Berkeley vs NYU vs USC (business)

giantmidget
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:27:16 +0000

I’d go to NYU.

As you said, you would already be in Stern, whereas at Berkeley you may or may not get in to Haas.

NYU is better ranked, and has more connections with the finance industry. You have Wall Street right next to you. It’s the best place to study finance, and since tuition is not an important consideration, I’m guessing that you have enough money to enjoy what NYC offers in terms of outside of class experiences and a higher general cost of living.

In terms of grad school, if you do well at either school, there’s no reason you can’t get into a good graduate course. They are both exceptional business schools, and picking one over the other doesn’t really make a difference.

One other minor thing is that even though both these schools have a good international reputation, from where I’m from (Middle East and South East Asia), NYU is far more well-known, at least among the people I know.