Duke vs UC Berkeley

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Graduate departments do not correlate to undergraduate departments. Duke’s undergraduate education is top-notch across all fields. That’s a reason I chose Duke, actually, over Cal.

Berkeley’s undergrad is top-notch across all fields as well. Berkeley’s academic programs have more breadth and depth than Duke. </p>

<p>The profs give the academic departments their renown and most all of them teach grads and undergrads.</p>

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At Cal, it can be a pain switching majors, dealing with administrative stuff, etc.

I’ll agree that dealing with Cal’s byzantine administration can be a pain. However, since the OP is interested in Haas, the path is pretty clear and once in Haas, the environment is very different.</p>