UC Berkeley or Rice?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<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>

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<p>Rice is in Texas. A good portion of the students are from Texas. The job recruiting is going to be mainly in Texas and the South. Berkeley is in California. Almost all the students are from California. The job recruiting is going to be mainly in California.</p>

<p>Neither is an obvious pathway to Wall Street. If you make the effort, I'm sure you can find your way to Wall Street at either school. Since being close to your family is important, I can't see why you'd want to go to school in Texas. </p>

<p>Rice is a private university. There will be a lot more handholding if you go there. Berkeley is a public school. A crazy, chaotic, fantastic public school.</p>

<p>The San Francisco Bay Area is the best place on earth to live. Texas is not.</p>

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<p>Thats not true!
A family friend who graduated form Berkeley last year was offered at job at Wall Street.
She was at the top of her class, and double majored in Bio CS
But she is pretty insanely smart. Got into all the top engineering Grad schools (Stanford, MIT)</p>

<p>but bay area has the highest rate of autism and birth defects... MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER!</p>