How hard is it to get into UCSF med school from Berkeley?

CalX
Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:59:14 +0000

Diogenes, the main difference between Berkeley undergrad today vs 25 years ago is that 25 yrs ago USNWR was marginal. The concepts of introducing metrics like graduation rates and alumni donor rates were inconceivable.

Undergrads today actually have it better than 20 years ago. Back then, you weren’t even guaranteed dorm housing your freshman year. Clark Kerr was a high school for the blind and deaf, Foothill, Wada and many other dorms didn’t exist. Graduation rates were quite a bit lower, the grading was significantly tougher and the administration less service-oriented. Yet Berkeley UG was ranked top 5. It seems that class sizes have gone down a bit as well, somehow. Berkeley UG would still be ranked in the top 5 if we went with Gourman Reports and other pure academic ratings instead of the metrics introduced by USNWR.