<p>I have a choice between Stanford and UC Berkeley for undergrad studies. Anticipating that I hope to go into I-banking after college and pursue an MBA at a top business school sometime after that (yeah yeah...who doesn't...?), what do you think would be my best option? </p>
<p>At Cal, I'd hopefully be majoring in Economics and Business Administration, and maybe minoring in Math. Of course, Cal has Haas (though a spot in the business admin. program is hardly guaranteed), but Stanford may have better name recognition, and may offer a better education overall. How much weight would I-banks and B-schools give an education at Haas in comparison to the Stanford name?</p>
<p>At Stanford, I'd likely be majoring in Economics and Math.</p>
<p>I would take Stanford unless cost is the issue. At Stanford, you are are free to major in whatever you want. The undergrad degree is also more prestigious, and you are basically guaranteed to graduate (practically nobody actually flunks out of Stanford). </p>
<p>At Berkeley, you are not even guaranteed a spot in Economics, not to mention Haas. Most importantly, you will probably find career services to be less competititive in terms of getting interviews with the companies that you want. </p>
<p>If cost if the issue, then you might take Berkeley (although I still probably wouldn't). In all other cases, I would give the edge to Stanford.</p>