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<p>He said this:</p>
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<p>Take from that what you will. (The distancing of “one could” suggests he thinks it himself. Not that this point even really matters.)</p>
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<p>Absolutism? As I said above, I tend not to rank precisely, though I’d say “top-10” since that’s the mentality that plagues CC. Instead, I would put Berkeley–along with many of the other top universities–in a “top tier” indicative of the quality that US News says rests only in its top 10.</p>
<p>No, I am not saying that Berkeley is better than many other schools such as Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, etc. for undergrad.</p>
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<p>Er, re-read the original post – the OP was the one who brought it into the discussion (“I hardly expect ‘D’ students to get into upper UCs, let alone top 10 schools”).</p>
<p>(A few threads where Berkeley is discussed, and you say “all threads”? Not to mention that Berkeley pops up in tons of threads, given its proximity, comparability, and in turn rivalry to Stanford. And of course, many other schools come under discussion here in the Stanford forum.)</p>