UC Berkeley on the East coast/midwest

RML
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:50:10 +0000

JohnAdams12, that’s where I will have to politely disagree with.

There are limited slots available at those big-time companies whilst there are always over a thousand qualified candidates out there. As much as those prestigious schools would produce highly qualified candidates in big numbers every year, only a handful of them would get the job, and those who get it aren’t always the best graduates. Another reason is that, not everyone in the same university apply to the same company. For example, not every one at Berkeley would apply at Silver Lake. Only a handful from Berkeley, mostly only from Haas and Econ would apply to such company. Things may be different at small liberal-type of schools such as Dartmouth or Williams, but at schools like Berkeley, UCLA, UVa or UMich, things do run on per department basis.That’s the orientation at most large schools. And then, of course, some notably prestigious schools don’t even apply to Silver Lake. Or, some famous schools like Harvard or Yale have very few applicants to such companies. But then again, my point is only that a Berkeley degree would not put you at disadvantage in applying to some big name companies in the East Coast. It is a highly respectable degree by the sight of those people who matter the most.