UC Berkeley on the East coast/midwest

seta
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:51:25 +0000

in terms of international prestige, only HSM (maybe Y & P) are on par with Berkeley. Outside America, nobody cares about the undergraduate education in America. global reputation = the reputation of grad school.

And the funnest thing I’ve ever seen, except the dumbest QS or Times ranking, is the US News selectivity rankings. if the score of standard test is the most important indicator of selectivity, the Asia universities can simply dominate the top 30 universities in the world. In China, we regard the SAT math subject test as a good practice for grade 8 kids. Just take a look at the university entrance exam in China, you guys will be scared.

The America education is superior in the world, because of its diversification! American universities have the best education resource which enable them to evaluate the applicants from different perspectives, not solely on the test scores. Do not let such stupid ranking fool you! the only thing US news can do is bringing everything back to the stone age.