I am a high school senior and I just got off the waitlists for Berkeley and NYU Stern. I am wondering which school is more of a target for investment banking or which has better internship and OCR opportunities (both with Berkeley Haas and non-Haas). I am also curious about how location plays a role as well (is NYU Stern a target for NYC like Haas is for SF)?
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Definitely NYU for New York recruiting. For San Francisco or Los Angeles, most definitely Berkeley. really just depends on your own preference. i would personally choose NYU but they’re both awesome schools at fairy the same level. Best of luck to you
To answer your final question, NYU Stern is one among many schools on the East Coast which are equal or better ranked (we all know the traditional Target schools). On the West Coast (where I'm working), it's pretty much Stanford (very, very few IB kids) and Haas, as well as UCLA and USC as local target universities, plus East Coast students recruiting. However, NYC has more banks, larger banks, bigger recruiting classes, etc. which helps your chances at NYU to some degree.
As another person said, it really depends on whether you want West Coast or East Coast eventually. You can recruit across coasts, kind of, but why put yourself through the hardship? NYU is definitely a finance school, in the middle of NYC. NYU/NYC offers a very different vibe and lifestyle to Berkeley, but both can ultimately accomplish your goals.
Neither place will hold you back, and congratulations on both great offers!