Berkeley tougher than Stanford?

asiaknight
Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:33:10 +0000

If I were, say, a Chinese student who lives in Illinois and wanted to become an applied math major with top grades and good ecs but not superstar (i.e. didn’t go to USAMO, didn’t get into RSI, won some state awards), would my chances look higher at Berkeley or HYPSM?