I am currently a UCSB student and I got accepted by UCLA and Berkeley as a transfer student. I have a tough time choosing between those two schools. I am a applied math major and I plan to double a major like stat, econ or business. I will go for financial jobs in the future I guess.
I have moved to california for 2 years now and spent all my time in santa barbara and I just visited SF once so I know very little thing about North Cal.
I am more familiar with UCLA since I have friend there and I visited several times. It was my dream school when I applied as a freshman. And I really like westwood and LA since there are so many good food and entertainment.
For Berkeley, I didn’t expect to be accepted so I didn’t do a lot of research on it. Also I know nobody there and I heard the surrounding area is not good as westwood. Will the life in cal be too boring? I am also worried about if that will be much harder than UCLA? I have a 3.8+ gpa right now and I really hope i can get a 3.7 when i graduate. So it that possible in cal?
Do SF or LA has more job opportunities in financial field? And will berkeley students be more easily choosed by employers when compared with UCLA students because of its reputations? I know in cali people don’t think it has that much different between those two schools, but do people think cal is much better than ucla in other places?
Please give me some advice! Thank you so much