<p>Hi,
Comparing UCB to UCLA's career center's internships (I was accepted to both) it looks like Cal has a lot more opportunities than UCLA. Especially in regards to the banking/finance sector. </p>
<p>Can someone confirm/deny this?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>If you’re looking to major in business. Go to Berkeley.</p>
<p>Internships are more about being proactive and applying individually. I am a CS student and I got top internship opportunities in companies in the finance division as well. I didn’t get them through school career fairs, but rather by applying online.</p>
<p>As another note:</p>
<p>I’ve been contacted by Deloitte, Black Rock, Citi Group, and Morgan Stanley.</p>
<p>My friends have gotten internships from PwC, KPMG, Deutsche Bank, etc.</p>
<p>You have plenty of opportunities at UCLA as well. But keep in mind BizEcon and Econ are still different from a straight Business Major.</p>
<p>Yes, Berkeley is excellent for Business. However, the hard part is getting into Haas. You definitely won’t have as many opportunities knocking on your door if you are just regular economics at Cal.</p>
<p>Furthermore, if you can’t even get into regular economics at Cal (which requires a 3.0 GPA since it’s a capped major), then you are basically screwed and have to downgrade to something that’s called “Political Economy” or at least switch fields.</p>
<p>Average GPA of an admitted Haas student that isn’t a transfer student is 3.7 btw. 3.7 is an extremely difficult GPA for any student, regardless of major, to obtain.</p>
<p>I have a 3.5 GPA and was admitted as a Political Science major.</p>
<p>Does that mean that my chances at any internships in the banking industry are kind of out the window?</p>
<p>Are you a transfer? If you didn’t get in at Haas as a transfer admit, then you are not getting in at Haas ever (except for MBA).</p>
<p>Political Science is a liberal art. There are no practical skills involved other than reading and writing. If you want any chance at banking, you better load up on business, accounting, and economic classes (and good luck getting in because majors get priority enrollment). If you have no business/finance background, during interviews, what you are going to talk about? “Yeah I want to do banking but I have no quantitative skills…I can read you an essay I wrote about Locke? How’s that?”</p>