@MikeSauce
CSUs get no respect and most CSUs are bad BUT the good CSUs are better than most UCs. For instance my friend at CSUF said the FBI recruits econ majors, Morgan Stanley recruits finance/accounting majors and Big 4 recruit accounting. Plus because a lot of overachieving students goto UCs, competition is a lot lower and it’s easier to get good ecs. Being a big fish in a small pond has it’s advantages.
I don’t know much about the bay area but it seems like SJSU is your CSUF and shinning there opens up the same doors into silicon valley as Berkeley. So I would defiantly apply to SJSU, it’s probably better than Davis or any other mid-tier UC.
My personal college list right now is: Stanford --> Harvard/Yale/Brown --> Berkeley-Haas --> CSUF.
I am applying to UCI and UCSB but I have 0 intention of enrolling. UCLA I might consider depending on the aid package but I know for a fact it’s a very competitive environment and econ instead of biz; so I’ll graduate but not with the best GPA.