UCB Haas v. NYU Stern v. UMich Ross (finance path)

HELLO!

I am currently a CALIFORNIA student and I have been admitted to Berkeley, NYU, and the University of Michigan. I am on a finance/private equity path and I’m trying to choose which school to go to. I was admitted to Berkeley under a political science major, with regents, but I am on a Haas path. For NYU, I was accepted at their Stern School of Business. Finally, I was accepted at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor’s Ross School of Business. I would really appreciate it if someone who has a) some background in finance and b) someone who has kind of been in my position before to give me some advice about what they chose and why. I only have a few days left and I have visited all three schools. I am going to detail what I like/don’t like about each school so that whoever reads this (lol pls help) can have a better gauge.

BERKELEY:
PROS!!! Very familiar campus, affordable, lots of family has graduated from Haas, brother went there and is in finance, lots of friends there, pretty much know the professors and which classes to take or not to take, REALLY love the campus and the environment, love the social life, fOOTBALL BASKETBALL!!!, priority housing because of regents and all of regents’ perks
CONS!!! CRAZY COMPETITIVE!! REMINISCES MY HIGH SCHOOL!! NOT A FAN OF MY HIGH SCHOOL!! haas is NOT GUARANTEED :frowning: :frowning: recruitment is pretty much tech firms and i ultimately want to work on the east coast

MICHIGAN:
PROS!!! I know some people at Michigan, know a few kids that have gone through Ross, already admitted to the business program, beautiful campus, social life is great, FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL wooh
CONS!! it’s so cold :frowning: recruiters don’t like Michigan as much as Haas or Stern, OOS tuition is crazy high, no financial aid

STERN:
PROS!! in the heart of finance, really familiar with manhattan, just the right amount of rigor, great recruitment opportunities
CONS!! no campus, no athletics, no fun (lol not really but kinda), not really a college experience, major jump

pls help me w my decision thank u

“Recruiters don’t like Michigan as much as Haas or Stern”

I don’t think that is accurate.

If you can swing the $ (no debt) , Michigan which gives you the best college experience and equivalent academics
If $ are an issue, Cal. What is your alternative major if you don’t get into Haas?
If you really love NYC , and can swing the $, Stern.

Also consider that you will probably need to go back to grad school in 3-5 years for career advancement.

saying recruiters don’t like ross as much isn’t true, i personally know of kids being recuited for jobs post-grad as young as their sophomore year at ross