<p>So I was accepted at the junior level to two schools:
Cornell CALS (Development Sociology) and Berkeley CAS, both for Sociology related majors. </p>
<p>I am having the hardest decision choosing which school to go to. Feedback would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>My short term goal is to further my interests in Sociology and business at each school. I’m going to do this by taking Sociology classes and some business classes on the side. </p>
<p>My long term goal is to be able to land a great job in either business consulting or finance.</p>
<p>I originally wanted to go to Cornell but from what I gather, I won’t be able to get as high of a GPA as I would be if I were to be at Berkeley. I’m concerned about this due to the scrutiny of GPA’s from business firms. In addition, I only know a handful of people at Cornell, so it’ll take me awhile to get settled in socially. </p>
<p>Berkeley I’ll be able to a higher GPA, but the recruiting isn’t as good as Cornell’s. Another positive about Berkeley is since I’m a native Californian, I have a pretty large network there that can help me settle in to Berkeley. A big plus is not having to deal with snow. </p>
<p>What would you do?</p>
<p>I would go to Cornell, because of the large amount of recruiting opportunities. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>I think you should really look into why you think you could get higher grades at Berkeley. I think you may be basing this off of how difficult it is to get in. I congratulate you on your accomplishment and suggest you look at what path you would be most consciously comfortable taking in order to achieve your goals.
A) Going to Berkeley and enjoying the comfort of knowing our lovely state.
B) Breaking ground at Cornell, which may offer higher credibility (though both schools are marvelous, no doubt!) and starting an exhilirating new life and social circle there.
Hope this helps.
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<p>Well, I’ve talked to my personal friends here, and they say that it is extremely competitive due to smart students and the curve. They claim that Berkeley is hard, but simply not as hard as Cornell.</p>
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<p>Go with your gut. I cannot stress enough. Do not make the mistake of half heartedly accepting one school over the other. Otherwise you’ll get depressed and be miserable and so forth. At the end of the day YOU have to live with your decision. I just kind of let everyone around me say their piece, but my mind and desires are focused on one school in particular. 
No one can really change that.</p>
<p>Hum…Berkeley is still a very hard school. And honestly, whether or not you get a high gpa depends on you. And no this isn’t the ‘‘you’re responsible for your own work’’ pep talk…this is the ratemyprofessors.com pep talk. EVERY school has hard-boiled teachers that don’t believe in As and every school has fair teachers with whom courses are far easier. I’m not saying you should always go with the latter, but if you research things right…you can get a very high gpa regardless of the school you go to.</p>
<p>And if the Berkeley option includes the Haas school of business for you there, then definitely, DEFINITELY Berkeley.</p>
<p>ah…but CALS has AEM also. I’m kind of leaning towards Cornell…just to see if I can do it.</p>