<p>Another plus for NU is the flexibility from the quarter system: you can do ISP & engineering at the same time. Such combination is logistically much more difficult, if not impossible, at Berkeley. </p>
<p>Here’s one proposal: NU for undergrad and grad school at Berkeley. </p>
<p>A PhD program at Berkeley isn’t easy to get in but if you only consider MS programs, even Berkeley isn’t difficult. But I heard most ISP end up at places like CalTech/Stanford for PhDs. Grad schools definitely know about ISP.</p>