mbavolunteer wrote:
Might disagree with UC Berkeley Haas being marked as 'just' elite (E), considering it had the same acceptance rate as Harvard last year (14%).
There is a big difference between acceptance rate and the reputation of a school. Its pretty easy to have low admit rates when you are a very small program, see Yale, Tuck, and Haas. However, generally these are seen as backups for many people applying to the UEs. Yes people do choose to attend these programs over top schools for many reasons.
Haas also has the benefit of being the second best school on the West Coast...many people who want to be in Cali apply to Stanford and Haas...where if you want to be in the Northeast you have Wharton (close enough), MIT, HBS, Columbia, Tuck, Yale, and NYU.
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