Are there Ivy League passers at Berkeley?

[LazyKid]

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Also @ LazyKid- The THES rankings you keep bringing up do indeed put Cornell over Berkeley, but also put Berkeley over WUSTL, Dartmouth, and Rice. You’ve already said that Dartmouth, at least, is at par with/better than Cornell. So, if, according to that ranking, Berkeley is better than Dartmouth, then you cannot legitimately use that publication as a point of argument in favor of Cornell. In fact, that just points out how worthless rankings even are.</p>

<p>Again, I have nothing against Cornell, I’m just pointing out a glaring fallacy.

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<p>You actually mention a good point here. For whatever reason I don’t know, Dartmouth and Brown are tremendously underrated by some folks. Even many people in the country have never heard of Dartmouth or Brown. But, those folks tend to be those average joe’s on the street. I guess those international rankings show that Europeans don’t really know/care about Dartmouth. </p>

<p>But, what matters is that Dartmouth is arguably the best undergrad school right after HYP. Dartmouth students are almost as strong as students at Harvard or Yale. Dartmouth has like the second highest endowment per student, giving students all sorts of opportunities. Dartmouth has like 3rd best placement, per capita, for Consulting/ IB firms. </p>

<p>Some ignorant folks, when they hear UPenn, they confuse it with Penn State. But, who cares? If you are the ambitious type shooting for Ivies and hoping to break it into the elite circles, why care about these ignorant viewpoints of those laymen? </p>

<p>What matters is that Dartmouth or Brown are highly respected, or even revered, by those in the "know’ within USA.</p>

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waitatshu, i only wrote stuff about Cornell because one ■■■■■■ above commented that Cornell is like a godly school. I mean, i heard the place looks nice even though it’s isolated.

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<p>Wow. Chill out there, bud. I never claimed that Cornell is a godly school. I said that Cornell is a LEGIT top 15 college in US, the view consistent with the mainstream notion within USA, as evidenced by all sorts of statistics, opinions, etc. In fact, I even said that Cornell is near the bottom ivy, which is still an accomplishment in itself considering that within the IVY group, there are the best schools on the planet including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, etc.</p>

<p>It is your friend, RML, that claimed that Berkeley is the godly school. I suggest you re-read his posts. </p>

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But personally, i dont see why people who go to Cornell except for that they are rejected by first choice school.

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<p>The same could be said for any school that is non-HYP. Your point?</p>