Mich. (Ross) vs. NYU (Stern) vs. UC Berkeley (Haas) vs. Illinois

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<p>So my decision on which school to attend in the fall has come down to these four, and I was just curious as to what other people thought (and I will be posting this in all 4 schools' threads to receive everybody's bias). I want to eventually get into finance (ibanking, etc.).</p>

<p>Currently I have been accepted into NYU (Stern) with 9k per year for 2 years (possibly all 4, still trying to figure this out), Michigan's College of Engineering (no Ross Pre-Admit), UC Berkeley's College of Letters and Science and Illinois' Business Honors Program with about 13k per year. Money doesn't really matter, but it does somewhat- my parents will send me where I want to go and we'll make it work, but that may mean loans for the first 3 choices.</p>

<p>Which of these would set me up the best for a career in ibanking/acceptances to top MBA programs (ex. Penn, Harvard, Stanford, etc.)?</p>

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<p>all four are very good schools for business; nyu, michigan, and berkeley are probably more prestigious if that’s anything you’re concerned with. your experience at nyu would be hugely different from michigan or berkeley, so i would decide based on personal fit. as far as getting into mba programs, i get the sense it’s more important where you work after college than where you went to college, so long as you earn top grades.</p>

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<p>If working on the Wall Street is your goal, NYU would be the clear favor.</p>

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<p>kxc, almost 40% of Ross students end up working on Wall Street. For a non-East Coast school that does not attract a majority of students interested in working on Wall Street, that’s pretty amazing. Among BBA programs, no program is a “clear favorite” over Ross. Wharton is better while Sloan and Stern are roughly as good.</p>