The Original Eight Public Ivies

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Exactly. Why go to Berkeley as an OOS student when you could get into a school that provides an equal or (arguably) better education for a cheaper price?</p>

<p>For example, say a student was admitted to Princeton and Berkeley OOS. The COA for the two is roughly the same, but Princeton provides a small environment (4000 undergrads) and good financial aid with no loans- it’s a no brainer.</p>

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<p>Well, really, the only university that competes with Berkeley in breadth and depth of study is Stanford, and to a slightly lesser extent, Harvard. Princeton is obviously very close behind. With such a small grad division, Princeton does very well (compared to the three above it, which all have 10,000+ grad students – funnily enough, Berkeley’s is the smallest).</p>

<p>Universities with Highest
Number of Programs in the Top 10

  1. Berkeley 35
  2. Stanford 31
  3. Harvard 26
  4. Princeton 22
  5. MIT 20
  6. Cornell 19
  7. Yale 19
  8. Chicago 18
  9. Penn 15
  10. UC San Diego 14
  11. Columbia 14
  12. Michigan 14
  13. Wisconsin 14</p>

<p>Universities with Highest
Number of “Distinguished” Programs

  1. Berkeley 32
  2. Stanford 28
  3. Harvard 25
  4. Princeton 24
  5. MIT 20
  6. Cornell 19
  7. Yale 19
  8. Columbia 18
  9. Michigan 15
  10. Caltech 14
  11. UC San Diego 14
  12. Penn 14
  13. UCLA 14</p>
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<p><em>grovels before the might that is Berkeley’s graduate school</em></p>

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<p>^^ you are not worthy.</p>

<p>=p</p>