<p>As mentioned in title, is econ major of UCBerkeley worth anything in IB? Actually, I want to compare this econ major to Hass.</p>
<p>I think he is talking about san fran/west coast</p>
<p>At universities with undergraduate Business programs, IBanks are more likely to focus most of their recruitment activity on the Business school. That is certainly the case with Cal/Haas, Michigan/Ross, NYU/Stern, Penn/Wharton, UVa/McIntire etc…</p>
<p>While UC Berkley is a great school overall, you are definitely better off with Haas. In general, Haas graduated find their way into banking and are quite heavily recruited on the west coast, while the rest of Berkley doesn’t have that same appeal. Essentially, since Haas is a strong semi-target, it doesn’t make sense to focus on students not in Haas from an employer perspective - if they really wanted banking, it is assumed they’ll be in Haas. </p>
<p>That said, there are ways into banking from non-Haas Berkley, but you’ll definitely have to answer why not Haas.</p>
<p>PM me if you have any other questions. </p>
<p>IBanker</p>
<p>Compared to Haas, NO, it does not have an edge. But compared to other schools in the West, it does have an edge, absolutely. Several economics grads end up invited at some of the best banks as IB Analyst, including Goldman, Citi, Credit Suisse, Lazard Freres, Blackstone, Bank of America, and several small boutiques. Econ grads’ average salary is comparable to that of Haas’ grads. $56,784 for economics grads and $57,519 for Haas grads.</p>