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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bay Area parent here and Cal/HBS aim. Berkeley was an incredible experience for me but in paradoxical, double edged ways. For example there was no hand holding. If you survived that, you gained life skills; conversely, if you didn’t, there wasn’t much of a safety net. It was not easy to get undergraduate research opportunities; but if you did make it through, you had a chance to work with the very top players. The peer set is much more heterogenous than HYP, which is a great intro to life; however, I never felt surrounded by kids who thought they could change the world. They were there, of course, but you have to work to find them.

Finally, I’m in the finance world, and I would say that the branding associated with HYPS (and Wharton) remains supreme. Keep in mind though that I am not hiring EECS majors, so this could be very different. [b]We did hire one Cal alum (Econ major) a couple of years ago who ended up being surprisingly non-ambitious (kind of just happy to be around).[/b] Cant make too much of a n=1 anecdote, but thematically consistent.

Ultimately, our two kids went down the HYP path. They have loved it. Stanford would have been a great option but it was important for them to be away from home. If financial resources are not an issue, I would recommend HYP in response to the original question. [/quote]
I don’t know what “ambitious” means in the context of the workplace. You do your job and you get out; unless it’s your business, you have no reason to try to leverage your position to change the planet. Over reliance on ambition is how we got to the Sam Altman’s ruling the world (and making it a worse place).
-ivy grad.[/quote]

What's wrong with Sam Altman?

Some workplaces want you to do the job description and no more. Others want you to deliver over and beyond. Different places for different people. The latter tends to correspond with greater compensation and rewards.

- double Ivy grad[/quote]

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