The "I-can-easily-get-into-Berkeley-but-not-Stanford" feeling?

emilsinclair9
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:32:06 +0000

I agree with you collegestress16, however, receiving lower grades is obviously unfavorable. Berkeley does not have the grade inflation that Harvard and Stanford do, so competition is fierce. At Cal, in some classes for premeds, I know that a certain number of A’s, B’s and C’s, etc are predetermined and distributed. That being said, competition, at least for the premeds, is extreme.

Also, jimmyeatworld is right. Out-of-staters seem to look upon Cal more favorably and in higher regard than in-staters.