<p>So I'm choosing between Berkeley (pre-Haas) and USC Marshall undergraduate.
What I'm worried about, if I choose SC, is that I will be limited in my job search to soCal. How accurate is this?
I know that USC's influence greatly diminishes as you move farther from Southern California, but how difficult is it to get a job in San Francisco or New York for example. I am hearing that USC is starting to infiltrate jobs outside of it's normal realm of influence.
Ultimately, how strong is this Trojan Family both inside and outside SoCal. And how concrete will it be in my search for both an internship during my years at college and a job after graduation?</p>
<p>USC has a good reputation and influence in SoCal, but the farther away you look, the less people care or think about USC. Call on the other hand has a national reputation that will help you get a job even in NYC or DC, far from the comforts of Cali.</p>
<p>There is very little difference “prestige” wise between the two schools, and both can get you where you want to go-- if you make the most of it
(neither can get you very far if you do not apply yourself and work hard) </p>
<p>Right now, you are not in at Haas yet, but in at Marshall. You’d have to be sure about your ability to outperform other Cal students to make it into Haas.</p>
<p>My grad degree is from USC, and I live in Northern California. The Trojan Network doesn’t seem to be that big up here. I never really felt I needed to take advantage of it, and nobody ever asked me for help because they went to USC.</p>
<p>For most undergraduate degrees, it doesn’t matter which of the two schools you go to.</p>