Undergrad- Claremont McKenna or Berkeley Haas?
Hello,
I apologize in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong forum. Please let me know if you'd like me to repost somewhere else.
I'm coming to the forums here to request some advice on my transfer admissions decisions. I'm currently a sophomore at a California Community College and was admitted to Claremont McKenna College and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business for Fall 2020. I feel extremely lucky to be admitted to either of these schools and am very fortunate to be in this situation, but nonetheless I'm at somewhat of a crossroads.
I'm interested in pursuing management consulting at an MBB after graduation or trying to break into BB IB. I also think it'd be really cool to launch or join a startup at some point in my career. Ultimately, though, I want to get the best of both worlds in getting a great education with excellent career opportunities. I know that both schools provide the potential for this, but I'm struggling to really compare their relative strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, I know that nobody really knows what the post-COVID job market will look like, but I'm wondering if the close-knit (albeit smaller) alumni network at CMC will be a better bet for getting a good job post graduation.
Thus, my questions are pretty straightforward. What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of these two schools? West Coast? Nationally? Is there a stereotype/difference in prestige/preference between grads from these schools in the "real world" of business? Any other thoughts/insights regarding these two schools?
Again, thank you for any help you can offer regarding this decision. I really value hearing the advice of people operating in the "real world," as it can be hard to accurately compare the merits of these schools when I'm only working off of the impressive but polished information they put on their admissions websites.
Cheers
personally, my own opinion, the LACs are overrated, unless you are a particular type of person who wants a small environment; I would go Cal
Go with Haas. We consistently send people to top tier firms on the West Coast (and a handful on the East Coast). Haas has a better reputation in finance, and Berkeley in general is more well known.
Haas has much better prospects for IB recruiting (CMC is a semi-target at best for West Coast banks while I've seen Haas people in NYC IB). Not sure about consulting recruiting but check MBB's campus recruiting pages to see if CMC is a target (Haas definitely is but there will be lots of competition).
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