Berkeley vs NYU vs Northwestern

bluebayou
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:26:08 +0000

Northwestern is the EASY choice here. IMO, a liberal arts degree – econ – beats undergrad biz by a large margin (unless you want to be an accountant). Many jobs posted request undergrad biz or econ, so you won’t be limiting your options.

NYU would only be an option if you had a strong desire for The Street, or if $$ was an issue. But still, I think NU is a much better undergraduate experience by $10k/yr, assuming the parents have the money. (full disclosure: I’m not a fan of urban campuses.)

Cal is just too expensive OOS, and there is no guarantee that you can transfer into Haas. If not, you’d end up with an Econ degree there, as well, but even the Econ major is impacted so you have to apply into it.