Amherst vs Berkeley?

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<p>I enjoyed reading the following post by Hawkette; it reminded me of this thread, and it captures wonderfully what I had wanted to communicate:</p>

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@Hawkette

For UNDERGRADUTE study, UCB is generally not exceptional within this universe of colleges.</p>

<p>Yes, UC Berkeley deserves its excellent reputation overall as a university, though much of this I and others would ascribe to the strength of its graduate programs…</p>

<p>If a student wants that type of environment for his/her undergraduate years, there is almost no way that a school the size of UCB can compete for that student, and almost certainly not the way that another national university like Brown or Rice or Wash U or W&M could.</p>

<p>So, faculty research rep? Yeah, UC Berkeley is great. If a student is seeking that, then UCB might be one of his/her best options. However, after that and for nearly all other comparisons on UNDERGRADUATE metrics, UCB is going to going to have its hands full (and then some) in competing with a large number of other highly-ranked universities.

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