Help, Wash U vs. JHU vs. UC Berkeley

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Ok, so… I got rejected by Ivies (still makes me cry), except for Brown University, which waitlisted me. Now, among the schools that accepted me, I am considering Wash U, Johns Hopkins, and UC Berkeley… and maybe UCLA?
I am planning to have a job in financial field. (WS would be good)
I am accepted for Olin Business School in Wash U, and Pre-business thing for UC Berkeley and Math major for Johns Hopkins.</p>

<p>Would you guys help me by ‘comparing and contrasting’ and ‘stating pros and cons’ of each of the school?</p>

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<p>These are all great schools! No reason to stress out about not getting into Ivies. They don’t have anything except a brand name that your schools don’t have. Your selection is very desireable.</p>

<p>I think it’s reasonable to state that JHU is AMAZING at pre-med. That is their clear #1 strength, far and away. They just developed a business school VERY recently – like within the past couple of years. I don’t mean to write off their business program by any means, but it hasn’t been around for very long. I know nothing about JHU and have no way to compare them or readily look up some stats on them, so I’m not going to address them here. </p>

<p>Olin vs. UCBerekely… The quality of education will probably be similar at both. If anyone tells you differently, then they are biased and there is no way that they can reasonably and comparatively evaluate quality of education.</p>

<p>UC Berkeley has a great undergrad b-school, as does Wash U. UC Berkeley and Wash U are great all-around Universities. Clear strengths in multiple areas. The key differences here are going to be the campus, student body size, individual class sizes, and attention from faculty members.</p>

<p>The faculty:student ratio at UCBerkeley is 26:1 for their business school. That is the 2nd highest amount after Texas, for top 20 schools. The faculty:student ratio at Wash U Olin is 10:1, which I believe is the 3rd lowest in top 20 schools. You’re going to have much smaller class sizes and likely a better chance to know your professors at Olin. From my experiences at Wash U, professors are extremely accessible, classes are very discussion based, and it is pretty much your own fault if you don’t know a professor personally on a first-name basis for most classes. </p>

<p>My friends in the business school love it… the attention, small community, and their ability to double major outside of the business school (which most of them are doing). There is a really neat internship/study-abroad program in London that a few are doing next year, that seems to be really popular for Olin students. </p>

<p>It really should come down to how much you value the campus, student population size, and individual attention. There’s a big difference in going to a big public school with 25,000 undergrads and a school with 6,000 undergrads. Each has its appeals to different people. It matters what you want here. Visiting campuses is going to be the best way for your to evaluate your wants.</p>

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Exactly.
You’re most likely going to have to make the decision based upon which school you like best, since the programs are all of similar caliber. For me, the student body size automatically made me reject the UC system just because I wanted a medium sized school (I love that everyone knows someone you know, but you don’t know everyone). It really is just a personal preference.</p>