I recently was accepted to both Michigan’s Ross preadmission program and UC Berkeley’s college of letters and sciences. I like both. My dad went to u mich, but my brother is in California. I’m nervous about Oakland vs Ann arbor. I hear Ross is basically the same in rep and academics, but the consensus among non industry ppl I know is that Berkeley is better. I’m from NY so cost isn’t significantly different.
Ross is better for Wall Street placement and finance consulting on East coast while Berkeley is better for west coast start ups and entrepreneurships. also you still have to apply for Haas at Berkeley
You are a preadmit to Ross. Your choice is clear.
“I hear Ross is basically the same in rep and academics, but the consensus among non industry ppl I know is that Berkeley is better.”
Those people you know wouldn’t happen to be your friends from school and/or family friends would they? 
Cal and Michigan are peers, albeit different in many ways. I agree with rjkofnovi, Ross is a safer bet. The odds of getting into Haas are not that good. Besides, if you want a job close to home when you graduate, Michigan’s sphere of influence stretches to NYC…Cal’s does not.
The tri-state area has the largest number of OOS students at Michigan. You’ll feel right at home. You also won’t have to deal with the overcrowding in classes at Cal, and the Ross business building is gorgeous and almost new (it even has a gym just for Ross students).
How about just for econ for both schools? As my end goal is to work either in government policy or as a microeconomics at a tech firm.
Berkeley is stronger in econ. If that is your desire for a major, then Cal makes more sense to attend.
rjkofnovi, at the undergraduate level, I do not think there is a difference in the quality of their Economics departments. If one’s end goal is to work for the government, I don’t see how an undergraduate degree from either would present an advantage over the other. If the end goal is to work for a tech firm, Cal is the clear choice.