<p>Yeah I agree that it would give extra help. I was more talking about the schools that the original poster mentioned (not including UCLA or UCB). And I know people that went to state schools and got in to amazing grad schools.</p>
<p>i guess what i’m saying is this ‘good job’ you’re looking for comes from what you make it. even if you win that FA spot out of college, you’ll still be making what the UCR grad is making. the rest of your success is based off adaptability and success.</p>
<p>anyways, last thing i’ll say about this is that goldman sachs has a good summer internship program at locations all across the US and abroad. there’s a comprehensive application online, and it’s worth checking out.</p>
<p>i heard there are better job opportunities for econ majors from santa clara university (norcal) and usc (socal) than from berkeley and ucla.</p>
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<p>True.</p>
<p>Out of the UCSD/UCD/UCSB/UCI</p>
<p>I would say UCSB would be the best choice cause they have a good accounting program there and the big 4 recruit lots of grads from there.</p>
<p>Following that I would say UCI. The biz admin students are about to hit the market and I bet a lot of recruitment start coming to UCI soon.</p>
<p>That’s where I would probably go. Even if USNEWS ranks a school higher than the other in econ.</p>
<p>SCU has very good job placement for nearly all of its majors because of all the internships it offers its students. That’s the thing about private schools, they have a large network that their students can really take advantage of. USC is very well known for its network and has a much better name recognition than SCU. </p>
<p>During my internship last summer, my cubicle was placed near the office of the VP of Operations and also VP of Sales (both got their MBA at USC). I would always see both of those VPs go to each other’s offices and ramble about USC’s football program. They also hired a new Director, who happened to get his undergrad at USC, and he basically made it a trio of USC employees talking about how Mark Sanchez will carry the Jets to the Superbowl (close enough I guess?). When I had one of my meetings with the VP of Sales, he was asking me if I found my internship through UCSC’s network. I told him I just applied via the main website and he was shocked. He said he personally lists some of the positions through his alumni network or to headhunters that know qualified applicants from USC’s business school.</p>
<p>All that aside, I would still side with UCB/UCLA purely based on name recognition and recruiting. If you look at the websites for most of the top companies, Berkeley and LA are usually always listed for campus recruiting events. This may not seem too important, but some companies only allow you to apply to their jobs/internships through these types of events.</p>