Berkeley/UCLA/San Diego----OOS applicants

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I have no authority to let you send your kid anywhere. And how you want to spend your money is your decision. I may opine that it is a foolish expenditure, but since it is your money, you can and should ignore my opinion.

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<p>HUUUUWAAAAT!!! What are talking about?</p>

<p>It would cost me to send my son 5k more to Brown, for example, than to Berkeley for the same program, and Berkeley offers better environment and facilities for my son. Berkeley’s econ is a solid top 10 econ in the world, which also means better faculty and teaching. Brown’s econ isn’t even in the top 20 in the US, let alone, in the world. </p>

<p>Now, if you think Brown is worth the OOS price, why is Berkeley’s, which even costs 5k less, isn’t?</p>

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Indeed, it is – at the graduate level. But it is not world-class for undergraduate education, IMO, and not worth $55k/yr (with the exception of some programs like engineering & college of chem).

And how do you know that Cal’s undergrad econ isn’t world-class whilst its postgrad program is?</p>

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Dunno a thing about Brown’s econ, but I would point out for the vast majority of people, an Ivy education would be cheaper due to great need-based aid.

But I can well afford to pay for the full price for either university. Why then would I need my son to apply for a fee waiver or fee discounts?</p>