Berkeley vs. Stanford for Finance/Economics

wonderfulle
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:47:38 +0000

The big dilemma here for me is that I really wanted to go to an Undergraduate Business Program and major in Finance. Haas is very prestigious and has good career opportunities. If I went to Stanford, I would have to go with Economics. I like the more practical side of Finance opposed to the ideological side of Economics. However, I am not dead set on pursuing business, so Stanford gives me more options but Berkeley’s Undergrad Business Program doesn’t start until Junior year so I would have some freedom there too.

In my case, the prices for both are relatively the same. Berkeley actually being $3,000 higher a year than Stanford.

Thoughts?