<p>Well put JPNguyen. If you're interested in ibanking or other finance jobs, you're absolutely right.</p>
<p>One thing I could see is that UCB econ students have the competition from Haas students, but that may not make a big difference.</p>
<p>startraksfinest:
You asked about jobs right out of college. I had similar concerns, I also didn't plan on going to grad school, and that's why I picked biz econ, because it seemed a bit more hands on to me. If your interest is outside those prestigious finance jobs, you may even have slightly more opportunities with a biz econ degree from UCLA, just because it's more practical than berkeley's econ degree.</p>
<p>Well, after visiting UCLA, I'm 85% sure I'm going to attend Berkeley. Most people say not to look at the rankings, so I'm choosing based on location.</p>
<p>I'm from the Bay Area and I'm used to seeing my family and gf at least every weekend. I don't care what anyone says, soon enough I'll be out on my own and the family time is going to dwindle. This is the formula that I used to get a high GPA for my first 2 years so I'm not going to mess with it. Plus, at this point, I'm not too extroverted and having friends already at Berk is a plus. </p>
<p>Also, I want to work in the Bay Area for at least a couple years after graduation. I know a girl who is from LA and attended the 4 year school that I'm transferring from. She doesn't have a job lined up yet because it was difficult for her to go to interviews during her junior/senior years because of the distance. I don't want to have to fly back and forth from the Bay to LA during my senior year.</p>
<p>Other factors:
-I hated LA traffic and could definitely tell the air quality was bad.
-LA was so much like a tourist spot to me. I'm not a big fan of living in big cities and LA just didn't seem like a place to call "home" for the next 2 years.
-Football on campus!</p>
<p>JPNguyen, please know what you are talking about before posting. Your tier list is not accurate for Investment Banking. Here is the most accurate list for ibanking at the moment:</p>
<p>You guys are funny. It's hilarious that you guys make these lists of schools and if your school isn't on it then you can't do investment banking.</p>
<p>It's not them who are making the lists, the banks rank schools. No one ever said you can't do banking coming from a school that's not on "the list". It's just a lot harder.</p>
<p>That list is definitely not "the most accurate list at the moment". The fact that Hopkins and Brown are put at 3 while Ross and Stern aren't on the list is a joke. Please don't speak with such a sense of authority until you actually know something.</p>
<p>jnpn I have to agree with you about Bschoolstudent's comment. That is not correct. It's kind of close, but not quite. I'm no I banking weenie, but one thing I do know is that CalTech is no where close to being a hot spot for i banking recruitment. CalTech's econ program is not something to brag about. UCLA,Stanford,Berkeley,UCSD all beat out CalTech's program. Sure CalTech is one of the best in the world for hard sciences like engineering,bio,physics yadda yadda yadda, but definately not econ. 3 seperate econ professors, 2 of which are also full time consultants and ibankers, have told me that CalTech is not the place to go for ibanking and or consulting. Even UC Davis' Managerial Economics is a much better chance for i banking than Cal Tech</p>