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<p>I’m still very annoyed at your use of the word “dumb.” But I won’t go into just how relatively “dumb” it is. </p>
<p>As I have stated many times, most Berkeley students (vast majority I would say) come from very very VERY “smart” high schools. (Dozens of these supplying as many as half the freshman class.) You on the other hand seem to think that just because California’s OVERALL education system (meaning the one most students attend) is horrible, UC undergrad’s (particularly Berkeley) is too. The reality is much different, for THOUGH California K-12 education may “suck” overall, it certainly doesn’t suck in regions which send about three thousand freshmen to Berkeley each year (Marin, certain parts of OC, San Diego, certain parts of LA, lower Bay Area, etc.) In fact, it’s actually quite strong. So strong that it is these same schools in these same areas which provide HYPSMC huge California numbers. The lower ranking kids (not by much) are the ones who come to Berkeley. </p>
<p>In fact, I distinctly remember reading that Los Angeles Unified School District collectively sends among the smallest percentiles of seniors to Berkeley. Now, it is LAUSD which is the greatest contributor to California’s bad educational image, since it’s horrible in every sense of the word. But those students are barely represented at Berkeley! Instead, you get the people from PHENOMENAL high schools making up the bulk of the freshman class. Competitive? Definetly. Anti-social? Maybe. But “dumb”? Sorry, no.</p>