<p>Do these schools all get recruited by the same firms? Is there one school that truly stands above the rest in internships/competitive jobs?</p>
<p>It all depends on GPA , internships, and where you want to work really.</p>
<p>A 4.0 student that does a ton of internships will always been recruited especially at their place of internship.</p>
<p>If your talking about senior positions at Goldman/BoA(Merril)/JP/Citi etc then your best bet is Uchicago/stern/ivies/Haas and thats about the most commonly recruited schools</p>
<p>This thread is great…</p>
<p>I am not sure about the recruiters, but I would think all the top accounting firms would recruit there. Could someone confirm this? Also, is anyone familiar with Santa Barbara? Are there career opportunities in the area?</p>
<p>Personally, I think accounting can be underpaid and boring. I think UCSB has more options available-most notably their actuary program.</p>
<p>I also asked my econ professor about UCSD and UCSB (about their rankings) and he said the difference is trivial and that one should pick where they would be happy, get a high gpa, and do what the like. I prefer finance, so I think UCSB would do it for me. :)</p>
<p>I would think UCI and UCSD would have more opportunities because of their location. I am totally ignorant about Santa Barbara. They probably don’t have a big financial center. </p>
<p>I wish we could get some UCSB people in here lol.</p>
<p>Hi Cali,</p>
<p>Job opportunities are not dictated by the school you attend. It is a personal decision based on the amount of effort you put in. It does not matter if you attend UCSD, UCD, UCSB, or UCI. If you don’t go out of your way to network, constantly look for internships, and participate in activities to make your resume stand out, it will not matter if you went to any of those schools. There is a direct correlation between the amount of effort you put into something and the opportunities it presents you in the future. </p>
<p>You could have easily searched the google to learn that there is an undergraduate economics ranking on this website’s business major forum. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/137062-best-undergraduate-economics-program.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/137062-best-undergraduate-economics-program.html</a></p>
<p>Out of those schools you listed, UCSD is the only one which is ranked in the top 5 tiers at tier 5. Take that as you will. However, heed my warning, it will make no difference unless you make college the enriching experience you want it to be.</p>
<p>calitrumpet: what kind of job are we talking about? like consulting and banking? or analyst at a mid-size company…?</p>
<p>My friend who’s graduating from Davis as a Econ/Stats double major interned at Morgan Stanley and is going to be working there full time starting this summer at their San Francisco office.</p>
<p>Ya Good thread!..</p>
<p>I go to UCI and we get pretty decent internship opportunities. Just last quarter a rep from Johnson & Johnson came to recruit an intern and everyone at UCI was like “OMG yay!” Overall we get mid-tier companies coming to recruit interns, while the high-tier ones go mainly to Cal/UCLA…actually the Johnson and Johnson recruiter said this is the first time they were coming to UCI and that they would usually rather find people from UC Berkeley and UCLA…UCI is definitely climbing up the ranks but it will still be a while before more higer-end companies seek interns from here.</p>
<p>it’s all about who you know. the connections you make throughout your education hopefully will tie you into opportunities.</p>
<p>@ixr</p>
<p>it’s funny you should mention mssb. I had an internship at smith barney last year before/during the merger, and I got the job b/c of someone I knew. I made a TON of connections while I was there, and I was offered to come back and re-apply for a full-time slot once I graduate. a connection there also got me an internship with the NBA in marketing.</p>
<p>Is anyone interesting in UCSB’s financial mathematics/statistics program or their math/econ program? I got in as the math/econ, but I don’t know which one is better/ more interesting. I really like econ and finance lol.</p>
<p>Mkcman17, what is your major?</p>
<p>@thebigshow</p>
<p>well, I HAD been an econ major, but I’ve since switched to int’l relations. honestly, you don’t have to be a finance major to be an FA. I’d say half of the FAs in our branch had bus/fin/acc majors. there were a few psych, socio etcs. the BS/BA doesn’t matter near as much as the MBA.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks.</p>
<p>mkcman: if you’re willing to answer, ive got a few questions. where are you doing your undergrad? and what percent do you have to place in to have a chance to work at big banks?</p>
<p>@beowolf</p>
<p>I’m in CC transferring either ucla/unc/ucsd. feel free to PM me if you want to pick my brain, but in short, the biggest factors to the FA jobs @ big banks are the process and the interview/resume. you have to be licensed to be an FA, and you have to be with a firm to take the license tests (I think). a lot start as a csa and get their license and make connections or even gain clients. class% is just another facet off your resume. get an internship and you can shoe your way in.</p>
<p>I think everyone on here (including myself) gets WAY to caught up in which UC is more prestigious and we forget that MOST of the UCs are ranked top 50. Obviously some are ranked better then others but all of them will provide you for a good career with competitive pay if you get good grades and an internship.</p>
<p>^^^ thats actually false. going to cal will give you MANY more opportunities than going to a lesser uc.</p>
<p>correction going to HAAS will provide MANY more opportunities than others</p>
<p>not only haas. if you look at the career services, many econ majors get REALLY good jobs or go to great grad schools.</p>