<p>Those who advocate UT are probably living in Texas or the southern states. In CA, UT is as well known as University of Timbuktu and only to football fans.</p>
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<p>Berkeley and Stanford are the only schools in California that can hold a candle to McCombs, so if UT is Timbuktu, I don’t know what that makes the rest of the California colleges. Also, you aren’t representing your state very well if you’re telling us people in California don’t have any idea what’s going on outside of the state. It makes you seem ignorant. In fact, it makes Texas seem even more appealing. If you’ve actually managed to read through this whole message, you may resume watching MTV now.</p>
<p>I dunno, along with Berk and Stanford I’d choose CalTech, USC, UCLA, Pomona over UT</p>
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<p>Those are all recruited by Mckinsey, Bain, and BB NYC Banks or are you just talking about personal preference of staying in California while adding nothing to the discussion?</p>
<p>Indeed. This is the business forum, and CalTech might have great engineering, but there is no way any of those additions would allow their students better business opportunities. I would choose UT McCombs over USC or UCLA anyday.</p>
<p>Besides, the dean of McCombs came from USC (as the undergrad dean I believe), and USC is trying to model their business honors program after the one at McCombs. It’s not like they’re even pretending to be better than UT.</p>
<p>openedskittles, I find you quite ignorant and provincial.
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<p>Stanford has no undergrad business school.</p>
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<p>What logic is this?</p>
<p>I’ve worked in M/B/B consulting for years in the east coast and never met a McCombs grad.</p>
<p>I’m well aware that Stanford has no undergrad business school; I said “better business opportunities.” I have no idea what crazy conclusion you drew about the second statement you quoted, but your network of contacts (or lack thereof) does not make a top ranked school insignificant.</p>
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<p>Only 100 to 120 freshmen enroll in BHP each year. Obviously only a portion of those go into consulting, so the number is not that great.</p>
<p>I think it comes down to a regional thing. If you want to stay in Texas, UT is probably your best choice. If you want to work in other parts of the country or internationally, Stanford has the boost, especially for jobs in investment banking or consulting where “pedigree” helps you get your foot in the door.</p>