<p>I'm currently a junior and want to know what is the best undergraduate program (in California and in the United States).</p>
<p>California: UCB Haas (though given choice, Stanford Econ for best jobs in business)</p>
<p>US: UPenn Wharton</p>
<p>Depends on what you want to do in the first two years in college. Haas is not a direct admit, you’ll need to qualify by GPA in Berkeley’s dog eat dog world of intense competition … may need 3.5 or higher in college, which is not very easy. Did you know the Haas students and hopefuls are called “Haasholes” by Berkeley’s liberal gang?</p>
<p>If you want an easier time in the first two years, try for a direct admit program like USC Marshall, NYU Stern, UMich Ross, UVa, CMU Tepper etc.</p>
<p>UVa is not an easier admit for OOS.</p>
<p>agree with hmom: second in either the US or California is a looong way down.</p>
<p>Hardly…More S&P 500 CEOs have done undergrad at Wisconsin than Wharton–or Haas. Unknown to hmom5 there is a world of business outside NYC. Many prefer it.</p>
<p>UMich Ross and UVa McIntire are not direct admit programs (expcept for the few preferred admits who get admitted from high school into Ross) but otherwise, you have to apply to both in your sophomore year of college, and competition is getting more stiff with the more attention each school is getting.</p>
<p>0h Barrons, I’m totally aware of the little people from little schools (like Wisc) in little jobs (like CEO). That’s Little People 101, which every Wharton freshman must take.</p>
<p>US News & World Report recently released a new rankings for undergraduate business programs</p>
<p>I’m amazed with the level of arrogance of one of the posters on here… sounds like the business world in help on her palms…</p>
<p>OP, the solid top 5 business schools in America are:
Penn-Wharton
MIT-Sloan
Berkeley-Haas
Michigan-Ross
NYU-Stern</p>
<p>There also other solid undergrad programs whose graduates are sought after by top employers amongst them are: UVa-McIntire, Emory, WUSL, Notre Dame, and to some exptent, USC-Marshall.</p>
<p>In California the best business school is Berkeley-Haas, bar none. It’s graduates can compete with those Econ grads of Stanford, in terms of opportunities after graduation and salary scale. There are data that would support this claim of mine.</p>
<p>Arrogance 102, also one of those pesky pre reqs every Wharton student must suffer trough. Not as bad as some except for the part we they make you cackle at the mention of other business programs.</p>
<p>LOL @ Little People 101. Methinks many on these boards have taken that one!</p>
<p>“Arrogance 102, also one of those pesky pre reqs every Wharton student must suffer trough. Not as bad as some except for the part we they make you cackle at the mention of other business programs.”</p>
<p>Do they teach remedial writing at private schools?</p>
<p>RML has the list</p>
<p>barrons:</p>
<p>you are responding to a question that was not asked. The OP specifically asked for the “best” in California and the United States. There can only be one “best”. As H has the “wow” factor for undergrad colleges, Wharton has the “wow” factor for undergrad biz. </p>
<p>While personally, I’d much prefer UMich and UVa over Wharton/MIT and particularly NYU, for the whole collegiate experience, those two programs aren’t considered the “best” outside of their local markets. (Moreover, UMich is the easier OOS admit of all the top schools, save full pay at NYU. Of course direct admit to Ross ain’t easy – just the undergrad college.)</p>
<p>Ross is nationally recognized as easily a top 5 undergrad program. Certainly an overall better rep than UVA.</p>
<p>Arrogance 102 nice one Hmom LOL</p>
<p>NYU Stern.</p>
<p>“The OP specifically asked for the “best” in California and the United States. There can only be one “best”.”</p>
<p>In these matters, it is a matter of opinion, not entirely of fact. Your best picks can never be fully be backed up by solid data and evidence. There can be reams of data, but little intelligence. That’s business as usual - Econ 101 for the Wharties.</p>
<p>One could argue that undergrad business is a worthless major. Why not go for a liberal arts, science, or engineering major at the very best school that you can get into? You can eventually go to business school when it is time, after you work for a few years. Your list may then look like Kellogg, Harvard, Chicago, Stanford, Wharton etc. depending on what your goals are at that time.</p>
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<p>With this hypothetical I would concur, particularly econ over undergrad biz (and have so posted on cc). But again, the OP was not requesting info on choice of major…</p>
<p>Surprised UNC-Chapel Hill hasn’t been mentioned yet. UNC’s undergraduate business school was ranked #6 in the nation in USNWR’s last report.</p>
<p>Haas (Berkeley)
Marshall (USC)</p>