have significant numbers of recruiters looking around on campus and sitting in on classes, sometimes stopping a student or two to talk to them for a few minutes. </p>
<p>I'd say go on which you would like more, but if you are a transfer student and have gotten in directly, Haas would certainly be the most advantageous choice.</p>
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<p>Nope, Hass has fewer students</p>
<p>I appreciate all your imput. Continue letting me know what your opinions are. To be more specific: yes I do live in California (Los Angeles), I am a transfer student, and I got accepted into Haas. I'm leaning toward staying in California, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't go anywhere if the opportunity is lucrative enough.
I'm planning on doing an MBA/JD program after I finish my undergraduate degree. I want to apply to Stanford, do you think that either school (USC or Berkeley) would improve the probability of my admittance there?</p>
<p>I am mistaken about Berkeley once again, go there! ps im being sarcastic (USC still owns)</p>
<p>..............</p>
<p>Pre-medwannabe,</p>
<p>Try giving advice based on facts instead of speculation.</p>
<p>JSR: wanna tell us your stats? :D</p>
<p>go to Haas, just because you're for sure into the business school and don't have to worry about getting in.</p>
<p>The two schools are vastly different, go to the one you'll do best at.</p>
<p>Go to whichever you like because both get recruitment and mostly from the same places, but there are minor differences like the fact that USC-marshall is not on lazard's recruitment list, but other than that either will do fine.</p>
<p>USC, only because Berkeley is so overrated and has a horrible curve and treats undergrads like dirt.</p>
<p>Marshall has a pretty strict curve itself...</p>
<p>My choice still stands. Asians outnumber caucasians at Berkeley. and Lots of Asians=CRAZY competition. Also your admission to Haas isn't guarenteed.</p>
<p>It is guanteed, he's a transfer student. Surviving Haas is a lot easier than getting in. That's what a lot of Haasholes say.</p>
<p>^My choice still stands. Berkeley's soooo overrated.</p>