Is Berkeley not overrated?

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<p>I am concerned because many of Berkeley friends are not able to find jobs once they graduated. I know that this might be due to their GPA, the economy, etc. However, I heard that UCLA has pretty good names among financial company (banking, accounting, etc). Is that true? Will top companies hire a person with Berkeley title, but relatively normal GPA (3.7) or someone from UCLA with 3.9 GPA- assuming other things remain constant? I know that this question is biased and unclear. I'm just worried about my future -_-</p>

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<p>Have you read this? There’s some bright hopes for Berkeley grads now despite the bad economic climate – [Hiring</a> surge to bring more recruiters to campus job fair](<a href=“http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/18/job-fair/]Hiring”>Hiring surge to bring more recruiters to campus job fair | Berkeley News)</p>

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<p>That article is really reassuring. Thanks for the reply ^^</p>

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<p>You can check placement rates for various majors in career surveys at some universities (including Berkeley):</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Note that there are some economic cycle effects. For example, compare civil engineering in 2005-2006 (peak of the real estate / construction boom / bubble) with 2009 (after the bust in that part of the economy).</p>

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<p>Since when is a 3.7 GPA - from Berkeley no less - a “relatively normal” GPA? A 3.7 is nearly good enough to graduate with distinction in the College of L&S. </p>

<p>[Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: Honors](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/honor/honor.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/honor/honor.html)</p>

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<p>For a “normal GPA”, consider the average GPAs listed for each school at the bottom of [National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com%5DNational”>http://www.gradeinflation.com) .</p>