My situation:
-Will save $20k going to UCLA
-Want to get an MBA
-Doing undergrad in Philosophy
I know Berkeley is much more oriented toward business but I’m doing Philosophy for my undergrad. Is there any benefit to me as a Philosophy student planning to do grad school in business to go to Berkeley over UCLA, given I’ll save $20k at UCLA? My end goal is to get into the best business school possible after undergrad, which means I will also be applying to the ivy leagues.
IMO there is no benefit to UCBerkeley in your case.
Keep in mind that to get into a top MBA program one typically needs a very high GPA, excellent recommendations, very strong GMATs, an otherwise stellar application and typically between 2-5 years of meaningful work experience.
Berkeley sends twice as many undergrads to top MBA programs & that’s what has me worried.
Sources:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-school-mba/1224650-top-feeder-colleges-to-americas-elite-b-schools.html
http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/15/top-feeder-colleges-to-harvard-business-school/
http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/07/top-feeder-schools-to-whartons-mba-program/