Georgetown MSB vs Michigan Ross vs UC Berkeley
Hi everyone, I am a high school senior. Not long ago, I made a post asking about Georgetown vs Berkeley, but the other day I was accepted to Ross, and now I have questions about it as well. I'm wondering how these three schools fair for placement into IB/MBB/PE/VC (obviously PE/VC opps will be nonexistent out of undergrad, but I'm wondering which of these schools has the best alumni network in these industries). For reference, I'm not at all opposed to staying in the west coast. Also, regarding Georgetown, I'm aware its placement into IB is killer, but I'm worried the school is rather one-dimensional in its focus on finance, and I'm not sure I want to be confined to pursuing IB. Also for Berkeley, I would have to apply to the business school (Haas) my sophomore year. It has a 30% acceptance rate, but I think I have what it takes to get in. With that said, which of these three would be the best option? Thanks in advance!
Edit: I also want to mention that for the time being, I am leaning towards UC berkeley, as I felt that I fit in there the most. However, I still am open to all three schools. Also, I am in state for berkeley, but finances aren’t an issue.
I was deciding between these three as a senior. I ruled out Michigan mainly because of the weather and Georgetown because it was too expensive for me.
All three are great schools, but I've loved my time at Cal. Here are the placements of just Haas students: https://career.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/Survey/2018Haas-Bus…
Cal Econ placements are pretty comparable too. While I do believe that Georgetown is the strongest target here, their graduation placement survey doesn't list the actual job titles seniors are taking. Not sure how many of them are taking BO jobs. Idk about Ross, but they probably send more people to IB than Haas because more people want to do IB there. But Berkeley essentially runs a monopoly on Banking in SF and has great presence on the west coast (LA, Portland, Seattle). Also Berkeley places well in software, tech, and consulting (probably better than Ross and comparable to Gtown) in case you were interested in those fields.
If you see yourself working on the West Coast for consulting, tech or IB, I'd take Berkeley. If you were gunning for New York, Georgetown is the best option here.
Edit: Going to an EB (Evercore/PJT). Also, the difficulty of Berkeley is overrated. There are alot of stupid people here who were the top 5% of horrible Californian high schools: the shiniest of turds. Join a frat, have fun, get into some business orgs and you'll be set. Trust me.
The job destination survey for Georgetown I listed does list job titles. It says “Investment Banking Analyst.” I didn’t know IB analysts could be in BO. I thought IB analysts were all FO. Guess I’m wrong though.