<p>I'm currently trying to decide between these two schools for a potential career in investment banking. Any tips?</p>
<p>Location: NYU, can't compare Berkeley to Greenwich. When I first visited Berkeley, I thought I was in the wrong city because Berkeley looks so crappy.
Tuition: Berkeley, 26K vs 38K
Student Body: Berkeley, NYU has lower admission standards and probably less motivated students.
Stability: NYU, Still have to apply to Haas junior year</p>
<p>Ok, if youre making this decision strictly off which school will give you better chances at landing an analyst position out of college, the choice is quite clearly NYU. Stern has competitive rates into banks, and the location beats out Berkeley for Wall Street recruiting. However, if you get the grades and actively pursue this career path, Haas wont put you at any significant disadvantage. Beyond the above discrepancy, youll have to ask yourself which is a better fit.</p>
<p>zoolander, the Kaufman management center (the main stern building i think?) seems to be in pretty good shape...i think incoming Stern freshman are going to take classes in that Kaufman building</p>
<p>I think Berkeley's students are TOO competitive, so you might have a problem with those kinds of students. I'd choose Stern just because it provides more job security after college plus you could always move back to California after graduating Stern and work in SF or something..</p>
<p>i see that stern is rated at 8th whilst haas is at 11th in the B school listing..</p>
<p>However i have heard that generally if not going specifically for Investment Banking, Berkeley is a better school...does that mean that the difference of those 3 places on the list doest mean too much? Specially if i dont end up wanting to do banking?</p>
<p>Furthermore...can i ask...is there much recruiting at berkeley from nyu firms, or is there a east/west divide to worry about?</p>
<p>nyu has no name value on the west coast, while berkeley certainly does on the east coast. i scoff at the idea that nyu gives you better job security, where the hell did you come up with that? finally, berkeley always ranks higher in business school rankings, at both the grad and undergrad leve, so you can take that for what its worth</p>
<p>Lol, go with where you want to work. If you want to stay in SF or go to LA, go with Berkeley. If you want Wall Street, go to Stern. I don't understand how Haas students are too competitive, yet Sternies aren't? I've always heard that Stern is extremely cutthroat. A lot of them are there bc. they didn't get into Wharton (face it, it's true), but that doesn't mean that they aren't any less motivated. But hey, never went there, so don't trust me 100%.</p>
<p>Now, to the OP. SInce you're instate, I'd go with Haas. 12k X4 = 48k, and I'd argue that Haas is actually a better school than Stern. If you think about it, yes, Stern has pretty good placement, but it also has a huge class size. If you are confident that you can make the B-school, then recruiting won't be much of an issue. </p>
<p>IMO, the money is the tipping point in this debate</p>
<p>Even though they're not Harvard or Wharton, it's not like it's impossible to land an internship. In fact, lots of people from semi-targets can land internships ;)</p>
<p>"Student Body: Berkeley, NYU has lower admission standards and probably less motivated students."</p>
<p>I thought that Berkeley only had high admission standards for out of state students? They aren't so picky when it comes to Cal residents, since they have in-state preference, which make up 91% of the student body. </p>