<p>is it worth it to go to an OOS below the top schools if you plan on working in your state.
Schools that come to mind: BC, CMU, UNC for business, and others like those, maybe a little bit lower ranked.
Would it worth going/applying OOS to schools like those knowing I would probably come back to CA and try to work here or should I just stick to good CA schools that I have a shot at (USC, Santa Clara, UCLA/ UCSD)</p>
<p>UNC's a very good school worthy of being talked in the same light as Virginia, but its name cache loses value as you start heading west. Any networking you do in NC won't impress some Cali employers.</p>
<p>yeah thats what im afraid of.
i really want to stay and work here in CA cuz its the best state ever :D maybe NY too, but Stern is a stretch for me</p>
<p>A UNC degree could turn a few heads in NY if you're willing, but Atlanta, DC and Charlotte are the most common destinations from what I understand.</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of college grads get hired into cities in the area of school. Like I know with USC you get a ton of LA job offers. But if you proactive and are willings to do some calls closer to graduation then I don't see why it wouldn't work to go OOS and come back. But def what I hear a lot of is people will hire from their old schools. Wall street hires mostly from NYU, Columbia etc. Boston from BU, BC and LA from UCLA and USC. At least thats the trend in business, I've heard complaints that it's a cycle and firms become basically a alumni frat as they like to take care of their own.</p>
<p>California is not the best state ever, but if you are crazy enough to want to live there, you might as well just stay in state.</p>
<p>Selk21, sure wall street hires plenty from Columbia and NYU, but it hires just as much from the other Ivy league schools and other top northeastern schools. Going to a school in the general geographic area you want to work in should be plenty good enough without going to school inside of a major city.</p>
<p>Yeah Hermanns note the 'etc' in NYU, Columbia etc. It's a generalization by saying NYU/Columbia for NY, BU/BC for Boston etc. Obviously Wall street takes from all across the country. I'm saying companies tend to hire from their areas. Obviously if you go to a good school and have the skills to get an offer you can go anywhere. Most complaints I hear are from students in schools outside of a major cities not getting the recruiting they want. Most offers are in the region of the school Northeast schools will get most offers from NY, Boston, D.C etc. Midwest to Chicago, Saint Louis. ANd west to LA, San Fran.</p>