<p>I would take Berkeley too, but with the caveat that Economics is an impacted major at Berkeley, meaning that, depending on how well you do in your Econ prereq work, you may not be allowed to declare the major and will thus be stuck majoring in something you don't really want to major in. I believe that at UCLA or USC, there is no problem with impactment in Econ, such that anybody who wants the major can get into it.</p>