<p>bdm, I’m not sure I follow your assertion completely.
I agree that Cornell is harder(though not much harder) than Berkeley since they have similar average GPAs(about 3.3) and Berkeley probably has a larger percentage of weaker students. But Davis has average GPA of only 2.9. I’m not sure that if you send all the Davis students over to Berkeley, their GPA will drop to 2.6, especially in the usual majors/courses infested by pre-law students.</p>