post your "qualification" here for the rejected

CalAlum
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:43:03 +0000

“Well, I guess he will ended in UCB’s EECS, which is not that bad.”

Professor Peter Fisher, who is currently teaching an undergraduate physics class at MIT, told his class that he did not get in to MIT as an undergraduate. He went to Berkeley instead. Hmmmm…what can we conclude from this? That he got a second-rate education at UCB? Hardly!

I’m biased, as you can probably tell from my screen name. I have 3 degrees from Berkeley. I took my 16-year old son on an admission tour this spring, and we were informed that the admit rate of Berkeley’s EECS department is just 6%. That makes it even more selective than MIT overall. Berkeley’s science and engineering courses use the same texts as MIT courses and Berkeley’s students end up just as sleep-deprived because the coursework is just as rigorous.

If your son has a Berkeley admission, he should be quite happy. I’m sorry he didn’t get into MIT. At this point, I’ve met three students (whose stats match or exceed those of your son) who didn’t get in either, and believe me – race or gender were not factors. There simply isn’t enough space for students with the qualifications you mention.