UVA Commerce vs Berkeley Econ for IB?

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11y

This will probably come down to two things:

1) East Coast vs. West Coast, and

2) Do you like Asian girls?

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Goldman Stanley

11y

UVA Commerce, not Berkeley Econ. At Berkeley you have to compete with all of the Haas kids.

Speedyspiff

11y

UVA comm easily. Berkeley econ is weaker than UVA Comm. If it were Haas vs Comm then it would be more difficult, but in this case the choice is simple: Go UVA.

Cory-Keyu

HI, CWK, I would like to know what's you decision? I got into UVA Econ and UC Berkeley ECON, i WANT to work in wall street also, any suggestion?

LeMonkey37

If you're looking at offices outside the US, definitely take the Berkeley offer.

Frank Slaughtery

uva comm easy choice

jordan25

You really want to go to this university?

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UVA for sure, UVA commerce is one of the better undergrad business programs. Berkeley is a bloodbath even if you're in Haas undergrad. Too many smart Asians that are all competing for the same jobs.

We opened up recruiting for undergrads from Berkeley last year and I must have gotten well over a hundred resumes, all Asian guys all with good grades in Econ,Math,Stats etc, all with the same humdrum leaderships positions either in the investing club or in their business frat, it was literally impossible to distinguish one from another.

With that being said, if you're an Asian international, you'll probably feel much more at home in Berkeley. Berkeley has a ton of Asian people and pretty good local Asian culture. By contrast, UVA will be mostly white and preppy.

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I went to Berkeley Econ as an international and I have to agree with you. Also, even though we have IB on-campus recruiting, you have to be extremely good to launch a FO job on the east coast.

But I also agree with LeMonkeyHK on the international office. I see a decent amount of Asian gays/gals from Berkeley got into IB and MBB in HongKong or Mainland China, and other places depending on where you are from.

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