NYU STERN VS CAL HAAS DEADLOCK ._. questions

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<p>Ok so after a week of agonizing and like many procon charts later, I still can’t make a conclusion about which program is better. I’m going to visit NYU this weekend and then Cal next weekend. I don’t know how much the campus tours/admit students day will help me, but I’m hoping to decide based on strength of academic program. So a few ok a lot of questions that I hope someone can answer ._. :</p>

<li>Does Haas offer different majors? Or is it all just Business Administration? Is the type of degree (like finance vs ba) even important?</li>
<li>I know Stern offers a paid trip abroad I think in junior year. But for Haas, since juniro year is your first year, would this make it really difficult to travel abroad in college unless you stay another yera/semester?</li>
<li>Since the Haas program is so short, is it difficult to double major (if majoring is possible)? (I’m thinking of doing Finance/Accounting)</li>
<li>Is it easy to graduate in 3 years from Stern (NYU is pricey and youth is shortlived T_T)? Is 3 years even possible with Haas?</li>
<li>Are the programs equal in prestige? Or is one more prestigious than the other? Or does its prestige depend on location (like east coast west coast)?</li>
<li>Do Stern students start working internships in their sophomore year? Does having more internship experience/work experience help with law school acceptance? </li>
<li>Is one program more grade-deflated than the other? Or do they both have hard curves D:?</li>
<li>Can you start taking Haas classes before you are accepted to Haas? </li>
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<p>I think that’s it … for now >_> maybe ill start another thread on the value of a undergrad b degree. If anyone else has other useful information on either school or both, PLEASE POST! Thanks !</p>

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<li><p>Haas undergrad is general business administration. You can take electives in certain areas of interests.
<a href=“Courses - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Courses - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas;
<li><p>Haas encourages study abroad programs:
<a href=“Education Abroad Program (EAP) through Berkeley Study Abroad (BSA) - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Education Abroad Program (EAP) through Berkeley Study Abroad (BSA) - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas;
<li><p>Haas’s terminal degree is BS in Business Administration. No finance and accounting “majors” are offered. But, yes you can double major with approval.

<a href=“The Business Administration Major Simultaneous Degree Information - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>The Business Administration Major Simultaneous Degree Information - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas;
<li><p>I doubt it. Haas is a two year program and only accepts students at junior level standing.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes. For finance, NYU is held in higher prestige. But, Haas is widely recruited by Wall Street and Silicon Valley firms.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t know.</p></li>
<li><p>No, only Haas students can take Haas courses. </p></li>
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<p>The Haas website has answers to a lot of your questions:
<a href=“Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas;
<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/applying.html[/url]”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/applying.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“FAQ - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>FAQ - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas;

<p>Nice pictures of the Haas mini-campus:
<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/pano/#[/url]”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/pano/#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’d consider cost and where you’d like to work, NYC or CA, as factors. You won’t go wrong with either choice.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much UCBChemEGrad! The pictures were really nice. I’m rethinking the whole importance of having a college campus feel again T<em>T xD .</em>. </p>

<p>O i think there are other people in the same situation as I am so I’m going to post what other stuff i found out so far @.@;</p>

<p>Stern students take mostly core undergrad classes their first year. I’m not sure about second year. So I guess the 4 year program isn’t that different from the 2 year program? </p>

<p>Stern has more classes with fewer than 20 students. </p>

<p>Junior year spring break Stern students are required to travel abroad to study. I think BusinessWeek says Stern has various connections so many students also have the option of studying for at another prestigious international b program for some semesters. But this is all possible at Haas too. However, IMO, Stern’s program has a more international feel to it. </p>

<p>IMO AP courses are more useful at Berkeley than they are at NYU. A lot of Berkeley requirements can be bypassed by using AP’s (like American cultures, the two writing/reading/english related courses, sciences, calculus <– omg yes.). But for me these all depend a lot on this years ap scores. -_- so crunch time D: no more senioritis. </p>

<p>It is supposed to be very easy to double major within Stern, especially for Finance and Accounting. </p>

<p>Supposedly neither curve at either school is supposed to be as impossibly difficult as rumored. Although both of them are infamous for being hard so >_>.</p>

<p>Forget about graduating in 3 years for both. D: highly unlikely. Stern b/c Ap credits aren’t that applicable. Haas because it’s program starts junior year.</p>

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<p>slight correction: any students can take a Haas class, but Haas students have strict priority in enrollment</p>

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<p>Stern is good, but without a doubt, Haas is the better school. </p>

<p>(Plus, you get a real campus experience!)</p>

<p>Go to Berkeley.</p>

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<p>How about 3.5 years with Haas? I possibly have 24 or 32 units done (from A-Level) with me.</p>

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<p>im not quite sure i understand your question tomo…? if you’re asking whether you can graduate from berkeley in haas in 3.5 years then the answer is yes. i knew somebody who did it in 3 (and thus was only in haas one year)</p>

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<p>What’s A-Level units? And, bcp05, did your friend take haas classes before he was admitted to haas?</p>

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<p>Haas for sure.</p>

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<p>Haas. It’s got Berkley and it’s a REAL college with a campus, not NYU’s scattered buildings.</p>

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<p>Yeah I meant about graduating in 3.5 years in Haas. Sorry for not being clear. So it’d be 2 years in L&S and 1.5 years in Haas I’m guessing? Do you need to do summer schools for that as well?</p>

<p>btw A-Level = british education system’s equivalent to AP/IB. We get credits (in Berkeley’s case, units) for them. For us, each subject is worth 8 UC Berkeley units. You’ll need a minimum of 120 units in Berkeley to graduate IIRC.</p>