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

silverfang
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:09:35 +0000

I think we consider Berkeley to be the top of the UC system, a system where mid to high achieving students usually are accepted at. At my school we have ~10-15 Berkeley admits each year, and 1-2 Stanford. However, they’re both equally strong in CS/Cog Sci (both top in the country) which is my prospective major, so it doesn’t really matter for me. Like I said, the Stanford name may be more impressive, but you’ll be just as prepared after school coming out of school from Berkeley compared to Stanford (Especially in the sciences, engineering, etc…in some majors Berkeley actually beats Stanford).