<p>I think this thread is sort of losing the bigger picture. Picking an undergrad school for grad prospects is the completely wrong way too approach the question. If it is Williams v. Cal, Williams will win on undergrad hands down and should be the obvious pick, unless external factors like location, student composition, etc. factor in big for you. Four years is way too long to spend at a school just because it may or may not improve your prospects (and my view is that it wont anyway). Go to a great undergrad, enjoy yourself, take great classes, interact with your professors, and do well. That is the best way to get into grad school. Med, Law, MBA, and most grad programs do not care what you majored in in undergrad (as long as you fulfilled some pre-reqs) which should reveal that undergrad is really your ball game, just make sure you hit a home run.</p>
<p>Thank for your opinion. However, the total cost of education necessitates for me, finding good work immediately after school.
Does anybody know about the career placements after Williams? As well as Cal? Any comparison?
I’m going to be an Econ major.
Thanks everybody =)</p>
<p>dancer1502, I think the same thing applies to finding a job. They are in the same bracket of top notch schools so job prospect differences between them will be negligible. At the end of the day it all really comes down to you and how well you do, what opportunities you take advantage of, how you use your summers, and how you build your resume. When I look at the resumes of grads applying to the company I work for, I dont really pay attention to the name of the school outside of what tier it is in. There are smart kids at every school.</p>
<p>“since when is 47 four times greater than 118?”</p>
<p>what ? are you actually as stupid as to compare raw numbers of a HUGE public university with those of a LAC ? look at the persentages. Thhat’s what matters. </p>
<p>UCB - 1.90%</p>
<p>Williams - 9.06.</p>
<p>Obviously i meant over 4 times the percentage. </p>
<p>Stop making crap arguments just for the sake of it. Get a life.</p>
<p>Like I said, cr_freak, without knowing how many students applied to those programs, looking at numbers admitted, either in absolute or relative terms, isn’t telling. </p>
<p>If 350 Williams students applied to those top 5 programs on any given year compared to 1,000 Cal students, the admission rates for Williams and Cal students would be nearly identical. If 500 Williams students apply to those 5 programs on any given year compared to 750 Cal students, Cal would actually have the advantage. If 200 Williams students applied to those 5 programs each year compared compared to 2,000 Cal students, Williams would have the advantage. </p>
<p>As it stands, we just don’t know. The evidence I have would suggest that students from Cal and Williams are given equal consideration by graduate school admissions committees.</p>