<p>kwu, </p>
<p>I have no issues about Princeton being a top school. I truly think that, in general, it is a fantastic school. I would most likely go there if I applied and accepted. But I did not apply there because the field that I was interested in is not one of Princeton’s fortes. I understand most Americans don’t think the same way. I’m not sure. But for undergrad international students, unless it’s Harvard or MIT that we are talking about, people wouldn’t really care if he’ll attend Berkeley over Princeton. At the time I was applying for college, Princeton’s acceptance rate was something like 15%. But at Berkeley, the admissions rate for international applicants was something less than 7%. Yes, that’s how selective Berkeley was for international applicants and it’s an honor to be accepted at Berkeley at that time. I applied to Berkeley but I wasn’t lucky.</p>