Berkeley vs NYU vs Northwestern

bluebayou
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:09:05 +0000

UCB:

I don’t doubt that Cal Econ is higher ranked than nearly every other college. (Heck most of Cal’s departments are ranked higher than any other college but HSM.) But having high ranked departments doesn’t mean much if the OP can’t get into them! And the OP clearly posted that studying Econ was a “con” to him/her. In addition to Haas requiring a Junior year application, Cal econ is impacted, and requires an app as well; thus, even Econ @ Cal is no guarantee. For the same price…beautiful campus on a Lakefront. Better advising. Less bureaucracy.

fwiw: Personally, I would not put Evanston into the “sterilized, suburban” category…that is a much better label for a place like Irvine. :)