<p>I was accepted to both schools of engineering. I live in Georgia, and I’ll get full ride to GT and have to pay $24k for Berkeley. I’ll major in EECS if I choose Berkeley and Electrical/Computer Engineering if GT. (I’ll also apply for Berkeley’s Haas Business School after 1st year, but of course there’s no guarantee, which is also another factor.) Is the higher potential salary worth it to go to UCB? Does anyone have any data? Thanks.</p>
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<p>Data:</p>
<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm</a>
[Office</a> of Assessment Fall 2010 Career and Salary Survey](<a href=“http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/2011/02/17/fall-2010-career-and-salary-survey/]Office”>http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/2011/02/17/fall-2010-career-and-salary-survey/)</p>
<p>Perhaps Berkeley’s main advantage for job and career is that it is local to a lot of electronics and computer companies – much more convenient for them to recruit.</p>
<p>Is $24,000 per year (i.e. $96,000 for four years) or for four years? $96,000 is a pretty big difference, especially if you have to take it as loans…</p>
<p>It cost $24,000 per year (although my parents will probably finance me instead of making a loan), so I’m still thinking. But thanks anyway for your useful statistics.</p>
<p>It appears that Georgia Tech’s by major statistics web site has been down for the last few hours (the links at the bottom of the page linked above). When it is back up, you can check the by major statistics from Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>Several other universities like Cal Poly, CMU, MIT, and Purdue also have by major career surveys.</p>
<p>Note that the large number of requirements means that double majoring in engineering and business at Berkeley will be very difficult unless you enter with a lot of useful credit and plan your schedule very carefully. Even then, it may require overload semesters or summer sessions. It may be better to just take selected economics and business courses as breadth and free electives around an engineering program of study.</p>
<p>But still, $96,000 is a lot…</p>
<p>If you can afford it, come to Berkeley. Spread your wings and explore another part of the country…all while attending the one of the top EECS programs in the world.</p>
<p>IMHO, Berkeley is a much more dynamic school than Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptances. Welcome to Cal!</p>
<p>A free ride to GT > 96K to UCB. Unless you hate GT or definitely want business, go to GT.</p>
<p>I’d recommend sticking to GeorgiaTech as well. It’s already a decent school with a good engineering program and the large cost difference does not justify going to Berkeley.</p>
<p>Let me say more about myself. I’ve already taken some AP courses (World History, Computer Science A, Physics B, Chemistry, Calculus BC, US History) and got 5s in all of them. This year, I’ll take Physics C (Mechanics and E&M), US Government, Macroeconomics, Eng. Lit., Stats., and Biology.</p>
<p>If I go to Berkeley and keep decent grades, what are my chances of getting into the Haas Business School?</p>
<p>If I come back to Georgia Tech (given that their business school rejects me after one year), how would the financial aid be different? Will I still get full ride?</p>
<p>Thanks you all.</p>
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<p>You may want to ask on the Berkeley specific forum about what type of GPA and such people tend to have to get into Haas.</p>
<p>However, if you want to double major in EECS, that is still going to be a tight fit, if it is even doable.</p>
<p>As far as your AP tests go at Berkeley, subject credit is:</p>
<p>5 on Calculus BC: Math 1A and 1B
5 on Chemistry: Chemistry 1A
5 on Computer Science A: nothing
5 on Physics B: nothing
5 on World History, US History: lower division humanities and social studies breadth courses for engineering majors (note: maximum of two out of six required can be fulfilled by AP tests)</p>
<p>English Literature: 4 for first half of Reading and Composition requirement for all majors; 5 for both halves of Reading and Composition requirement for non-engineering majors
Physics C: 5 on Mechanics fulfills Physics 7A for engineering majors
US Government: 3 for lower division humanities and social studies breadth for engineering majors
Macroeconomics: 3 for lower division humanities and social studies breadth for engineering majors; 5 on both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics for Economics 1 for business majors
Biology: 4 for Biology 1A, 1AL, 1B for engineering majors
Statistics: nothing</p>
<p>Note: business and the College of Letters and Science do not allow using AP credit to fulfill their “7 course breadth requirement”.</p>
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<p>If you go to Berkeley and then transfer to Georgia Tech, your previous financial aid offer will likely be forgotten. Also, if you did not do that well (which is sort of implied if you did not get into Haas), you may not even be admitted to Georgia Tech as a transfer student. I.e. don’t expect to be able to automatically find a full ride at Georgia Tech if you decide to transfer there after going someplace else.</p>
<p>Realistically, do not expect to cram an EECS / Business double major into a four year program without a lot of course overload.</p>
<p>I go to Berkeley and think it an amazing school, but that is a lot of money, and you have to really want something of Cal that you cannot get at GAtech to pay that much more. I would say go to GAtech.</p>
<p>Haas accepts about 50% of Cal undergrads who apply. Prerequisites are strict:
[Prerequisites</a>, Undergraduate Program - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley](<a href=“Application Process - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Application Process - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas)</p>
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Unless you’re a genius:
[05.05.2003</a> - Innovative engineering and business graduate Ankur Luthra named University Medalist](<a href=“http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/05/05_ankar.shtml]05.05.2003”>05.05.2003 - Innovative engineering and business graduate Ankur Luthra named University Medalist)</p>