<li><p>career wise, which would be better for me? I’m thinking of doing eecs at berkeley and double majoring at rice in the computer and economics departments. my ultimate career goal is to go to wall street, but i would like to have a main technical undergrad training, because i heard that really helps in business. how easy is it to double major in rice/berkeley?</p></li>
<li><p>Which one would be better at getting job internships and jobs when I graduate–especially those wall street jobs. berkeley seems more well-known nationally and world wide. i also looked at rice job placement after graduation, and most people seem to stay in texas. if i know i want to go somewhere like new york, would i have difficulties finding jobs outside of texas if i go to rice?</p></li>
<li><p>i’m not really sure what i want to major in or what job to get, and i think it’s really hard to switch majors at berkeley, and loads of people end up spending more than four years there. rice is more friendly in this aspect.</p></li>
<li><p>location. this might seem weird, but being close to home matters a lot to me. berkeley would only be about an hour away while rice is all the way in texas. i’m afraid i’ll be really homesick if i go, and i would love to come home if i really missed my family.</p></li>
<li><p>i visited both campuses (cal day and owl days) and i liked rice so much better, mostly because i was overwhelmed with the amount of people there on cal day,and rice seemed to have a really close atmosphere.</p></li>
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<p>Financially, they cost about the same because i received a merit scholarship from rice.</p>
<p>please help. where should i go?</p>
<p>To get a great job, a lot of places will want to see a graduate degree. Rice will get you in any graduate school you qualify for, undergraduate traditionally being Rice's forte.</p>
<p>One California financial firm that I am aware of treats the BA's (econ, physics, etc) as interns, pretty much no matter what their achievements, ~55k starting perhaps 70k in 3 years + yearly bonus and out, then tossed out for that MBA, or to an allied firm. The MBAs from top X / XX schools, function as supervisors, who might haul in 200k. The partners with doctorates in econ, law etc from top X schools, made several million yearly these past few years. Not sure how they are feeling this month though.</p>
<p>You can succeed from most schools. However, many firms tend to hire directly from favorite schools so Rice and UCB produce different hiring patterns. If you are going to graduate school, don't even sweat it, go to the u/g school you think you can succeed at most. Chances are you will add or change majors. This is usually pretty easy at Rice outside of going into the Music or Architecture schools. Double majoring was (I am a parent now) traditionally as easy as saying "I want to", and backing it up with the skull sweat to do so. Double majoring anything with engineering back then was considered a heavy load.</p>
<p>While UCB will definitely have the advantage in a number of graduate divisions, Rice u/g is typically considered to be very selective and to have the advantages you mentioned. </p>
<p>Have a good time and study hard wherever.</p>
<p>For computer science, this summer alone, Microsoft took 14 students, 2 others were starting full time jobs there after previous internships. My son, A comp sci major, worked in Japan last summer, fully paid. Rice is well know everywhere. If you apply directly to any company you want, including Wall street firms, you will probably have a good reception.
When we get info on NYC alumni events, the alumni sending the letters are often in high level positions with top financial firms and there are many past students and parents up here, so I wouldn't worry.</p>
<p>For Grad school Rice does very well in placement.
My son loves Rice, is about to be a senior and will be looking into Grad schools. He knows he will be welcomed whether he goes for a job or grad school<br>
There aren't many Rice Graduates in Comp sci, so companies usually flood the students with offers. Since economics is strong at Rice, as well, I'm sure you'll do very well with the combination.</p>