I just got accepted by both stern and Berkeley and currently have a hard time choosing between them. Money is not a big deal but spending less of my parents’ money can never hurt. I want to do IB after graduation but Berkeley didn’t guarantee me a spot at Haas while NYU did. However, after reading all those negative comments about stern on Wallstreetoasis and here cc, i actually don’t kno which one to choose. Any help?
I didn’t apply to Berkeley because I didn’t like the idea of still having to be accepted to B-School after freshman year. If you really know you want to hit the ground running with business I would choose Stern, if you’re okay with the idea of not getting into business school (worst-case scenario), then Berkeley has the leg up on being the better respected university (more so on West Coast).
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