<p>Thanks for all of your earnest comments here.</p>
<p>After asking some of my friends( one did his undergrad in MIT and now grad in Washington Seatle, one did his undergrad in Stanford and now grad in Stanford, one did his undergrad in UC Berkeley and now grad at Upenn,…) and viewing all of your comments, i reach a conclusion:</p>
<p>— In terms of grad level, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UCB, UMich seem to have the most well-rounded programs overall. </p>
<p>When i asked my friends about UCB and UMich at grad levels, they both said “phenomenal”. In terms of reputation, UCB seems to be better than UMich in grad level( mainly physical sciences, social sciences, and Engineering).</p>
<p>I asked their ideas about Ivy League’s quality of grad levels. They said only Harvard and maybe Yale can make their ways to top 10 in terms of well-rounded quality of their graduate level. They do not give so many compliments about Yale at grad level in Engineering.</p>
<p>I think that from such large pools of friends from various universities, it should be no bias that even though UCB and UMich are two public universities, their reputation over graduate levels are incredible. I definitely will apply to them in grad level( they are really strong in both Mathematics and Engineering and other majors as well). There are various research groups here that suite my appetite. One of my main advisors is a faculty of UCB. He gave me many stellar comments on the quality of graduate level of UCB and UMich. So far, the best two public schools in Graduate levels with virtually no weakness.</p>
<p>Regarding Private Universities, I lean towards Standford, MIT. I intend to put Yale to my list but my friends told me that i should not. They said regarding my wish, Yale seems not very good. It has an incredible reputation in Law, but not Engineering.</p>
<p>Therefore, i make up my mind now.</p>
<p>For Public Universities, UCB and UMich are my top choices. Obviously, some backup public universities.</p>
<p>For Private Universities, MIT,Stanford and some backup Private Universities.</p>
<p>Again, thanks for all of your time answering my question. I truly appreciate.</p>