<p>Calx, either you aren’t from the west coast or you just really don’t understand what is being said. </p>
<p>Out here it is a lot less elitist than the east coast, MUCH less. You can easily look at stanford and say “hey that’s a great school” and it is far from elitist. It doesn’t matter if you go to the university of washington, university of san francisco, or san diego state someone will hire you. </p>
<p>So what if the “worlds most prestigious” consulting firm doesn’t go to USC, big deal, is that going to prevent JSR from attending a great MBA program because “gosh darn it, he didn’t get the McKinsey job” the answer is NO.</p>
<p>prestige means little, personality means everything and undergraduate experience is what college should be about. if you are worried about a job before college, your experience will suck, no question about that.</p>
<p>JSR - Go to whatever undergraduate school you feel suites your personality best. They both offer different social scenes but both can provide you with great opportunites. In my opinion USC is best because it serves LA, along with UCLA, more than Berkeley, and CAL is probably second to Stanford in the San Francisco area. So just think about that and I hope this helped you decide.</p>