UC Berkeley vs Amherst

tk21769
Tue, 13 May 2014 09:12:11 +0000

You’re comparing two colleges that are (within the ranks of the top 100-or-so schools, anyway) about as different as two colleges can be: public v. private, huge v. tiny, West Coast v. New England, urban v. rural (sorta). You haven’t indicated any personal preferences for one type of school or another, other than how they might help you get a finance/consulting job after college. There is probably no available data that can assure you whether Berkeley or Amherst is more likely to get you a better job in those fields. So, if you really have no personal preference at this late date, or if you do have a mild preference but the price difference is very large, then why not just go with the cheaper school?